Soundscape: Reflective Statement

I have learnt a lot from this project, including that I find sound design fascinating. Creating sounds in Audition has been thoroughly enjoyable and I often found myself having let hours slip by without really noticing. Learning how many different ways a sound can be changed and how mixing individual sounds can have such a drastic effect has been interesting and exciting.

I wish that I had attended more of the sound design workshops and that I had organised my files better. I find that the further I get into a project the more disorganised I become with storing and backing up important files. This is something I will work on improving, as I know it will become increasingly important to have files organised clearly. With bigger projects and more and more work in Maya I can't afford to lose any files, especially when I will be working with other people and render farms.

I hope to work much more with sound and I have added sound design to the list of things I want to experiment with in the summer. Soundscape has made me realise just how important sound is in making sure a film impacts on an audience and I am now consciously hearing things in films, music and television that I wouldn't normally have noticed. I am excited to use the knowledge I have gained in the Fantastic Voyage project, creating sounds for things that don't have sounds is a challenge and I will need to allocate a good amount of time to this task. 

Soundscape: Final Submission

Audition: Monster and Space Sounds

The outcomes from the first two Audition workshops. I know that I attended one more but I have lost the files from that session, I intend to organise my work better in future.

Soundscape: Sound Designer Profile

Bibliography

Isaza, M (2009). Ben Burtt Special: WALL-E - The Definitive Interview. At:
http://designingsound.org/2009/09/ben-burtt-special-wall-e-the-definitive-interview/

Wilson, M (2015). How Ben Burtt Designed The Sounds Of Star Wars. At: https://www.fastcodesign.com/3045177/how-ben-burtt-designed-the-sounds-of-star-wars

Geeta Dayal (2012). Ben Burtt on Star Wars, Forbidden Planet and the Sound of Sci-Fi. At:
https://www.wired.com/2012/05/ben-burtt-sci-fi-sound-effects/

Images

Ben Burtt
http://www4.pictures.gi.zimbio.com/Ben+Burtt+2009+Oscar+Nominees+Luncheon+Cy7f-CoVE1nl.jpg

Lightsaber
http://assets1.ignimgs.com/2015/05/27/lightsabersjpg-b61171_1280w.jpg

Chewbacca
https://lumiere-a.akamaihd.net/v1/images/chewie-db_2c0efea2.jpeg?region=54%2C154%2C1413%2C796&width=768

Wall-E
http://www.cinemablography.org/uploads/1/1/7/6/11768862/3890459_orig.png

Soundscape: Sonic Concept

Soundscape: SFX

I have included a video with the SFX at full length, and a shorter video with them as 5 sec. previews, as some of the sounds are quite long.

Soundscapes: Images and initial thoughts

The images I will base my three 30 second soundscapes on for this project.

1: Possibly creepy sounding. This image seems quite deep, going back quite far, I think of travelling through it like its a forest, quite serene, floating. I also get a feeling of sea life. I get a feeling that everything in the image would be moving, so it could be quite a busy soundscape.

2: This one I am struggling with the most, so I will try to focus on it first. The blue glow makes me think of electric lights or neon. It's quite spiky, but it seems like its made of a gel like material, so maybe gloopy sounds. Like shaking a bottle of shampoo, but slower. The little bobbles make me think of rippling.

3: This makes me think that something is definitely happening in the image, like an important event. Everything is flowing from or moving to the middle. I think of whirling sounds, like heavy winds or a washing machine when the water first comes in. I think of oil, petrol, maybe bubbling sounds, like thick soup just beginning to boil.