sound

After completing this project, I became much more aware of sound. I now hear it it in places I never noticed before. While watching tv the other day, I noticed the choice of background music they were using to enhance tension, even though the tv show was a reality one. Before this exercise, I had never really given sound a chance, because I am not a musically inclined person. It is refreshing to know that sound does not have to relate to only musical instruments, or those with a good sense of rhythm (not me!) I liked being able to create sound out of everyday objects, and still have it work to create mood in an animated piece.

The project where we swapped sounds in class was very helpful. It is interesting to see how random pieces will still sync up to your images. This helped me realize points in my animation where I could work at making the sound sync up and add more depth. I also noticed the use of a steady beat in two of the works (both the male members of the class!) and the importance of using a variety of sounds.

My challenges for this project were finding sounds that would work with the mood of my piece. Some sounded too happy, and others were too machine sounding. I think that in my piece I made use of background mood, selective sync, object movement, and allusion. A flower dying would not normally have sound, but it was added to emphasize the pain and sadness it would experience.