In my
digital audio 4 class, I was assigned to sound design an animation. We had the
freedom of choosing our own piece as long as we had the permission from the
producer. Once I got permission from the producer of the animation called
Isolated, I was able to start my foley cue sheet.
A foley
cue sheet is a list of all the sounds that I need to create from scratch. Along
with the sounds I need, I also have to list the correct time frame of each
individual sound so they may be placed correctly. Now foley is any sound
created from scratch that you record. You probably wondered how the door slam
on a movie sounds real clean. That came all from foley.
Once I gathered
all my sound effects and recorded all my foley effects that I needed, I then
jumped into writing the dialogue script into an audio and video format. I then
hired several voice talent that fit each specific character. After all the
recording was finished I started my next process of production, which was to
mix the audio.
During
my mixing process, I leveled out every each frequency on each individual track
so that everything was balanced correctly. I then filtered specific tracks that
needed boosts or cuts and also added reverb and delay effects to certain vocals.
Once all my mixing was completed, I combined the tracks together to make
surround sound 5.1 audio stems.
I then
took the stems and imported them into a surround sound hd pro tools session.
This was where I was able to automate each sound to fit the description of what
you’re watching. If the animation shows you that a car is coming from the right
side, you will hear a car coming from the right. If there are people running
from the back, you will hear running footsteps in the back speakers.
In due
time, the project took 11 weeks to complete. I was able to master the animation
into surround sound and actually listen to it from 6 different speakers. This
was a great learning experience overall. I am now able to mix and master any
film into 5.1 surround sound.
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