Inspiration for this task.
Sound Designer Ben Burt who is notorious for his work on Star Wars and a number of other great movies was a major inspiration for this piece, with his use of Layering and blending everyday objects to create believable yet gripping effects.
Below is a site explaining how Burt created many of the sounds used in the movie.
http://hem.passagen.se/filmljud/starwars.htm
Ben Burts work for the movie WALL-E is a great example how sound design for animation is so important as there is no real sounds, having to create a world of sound. Below is a short documentary talking about the Sound Design for WALL-E and the art of recording Foley sounds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8A6z8QkVHk4&feature=related
Most of the samples used in my piece where from taken and adapted from Logic Pros sample library, however for the mechanical arms building the robot I recorded my own Foley sounds playing along to the movie. The items I recorded where
electric drill – changing the torque to get different tones.
video recorder – turning on
video recorder – ejecting video
video recorder – inserting video
Passagen(2006).Sound Design of Star Wars. Available at <http://hem.passagen.se/filmljud/starwars.htm>.[accessed 22/3/2011]
Youtube(2010).WALL-E Special Features Animation Sound Design: Building Worlds From The Sound Up (Part 1). Available at <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8A6z8QkVHk4&feature=related>.[accessed 20/3/2011]
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<p><a href=”http://vimeo.com/21481492″>task 7 Foley</a> from <a href=”http://vimeo.com/user6068390″>sol bateman</a> on <a href=”http://vimeo.com”>Vimeo</a>.</p>REPORT
The objective for this task was to create the soundtrack for a given scene from terminator. The visual elements I wanted to highlight where, the movement of the robotic arms, the soldering/ sparks and the end scene as the terminators arm lifts. A composers technique I adopted for this task was Ben Burt’s use blending real world sounds to create believable and gripping effects, For example how Burtt blended the sound of his TV set and an old projector to create the hum of a light saber. Burt’s work inspired me to create my own sound FX for the robotic arms, using an electric drill and a cassette player which I recorded and then layered on top of each other. Studying the work of Ben Burtt also showed me the importance of adding sounds to the off-scene movement to create a more believable environment. Sequencing techniques used in this task where Logic Pros Time Stretch and Fade Tool helping to fit the sounds to the movement on the screen. An audio technique learned through this task was the technique mentioned above of layering multiple samples to create more punchy and realistic effects. I believe this task is evidence of practice as research as I have looked into techniques of arranging and creating sound effect for example Ben Burt’s Star Wars, trying to enhance my research by implementing and experimenting with these techniques in my composition. I would give this task around 66 as I believe I have researched and implemented techniques in recording and sequencing for sound-design which is evident in my work.
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Star Wars Episode IV. (1977) [DVD], dir. Lucas, USA: Lucasfilm.
http://hem.passagen.se/filmljud/starwars.htm
