Minor Project Submission

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Red & The Kingdom of Sound - YPGTTO

Reflective Statement

Minor: Creative Development Archive 'Showreel' Progress #2

I've continued to work and adjust the soundscape/voiceover for my showreel. I've decreased the overall background music and sound effects and increased the voiceover so it was easier to hear. Even though I'm not completely happy with the music and the voice clips aren't in the correct order, I hope it gets the 'feel' of the project across relatively well. I do know that when I contact a music composer (which will be soon) I want to be sure there are some clips or loops that sound more sad or menacing, while others sound happier or nostalgic since I want to be sure to convey the more positive emotions as well.

Minor Project: Creative Development Archive 'Showreel' Progress #1

I've been working on my written creative development archive for the Minor Project submission, but I also needed to put together some of my animation tests so they could be reviewed. I'm not 100% happy with the music, I spent a long time looking through music clips I could use but I couldn't find something I was completely happy with. One of the first things I want to do in relation to my Major project is contact and collaborate with a music composer so I can have music/soundscapes I like.

I also spent some time experimenting with my voiceover, I created several layers of whispers using both my own voice and some found sound effects. I created a few other sound effects for different parts in the video as well. I've already gotten a bit of feedback, I'm going to return to this and adjust several things including the audio levels since the main feedback I got was sometimes it was hard to hear my voice over the music and soundscape...but this is my progress so far. The poem is not in order, since this video is a fraction of the duration of the final voiceover...but I wanted to include some of the more relevant lines in the poem where I felt they could fit.

Minor Project: Needles & Bleach Influence Maps

Minor Project: Dissolve/Erosion using Fractal Noise Test #1

After getting some feedback in regards to my bleach/dissolve test, I wanted to experiment with some other ways I could make my object look as if it is dissolving or eroding away. In After Effects, I created a square composition, created a solid layer then added the fractal noise effect to it. I adjusted the settings so it started off white then dissolved away into black. I exported it into a tiff sequence and plugged it into the Displacement Material channel on my orb so the fractal noise would animate the height. I also plugged the map into the specular colour, hoping that the material being 'revealed' would be at least different than the original one. I wasn't sure if this would work, but I'm quite happy with the outcome. I'd like to experiment more with plugging the fractal noise into different channels and trying out different animations in After Effects to see what results I can get.