Sunday, 23 September 2012

Sound design and Foley - James Bond to Pixar style animation

I have recently been delving into the realm of TV and film sound focussing on sound design, foley and ADR.

I looked into the equipment used as well as techniques and tools. Videos on YouTube, blogs and papers were very useful! As an example: http://www.scribd.com/doc/35433777/Ian-Palmer-MA-Sound-Design-Dissertation-Saving-Private-Ryan 

Having experimented with a couple of trailers for films such as the James Bond Film: Quantum of Solace, i decided to take it further and design the sound for a short animation film called "Big Catch."
Having no dialogue or real footage in it has proved to be very useful for me as i do not have to worry about the effects and sounds being those that are expected as a result of a film's previous release. This way, I can focus on how I want the piece to sound and use whatever i would like to as long as it fits.
Half of the samples that are used are from royalty free libraries (unfortunately) that were found online at sources such as freesound.org and freefx.com; the other hal have been recorded by myself. This decision was made due to the fact that i have not got the access to half of the environments or sound sources that I would need.

Below, is a link to the first attempt which is 30 seconds of the film. A couple of bits needed tweaking, which have been done in the later attempts and will be posted once i have completed them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KJUAyvrOKE&feature=plcp

The later parts of this film have more of my own samples in it as i have been able to record the parts within my house/ home studio using my iMac, Alesis io2 and SE Z3300a microphone.
There is a technique that i discovered on a YouTube video for the film Saving Private Ryan which will be talked about in the next blog once the final video is up online.

Once the piece is finished, i shall upload the finished product. However, as it stands, after 16 hours of practical work, i am only 1 minute and 30 seconds in out of a 4 minute film!

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