Final Soundscape Animatic

Soundscape: Final Original Sound Effects With Descriptions

Soundscape: Final Post Produced Sound Effects With Descriptions

Soundscape: Final Downloaded Sound Effects With Descriptions

Soundscape Submission Disc Artwork

Soundscape Sonic Concept

Sonic Concept by Ayunie Djohar

Final Soundscape Storyboard

Soundscape Animatics Different Versions

I have 2 different versions to my soundscape animatics.  In the first version, I have added the men cheering on top of the ambience sound in the first few seconds to the animatics.

In my second animatic, I have replaced the cheer with music to create the tempo of this sequence as I feel that it helps to drive the sequence forward.

I am still debating with myself if I should completely take both away and leave it to the ambience sound to propel the story forward. Currently, I feel that it is too much to the sequence and it just kills off the sounds that I've recorded for it.

I am going to do more adjustments to it to see what works best for the sequence as a whole.

Like for Like Animatic

To get myself familiarised with Premiere Pro and getting used to the idea of having my storyboard turned into an animatic, I've used my Like for Like storyboard as a practice. After having done this, it gave me possible camera movements I can do for my soundscape project.

Soundscape OGR

Soundscape OGR by Ayunie Djohar

Soundscape: First Animatic Sequence

Soundscape Storyboard

Soundscape: Post Produced SFX with Descriptions

Soundscape: Original SFX with Descriptions

Adobe (Audition/Premiere Pro) Lesson 2

For this week's class, we were taught how to set up our project in Premiere Pro. 

These are the things we are required before starting a new project:

1. HD Bars & Tone

2. Front Plate (This is where you have the title, version and date of your project)

3. Universal Counting Leader

After adding all of the above, we had to reset the timecode to be an hour as this is used in the industry.  We were told to always do this as it will prepare us for the industry in the near future.

The subsequent step would be that we had to place a video effects time code on our image for the project. This is to ensure that the video and sound are in sync for easier editing.

Once everything was set, we were tasked to compose a music score for the Soundscape project using Garageband. I took this opportunity to string together the different sounds from various instrument in that software and this was my rough cut.

As my intentions for this project is to make a musical,lively sequence, I think this soundtrack is working. This is far from done as specific noise such as the cracking machine as it being pushed around, sound of men humming and water flowing have yet to be added. 

StoryTelling & Commission - Soundscape Keyframe Idea

I have been been thinking of a short sequence for this 60 seconds animatics.  As I looked for inspiration, Mickey Mouse Short Animation: Bugs in Love, Cartoon Network Summer of Fun Promo and Oompa Loompa from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory came to mind.

The All Ways at Once Incendiary Extinguisher by W. Heath Robinson

I am going more towards a musical kind of animation for this project. I am going to try to make it light hearted making the workers from my image enjoy what they're doing :)

Sound Designer- Lon Bender

Sound Designer Profile- Lon Bender by Ayunie Djohar

Like for Like Storyboard- Mulan

For this assignment, I have decided to do a like for like storyboard breakdown from my favourite Disney animated film, Mulan. Here, I have the 40 seconds sequence I did.

This has really helped me understand the importance of the camera angles and the movements within that camera frame. The cameras were not in fixed positions thus making it visually appealing. In addition to that, close ups were used to show the importance of a shot. Now that I am aware of what it takes to make an animation interesting apart from the content of the story is to have camera angles and shots that makes it visually appealing,  I am going to apply the knowledge for my upcoming projects, 

Adobe (Audition/Premiere Pro) Lesson 1- Soundscape (Golfer)

For this lesson, we were introduced to two new softwares from the Adobe Creative Suite- Audition and Premiere Pro. Audition is mainly used for sound editing and Premiere Pro is used for video editing. 

The footage we were tasked to work with is a golfer who waits for his wife to leave the apartment before he picks up the stick and played. The golf ball broke the window glass, shocking the wife who was still within the parameters of the apartment.

StoryTelling & Commission - Soundscape Keyframe

The All Ways at Once Incendiary Extinguisher by W. Heath Robinson

The keyframe I got for the Soundscape project is from Folder 26. It is an artwork by the famous British cartoonist and illustrator, W. Heath Robinson entitled The All Ways at Once Incendiary Extinguisher. I am really excited for this project because upon seeing this image, sound of gushing water and moving trucks come to mind immediately. Having said that, I think that it will go on to be labelled as genericism. So, I want to further my imagination by imagining myself paying a closer attention to the ambience/ background sounds that are not distinctive but are essentials as it would contribute to the whole feel of the place. Since it is no where near realism, the limit to creating sound for this 60 second animatics would be limitless.