So 2019 has rolled around and I'm happy to say I'm already involved in a really interesting project with some friends of mine. To practice our sound design skills we've taken this video and replaced all the sound ourselves.
Just telling from the video you can see why this is such a cool project. There are plenty of really challenging elements to keep things interesting and there's so much for us to work on here. I'm working with two others, Tom who I worked on Project Wild machine with and Rylan who is a friend of mine and a wizard when it comes to making really professional soundtracks. Together we divided the project into 4 basic parts, the Dialogue, Music, Foley and SFX. We divided the work among the three of us, I am focusing on the Dialogue due to my experience from my podcast, Tom is tackling the SFX and Rylan is working on the soundtrack. We recorded the foley together as we all wanted to makes sure we were practicing our skills cause foley isn't something we get to try with every project. After dividing the roles we set about making our pre-production plan which ive talked about in previous blogs but if you're interested in how a project like this gets started it looks a little something like this.
The basic things you need to start organising are your general role assignment, milestones or schedule, risk management then for a post production project you'll need your script and asset list. This is essential for starting any project on the right foot. Laying out exactly what needs to be done, who's doing it and when it's due sets a project in motion and helps multiple people coordinate their efforts in the right direction. Without documents like this or anything close to this you kind of feel like you're milling about and hoping for the best.
Anyway back to the actual project we picked this video for many many reasons. Tom and I are huge fans of post production and hope to make a career out of it either in the film or games industry. So when I was looking for videos to challenge us I found this. I've seen the show and remember the sound being really on point for the most part but there were also elements that stuck out to Tom and I like the over the top anime combat and magic spells that go off. We've both wanted to practice making these because it's basically going to be our bread and butter later down the track so we tried to start learns these advanced sounds earlier on rather than later. The trailer is also quite a challenge due to its synchronous nature with the soundtrack. Trailer usually have some kind of action eb and flow. Start small and quiet and build suspense then start unleashing the general narrative once people are hooked. The end of the trailer has a huge combat montage that we thought would be a great opportunity to practice some advanced timing with audio to visuals and accompanying music. The general feel and tone of the trailer is also going to be really fun, the dark, gory and horror is something we've never done before and honestly is going to be a lot of fun. It's stating the obvious that we are excited to get started. In my coming blogs I'll keep you posted on the how the project is progressing, the obstacles we face and of course what I learn. Thanks for reading!
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