Learning Objective One

Soundtrack for the Moving Image

Understanding the Relationships Between Sound and Picture in Moving Image Productions.

Learning Objective Two

SET UPS

Zoom Set Up

1. Start with the zoom, before anything else (configure to an output/input device)2. Press Menu. Using the fast forward key, move through the options until you get to usb mode.3. Press the centre red record button, press fast forward key again to select audio IF then press red record button again.4.Press the fast forward key to select the connect option.

(connection must be made round the BACK of the computer, at the BOTTOM usb socket)

Cubase Set Up

When quebase opens...

1.Devices – Device set-up

2.Set video player to QuickTime

3.Set vst audio bay to zoom

4.All audio input and output goes through the zoom

5.Headphones in the zoom to hear your recording.

(If you do not have a usb cable; set vst devices in the audio bay to m-audio. Connect the zoom to the external sound card (round the back!) connect the 3.5 mil jack to the phones line out in the zoom)

If the zoom does not have any batteries then you may connect the zoom via usb or the supplied power supply.

PINK PANTHER SOUNDTRACK

Original Soundtrack

Film Analysis

Action	Time 00:00:00 M/S/0.S	Music
Telescope zooming	00:32:19	Zooming cartoon sound
Pink panther hammering	00:40:00	Banging cartoon sound
Pink panther poring	00:49:12	Splash
PP in the bath	00:56:21	Plop cartoon sound
Car driving	01:01:13	Car
Telescope zooming	01:08:05	Zooming cartoon sound
Scrubbing back	01:12:21	Scratching
Dunk in bath	01:14:10	Splash
Blind	01:17:20	Blind falling
Man looking through telescope	01:19:20	Gasp
Slamming phone down	01:32:01	Bang cartoon sound
Telescope zooming	02:01:20	Zooming cartoon sound
Explosion	02:26:15	Explosion cartoon sound
Wall falling	02:30:17	Bang
PP falling	02:45:11	Falling cartoon sound
PP sleeping	03:02:20	Snoring
PP sleeping	03:43:02	Snoring
Telescope zooming	03:46:10	Zooming cartoon sound
PP falling	04:14:07	Falling cartoon sound
Cannon zoom	05:20:17	Zoom
Explosion	05:31:20	Explosion cartoon sound

My Audio

Changing Video Set Up

Start off by going onto the 'devices' tab and press on 'device set up'.

A window similar to this will come up - you need to go down and press on 'video player' and as you can see in the picture above select quicktime from the tab above.

Layout of my Sounds

Final Soundtrack

SWIFTCOVER ADVERT

Original Advert



Script

Uses of sounds

•  Dialoque
• Voice over
• Sound effects
• Instruments
• Background music

Script and timing
Dialogue

Puppet - Voice over
Iggi pop: 0.01-0.08 seconds: So little guy, you ready for our big road trip?
Puppet: 0.04-0.04 seconds: Yeahh
0.07-0.08 sesonds: And i got myself some rockin new wheels yeahh
Iggi pop: 0.09-0.13 seconds: Go swiftcover.com they'll give you a car insurence quote in just 60 seconds
Puppet: 0.13-0.13 seconds: lot balloonsIggi pop: 0.14-0.18 seconds: and it’s totally online so you can store your documents online and print them when you need them.Puppet: 0.18-0.20 seconds: helllp I can’t reachIggi pop: 0.22-0.24 seconds: I see you got some rockin’ new driving shoesPuppet: 0.24-0.25 seconds: rock n’ roll man
0.25-0.25 seconds: let’s do this
Iggi pop: 0.26-0.28 seconds: get a lifePuppet: 0.28-0.30 seconds: get swift covered

My Recordings 

Above are my own recordings for our over dubbing of the Iggy Pop Advert.

The Processes Involved



For these recordings I used a zoom which at first I found confusing but as I had used it before this exercise I had the experiance needed to create an advert soundtrack to prefessional standard. We recorded in a studio as we couldn't have any background noise that may interfere with the recording. This meant again that the work was to prefessional standard. The editing didn't take much work as we had recorded in a studio so there wasn't any interference to get rid of. I changed the pitch a lot as I wanteded to get the voise actors as similar to iggy pop as possible.

Screen Shots

Final Advert

I am pleased with my advert and feel it has come out well with the exception on one piece of speech missing from little iggy. I feel it is well synced and matches the character. The background sound works wel as a constant beat going through and I'm perticually proud of the noise the simble makes after I overdubbed it. 

Learning Objective Three

Pre-Poduction

Director

Sound Storyboard

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As the sound director for Josh I made him a storyboard outlining the music. I also sent him a copy of my first draft of my advert to help with the timings for my music. Although I didn't tell him the music I wanted I gave him a track that I liked and wanted similar to. After looking on the internet he played me a couple of different tracks he could play on the piano and I chose one I thought suited my advert the most and also one he could play to a high quality.

My First Advert Draft

Sound Designer

Josh's Advert

 

Josh's Storyboard

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Required Sounds

•  Background music.
•  Simpsons opening soundtrack.
•  Piano going along to video.

Sound Diary

Day One
Today I started on my research basically, I went over what my sound designer wanted me to do and used youtube to find some music that I would be able to play and would go with his advert and story board. From looking on youtube I have found that Piano tutorials are really helpful and will use one next lesson when I start actually making the music.

Day Two
This lesson I have gone through youtube and have found the tune I like and Josh will be happy with. I connected the piano through the USB cable to the computer to use cubase and found this really easy to do after a few tries. I have now learned to plug it into the computer before opening the software. Using youtube tutorials makes it really simple to play the piano as I'd never played before and using cubase meant I could move and delete bars which meant that any mistakes didn't matter that much!

Day three
This lesson I was just carrying on with the music and perfecting last weeks so I didn't do anything different from last week although I managed to get set up much quicker which meant I had more time to work on the soundtrack.

Day four
My sound designer was absent today so I was unable to get his thoughts on the soundtrack which meant I couldn't go any further in designing the soundtrack so I did some more editing to my own advert.

Day five

Day Six
Today I finished off the soundtrack for josh's advert as he approved it, I am also happy with the sound track and am very of the outcome and the piano playing as I have never played it before, although we havn't seen the soundtrack and the advert together I am sure they will work perfectly.

 

Learning Objective Four

Final TV Advert

Editing Techniques

Final Advert with Soundtrack

My Evaluation

I am happy with my final soundtrack for my advert and am pleased with how it worked with the advert and how it turned out. I believe I have stuck to the brief set for me and have worked well with Josh. I feel a lot more confident using cubase and feel I could use it a lot quicker in the future and do a lot less messing around. My skills have improved a lot since I started this project and feel I haven't needed much help with the software and have learned a lot through trail and error. I did all the soundtrack through cubase as my client didn't want any voice overs or sound effects. My client needed the simpsons soundtrack so I needed to get this off  youtube. If I was to do this again then I would add some more effects to the music by adding a few different instuments to make it sound more professional.

Josh's Evaluation

The soundtrack which i received from charlotte i was overall pleased with contains what was asked, a simple soundtrack beat which keeps a constant flow throughout and the simpsons them tune which was played as it came on screen which i noticed wasn't the original but a piano sounding one which created a better effect for the advert. The only thing missing was when the piano came on screen the song which was played on the piano wasn't as a soundtrack which i asked for but isn't made to clear that it is out of sync.