Thursday 29 January 2015

High School Drama Film - Sound Design

Sound Design

My group has decided that we should create an original soundtrack as with it being original it would be more authentic. Rather, than using the music program GarageBand, we decided to use another music program Logic Pro 9 as it is more sophisticated and there is more that can be done to the track.

 These are a few screenshots that were taken of me working on Logic, all the instruments that were used was from sample instruments that were already in Logic. GarageBand is a music program for beginners which is tailor made for those who are new to working with a music program hence the reason it's very easy to use.


With Logic, one can be more versatile as there is a lot more to play around with such as the plugins which can let you change the sound into a completely different sound making it seem almost like it's an original sound.


The image above is a screenshot of one of these plugins which I used. This is known as Sculpture synth which can be used to create a synth sound but in form of a plucked instrument sound. There is much to play with such as delay which you can use to make the sound come in later. It can also be used to alter the very sound you have to something you have never heard with the oscilators which is located in the top left hand corner. And there is a lot more as well.

Nearly all of the track is original and has been played in by the music producer except two samples which consist of a sample of scary footsteps. 

 Since the footsteps are slow it gives a scary feeling which matches the way the teacher would act in the film, being very rude and mean. This also means that the actor playing the role of the character would have to walk according to the soundtrack so it can be synced up correctly.

Another form of diegetic sound that would be used is the sound of a school bell ringing, which immediately tells the people listening to it that they are watching a film about High School.


Here are two short soundtracks I created at the beginning, which was created by me playing around hence the reason they are only a few seconds and can't be longer.

 

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