“Melting Point is a spatial sound installation for hydrophones (i.e. an underwater microphone), ice and water by sound designer-artist Antti Puumalainen (Mäkelä). The installation utilizes the changing states of water – frozen melting to fluid – according to prevailing conditions. The sound installation recycles the continuous phase transition of water, making them audible in the …
Category archives: Applied Sound Design
Doodlebug – work in progress
Group discussion
Following my group discussion with Yuri, Max and Micheal I have decided to make some type of music for my film. The original film uses electronic drones with some dissonant piano, which matches the dingey, dark atmosphere of the apartment in which the film takes place. For my approach to the music, I would like …
Foley Session
Today I was in the performance lab with Viraj recording foley for both mine and Viraj’s film. We had one person recording and one performing foley sounds. For my film (Doodlebug) I recorded the smacks of the shoe against the floor and the movement of the main character and the smaller version of himself. For …
Recording Foley
This week I have been setting up my foley session in ProTools for Doodlebug. I have created moves, FX and a record track in my session. I have also added markers or key events to record effects. Next, I will start to experiment with recording effects such as the smacks of the shoe on the …
Doodlebug (1997)
For my applied sound design assignment I have chosen to create a soundtrack for Christopher Nolan’s 1997 short film, Doodlebug. I have chosen this film for its interesting visuals and use of 16mm film to create the black and white aesthetic. Nolan’s original sound design by David Lloyd uses mainly synthesised sound with some distorted …
Point Of View
A point of view can provide the listener with an understanding of what that character feels on an emotional or physical level. It can be what a single character is experiencing in contrast to what other characters are experiencing even within the same scene. Considering Akomfrah’s approach to sound in “The Nine Muses” (Akomfrah 2010), …
Welcome to my applied sound design blog!
This is my first post on my blog for applied sound design.