Video Games
Sound Creation in video games differ from cutscenes, in a games trailer or for atmosphere in parts to further entice the player in that video game world sound also is a big factor in making a game realistic from guns to car engines to even the sound of the wind. These all allow developers to create the sounds and feeling that they want to show the player.
This video shows how sound is made in different video games and how it effects the player.
Movies
Movies also can use sound creation for trailers but mainly it uses it for ambience and atmosphere when showing new landscapes or a new perspective. For example this video shows how music in the movies changes the atmosphere and feeling of the situation.
This video show the same scene over and over again but with different music to show you how the different types of music changes the mood and general theme the film may believe to be in.
Radio
Radios use sound to introduce someone they would play music or a sound to give a signal as radios are not visual they would have to play sounds for you to understand. However this video talks of tv in a way and the Foley effect they mention the old radios and how the would use foley to make sound.
Animation
Animation uses very different sound creation as its used for almost everything from Movement to Actions. Animation has so many possibilities and the potential is increased with a greater sound effect on the animation itself, for example.
Adverts In TV
For Advertisers they are looking for the very best sounds to entice the audience to buy what there product is for example the sound creation in this Car Advert is used to show the Car is powerful to its viewers.
Types Of Sound Creation
Foley
As shown in the Videos before Foley is where you use real world objects to make sound in Music or sound tracks or movies.
Ambience
Is also shown is used to create an atmospheric background and is usually made for a setting in a film or video game.
Dialogue/Voiceovers
These are usually Narrators who are there to describe something or tell a story for example Steve Irwin who Narrated a lot of Documentarys .
Underscore
This is mostly used in a musical theater or film production, underscoring is the playing of music quietly under spoken dialogue or a visual scene. It is usually done to establish a mood or theme, frequently used to recall and/or foreshadow a musical theme important to the character(s) and/or plot point, onstage or onscreen.
in the first clip it shows and expresses isolation and death all in one clip .
Special/Spot effects
A sound effect most often consists of more than one part – usually several parts. It’s like a mini-drama, with a beginning, middle, and end. It is meant to indicate some action or event, and it should follow through to complete that action.
Most effects you hear are actually the result of at least two people, long after filming, doing something with two or more objects, probably unrelated to what you are supposed to be hearing.
Physical Props
All the scenery, furniture and props the audience sees at a production of a play make up the set design. The set designer’s job is to design these physicalsurroundings in which the action will take place.
this will be used to make sound creation.
Environmental Sounds
Wildlife film soundtracks are a combination of sounds recorded in the wild during the filming, or recorded in the wild previously, as well as sounds that must be re-created in a studio and, of course, music.
it distracts you from different watching the movie or video.
Sound Synthesis
This is where sound is recorded off of MIDI or other Digital programs however it can be made by a user with synthesisers.
Digital Sample Manipulation
This is used to change the ways we hear a sound to a slight change to a big one this is made by FX or equalisers usually to improve sound so it better mixes with the genre or style of music.
Effect Libraries
Effect libraries is where a large amount of sounds the Data is used for different sounds or effects usually used in movies to make a certain noise humans could not make for example Sci-Fi would use a robotic sound maybe.
Example
I am gonna use 2 clips to show you how they use sound creation
- Advert
- Movie clip
In this clip they use sound synthesis to get the sound. They also have voice overs. They have some ambience too.
In the movie clip they have ambience, music, environment noises, engine noises and police sirens all to add to the effect.
This is my sound creation piece
This is the voiceover
This is the ambience
This is the foley. I recorded Sirs voice making buzzing noises
This is my underscore
This the sampler i used for the audio
I used this to get the sound bang in time
For my harpsichord at the start i changed the sound
I changed the drive
This is the final pieceThe McLaren Senna
Unit 4 Sound Creation Review
Strengths:
Very good fades in-between the trailer and sounds.It creates a good atmosphere when the car is introduced. I have used a varirty of sounds. I used some engine noises that I got from effects library. I used some software instruments to help me.
Weaknesses:
Could have added more effects.
Could have mixed it down more. I could have added Eq to the sounds to give them a boost.
What would I do next time:
I would add the various effects and spend more time on mixing the piece down. I would also get more foley done to add to the piece. I would spend more time perfecting the piece.