Week 8: Recording Sound

As I am trying to create an 'eerie' and 'creepy' effect for my animation, sound plays an integral part of the creative process. But how will I go about recording and retrieving the required sounds?

As I mentioned previously, I am going to use long silences, minimal speech and dramatic segments of sound when something significant occurs. Fortunately, none of these require any dubious sound work, so for the most part I will be able to record the sound myself. For the required sound effects, I will use the Internet to find the copyright free sounds that I desire. Free Sound (http://www.freesound.org) is a notable example of this.

To record the sound bites, I am going to use iMovie 09. With iMovie 09, it is possible to watch the movie whilst recording, so I will be able to record accurate and effective sound bites. I will do this once the visual side of my animation is complete.