MD5356 Sound Design & Composition for Moving Image (SEM1 – 2020/21)

In this post I want to showcase my work on sound-design for a short film/clip.

For this assessment we were allowed to use any clip we wanted. I decided to go with the opening cutscene from the game ‘Dark Souls’. This game is based in a dark fantasy setting with gothic and Japanese influences tied to it.

Originality Report:

MD5356 Sound Design and Composition for Moving Image: Originality
Report AW S1902772

• Erosion: Atmos bed. Found in logic. (Cinematic, Textures).
• Dark Forces (1 and 2): Atmos bed. Found in logic. (Cinematic, Moments).
• Twilight Splendor: Atmos bed. Found in logic. (Cinematic, Ambient
moments).
• Thunder Sounds: Sample. Found online. (http://soundbible.com/tagslightning.html).
• Tiger Roar: Sample. Found online.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmEX4X3OldM). Uploaded By:
QuinTich. Date uploaded: (17/09/2017).
• Elephant Sound Effect: Sample. Found online.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-4bIA7Uck0). Uploaded By: Classic
Sounds: Upload Date: (09/04/2017).
• Cinematic Trailer Transition (Whoosh) – Sound Effect HD: Sample. Found
online. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDRVzwNkV20). Uploaded
By: 2MirrorsDialogue. Upload Date: (25/11/2017).
• Eagle Sound Effect: Sample. Found online.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdFxnbZtu1I). Uploaded By: Red and
Black. Upload Date: (03/12/2012).
• Horror Screech: Sample. Found online.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ0m-Tamtfc&t=33s). Uploaded By: n
Beats. Upload date: (07/10/2016).
• Alligator Crocodile Growl Sound Effect: Sample. Found online.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PB0M_lrLnt4). Uploaded By: Needed
Sound Effects. Upload Date: (02/09/2016).
• Percussive Snake Hiss: Sample. Found online.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKG_3IqvZQU). Uploaded By:
Kalledoni. Upload Date: (01/05/2019).
• Alligator Growl: Sample. Found online.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKG_3IqvZQU). Uploaded By:
Kalledoni. Upload Date: (01/05/2019).
• Strong Wind Sound Effect (1 and 2): Sample. Found online.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RL-pDnXvNUE&t=13s). Uploaded By:
Effect Factory. Upload Date: (07/02/2019).
• Rock Falling Sound Effects All Sounds_1: Sample. Found online.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tff-vRUXZR4&t=39s). Uploaded By: All
Sounds. Upload Date: (10/03/2018)

As you can see there was a lot of work put into this, I did my own voice lines, some of my own sound effects, music, mixing and mastering. some sound effects where taken from no-royalty sound sites for things like lightning.

This I think worked pretty well as the audio and instrumental choices I made sit well within the different scenes of the clip; highlighting the different moods between them.