So depsite the fact I own a fair collection of sounds that are really suited to this style of animation, I created a few of the sounds from scratch myself. This was due to various reasons like not being able to find a suitable sound effect or to replicate human noises like sniffing, breathing, sighing … Continue reading “The Sound Process”
So this week we weren’t meeting up with Brett as we were working on the first draft of SFX and music for the animation. Studying the examples given by the animator and the notes we had made at previous meetings, we started to build up a collection of sounds from various sound banks and my … Continue reading “First draft and feedback”
So we had another meeting with the director and animator yesterday evening to come to a better grasp of what style of soundtrack he was after. He compared his animation style to that of Fairly Odd Parents and Dexters Lab so we decided to study the soundtrack in these two animations to get a further … Continue reading “Meetings and Research”
So using the five or six samples Brett had sent us along with the story board for guidance, we started to make some test sound FX to send back to Brett and get some feedback on whether or not we were heading in the right direction! Below are a few examples of what we sent … Continue reading “Sound tests.”
So today the animator has sent us the story board for his animation and the first few clips for us to view at our lesuire. Below is a few scenes of the story board so you get the idea of what’s going down! After reading through the Scene Descriptions that Brett had printed for us, … Continue reading “The story unfolds.”