Some Focus on Sound!

 Audio!

It still amazes me how important audio is to a film or other media productions as well as the amount needed to make that audio. Finding the right sound effects, choosing the right music, and creating the foley is all hard work and takes a lot of time and thought. But that outcome is always awesome! There's a lot to talk about so let's not waste time and get right into it!

Music

Something cool about our opening is that Kai and Sam/Atticus are listening to the same song, which would play during the opening. The struggle was to find a copyright-free song that Kai and Sam/Atticus would realistically listen to. So it had to be a whimsical rock song that wasn't copyrighted. Easy, right? Surprisingly right! 

We used Bulletproof Bear which gives film creators like us easy access to well-made copyright-free music. And since Madison, Sofia, and I are in a class that already pays for using it, it's free! Madison must've used some special keyword in her search because she was able to find the perfect song within five minutes of searching. It's definitely rock enough for Kai, but has that whimsical element that fits Sam/Atticus. On top of that, it feels right to put it into a coming-of-age film!

The Song: Another Naive Generation

I'm very glad how easy that was. Now onto the harder parts!

Sound Effects!

As the main editor of this opening, I will be the main person to work on adding these sound effects, and boy are there a lot...

I have to think of the tiniest of sounds from the click of the volume button of a phone to the rolling sound a car makes. The music doesn't take away the sound effects, but just muffles it! I have to think about all of this and when it is right to put a sound effect of something and where to put it. I have to line up the sound just right to make it hit just right!

Naturally, I feel like we need to film first before I can gather my sound effects but the major sounds are a car engine if we don't get the foley of that, the sound of a pencil drawing, and the mailbox opening all feel like important sounds to have. I think a good idea for me to do is to write down sounds I hear while filming that I think are important to add back in during post-production.

Alongside Bulletproof Bear, I plan on using Pixabay which houses so many amazing sound effects all for free! I use Pixabay all the time so I trust it and know what to look for while using it!

Foley

Sometimes, the internet just doesn't have the sound I'm looking for so I got to make it! I have some previous experience with foley for my sound project and another foley project I did for my TV production class. Because of these prior experiences, I feel secure in creating some foley, especially with the help of my awesome team. It may be easy to get these exact sounds, or difficult depending on what we need, but I'm hoping it's relatively easy!

If it becomes difficult, it will be worth it for if we create the perfect sound we enhance the quality of our film!

Conclusion

Sound is already in the process of turning out well, but we all need to take time to focus on it and find the right sounds for the right actions. And if we can't find it, we're going to have to create it! But that's what's needed to create something we're proud of so that hard work and the rest of the hard work we're putting into this will all be worth it!