Tuesday, 26 November 2013

Shaun of the Dead- Soundtrack/ Brief


Shaun of the Dead - Soundtrack

Sound effects needed:

  • Footsteps (concrete and shop floor) - Simon - THROUGHOUT
  • Trip (concrete) - (00:01)
  • Footsteps (running) - character - (00:07)
  • Coughing - person - (00:14)
  • Soft groans from zombies - person - could use panning - (00:11 - 00:17)
  • Scratching head - person - (00:19)
  • Opening the fridge - fridge (college/home/Tescos) - (00:26)
  • Cans wobble - energy drink cans - (00:28)
  • Partially closing the fridge - fridge (college/home/Tescos) - (00:33)
  • Simon slips - person - (00:35)
  • Opening the ice cream fridge - fridge (college/home/Tescos) - (00:39)
  • *Grabs cornetto* - object with similar wrapping - (00:41)
  • Closing the ice cream fridge - fridge (college/home/Tescos) - (00:42)
  • *Sigh* - Person - (00:47)
  • Change rattling - copper change - (00:47)
  • Cheesy shop music - YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKP-KwdT5B8 - (00:20 - 00:48)
       The only sound fx we can't actually create is the shop music, but apart from that, we should be able to create every sound effect.
       We may have to go into a supermarket (like Tesco) to record sound fx for the cans and fridges etc. which may be difficult due to background noise. If this doesn't work we could use the college's fridges or our home fridges. It's easy enough to buy some energy drinks for the can rattles.
       We plan to make the footstep sound fx last, as it will be the hardest to create (due to timing).

       We can use panning for the zombie noises and the shop music, as Simon moves around the store while it is playing and so, realistically, it will sound louder or quieter depending on where he is in relation to the radio.
       We can also use levels in Final Cut to change the volume of each sound effect to make it more realistic.

       We've decided to get the slipping noise off of the Internet, because when we tried to record it it sounded very unrealistic. Ellie and I have started the project whilst Kayleigh is on holiday. We've done all of the basic sounds, like the sighs and coughing. We've also sorted out the panning and the levels of the shop music. 

       We've also gotten a clearing throat sound effect from the internet (http://soundbible.com/782-Clearing-Throat-Male.html), because we were unable to produce a decent sound ourselves - UPDATE - We're not using said sound effect, because it doesn't fit in with the rest of the FX (we can get away with not using it).

       Tescos has too much background noise for us to be able to get high quality fridge sound fx, so we've got some fx from freeSFX.co.uk. We will still be able to do the can fx though. We've made a sound effect for the opening of the fridge door using the college double doors in our corridor. The fridge humming sound we sourced from YouTube.

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