Soundscape - Final Animatic

Soundscape - Submission Disk

Soundscape - Storyboards revised

I have decided to revised my storyboard as I have been doing my animatic. I have been completing in-betweens within these key frames it just seemed that I was doing too many frames for these actions, for example there is a total of 12 frames before my next actual sound is produced.. I have stripped down my original storyboard and have kept the important frames of my animatic and I think it will give me more time to explore my sounds in my animatic instead of elaborate frames. I will document the out-takes on my blog for reference :)

Soundscape - Sonic Concept

Soundscape – Sonic Concept

Soundscape - Sound Designer Profile

Soundscape Designer Profile

Soundscape OGR

Soundscape OGR

Soundscape : Original Fx

Soundscape Storyboard

Soundscape 'Circus' idea notes

Fergie and I produced some notes for my own consideration for planning ahead for my soundscape project, he helped me understand some of the key components needed to produce successful sound design;

• Timbre- the character or the quality of a musical sound or voice as distinct from its pitch and intensity.
• Volume- the amount of space that a object occupies or that is enclosed within a container. 
• Foley-sound effects after shooting a scene, i.e. the raw character sounds

Soundscape 'Circus' Idea

In preparations to diving into sound design I had a chat with Fergie in regards to who this scene is actually about? In previous projects I have focused on the story aspects strongly but with this project the sound plays a vital role to its strength. For example the clown in the foreground with the open hands could have very light clothing with a high frequency of sound in his movements, so a soft timbre would be made to compensate for this.

So the story could be about a small child that climbs onto the stage to retrieve a object. Because we have chosen a child we can set the tone for what kind of volumes of sound could be produced. Are the sounds meant to scare the child or to invite him into the environment. The Circus itself could have multiple layers for the environment, tent, people and animals.

I think the child would be invited in the environment, so a soft tone would be created to show this. Also if we observe the actual colour palette it seems quite joyful but it does include almost every colour, so perhaps some of my characters could be happy e.g. the woman and horse and some be miserable like the horse on the podium and the dancing man.

I would like the resolve of the animatic to be the child's participation in the act and it could help bring forth the original key frame within the scene. From an audiences point of view we can tell that the characters are moving in unison and the act fits together. Also the actual placement of the scene is vital to some of the sounds. For example high up above in the tent could have a very high frequency of sound and falling down could be showing the height, like piano keys going up in notes when running upstairs.

  
From here I wish to create a more reformed story and think about some of the sounds I will need and create a road map of my journey from start to finish for this project.

Soundscape - Key Frame - Marc Chagall

My keyframe is a painting by a Russian born painter, lithographer, etcher and designer called Marc Chagall. Born in 1887 Chagall had his work published around the globe and was very successful in deploying vibrant colours to convey emotion in his art. Above is titled 'Chagall's Circus where every colour of the palette has been explored within the image. For my soundscape project I may decide to take a turn from these colourful happy characters to a much more Gothic unusual feel, exploring strange anatomy's and darker colours maybe from happy and joyful to a ambiance of fear of the unknown. As it is day one of the project I expect this to change but I shall be documenting my development throughout.