For my midi and synthesis class, I was assigned to sound
design a short film with synth module processing. Before I was able to do such,
I had to learn a little brief history of synthesis and also how to use the
actual synthesizer machine to make frequencies splurge all over the area.
The
project I chose was a royalty free based project which allows me permission to
use their production and make changes to it without getting in trouble. The
film I chose was called White Zombie, a 1932 horror film. I stripped out all of
the audio and attacked the project step by step.
First I
needed my pre-production list set up and organized properly. So I made a foley
and sound effects cue sheet to determine what sound needs to be placed at what
particular frame. Once I finished my cue sheet, I was able to proceed forward
to my next step of the production which was recording and capturing the sounds
needed to design this project.
Since
this was a horror film, I started synthesizing heavy frequencies along with
other modulated sounds to create a sound that is similar to what you may appear
to hear as if you were watching in real life. I also made some outrages sounds
that may sound like it came from Star Wars far into the future. But once all my
recording was finished, I was finally able to move on to mixing the sound
levels to an appropriate threshold for the audience to be comfortable with.
This
sound design project was a bit difficult because I was still learning how to
synthesis frequencies and learn how to design sound for film. Yet, this
experience helped me learn what I needed improvement on.
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