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 floor, which I should be able to record at home to experiment.
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 piano. For my approach to the sound design, I would like to match the same sense of anxiousness and unease that the film’s visuals create.
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), Komfrah mainly uses archived sounds from the BBC Archive to tell the stories of immigrants moving into England. He often uses folk music, poetry and speech of African/Indian origin to convey the experience migrants had in moving to England for the first time. This archival sound is also used in contrast to newer footage of both Alaska and the UK to compare more recent points of view to those displayed in the archive footage.
This is my first post on my blog for applied sound design.
