AC1 and Sound Design - Project Plan and Research

A1.1  Explore and develop investigation skills for informing ideas  

A1.2  Explore and develop problem solving skills

With my project I hope to achieve each foley sound to be accurate in each part needed as well as match the audio and music as accurately as possible.

The purpose of my work is for entertainment purpose, as it is taken from the anime "Death Note" which I personally enjoy.

The target audience for my project is people who enjoy watching cartoons and anime, who range from ages 12 to 30 plus. I plan to meet their needs by matching the voice acting as best as I can to the mouths of the characters, while showing how the scene progresses through their speaking patterns and tone of voice. The audience consists of viewers and avid viewers of the genre/ culture.

Some constraints I think I will encounter in this project is the tones the voice actors have as the scene progresses as well as finding people who can match the voices as best as possible to the English voice actors. Also, another constraint is some of the foley sounds needed in project, such as solid shoe footsteps in a outside environment as I couldn't find a website or video which matches the audio needed. One constraint I think I am slowly surpassing is the format of audio editing, since this is the first project using foley sounds and audio to match an animation; I have felt comfortable with matching the audio and using the tools in logic. A final constraint is some resources for the project, such as a microphone needed to record the voices, due to coronavirus I don't want to use a microphone which others have used for sanitary reasons. Though I have a headphone microphone which would work, background noise can be picked up with the voice when recording which could be a problem.

I hope to source the foley sounds I need from websites such as BBC Sounds which are royalty free to use and for educational purposes or from YouTube which are also royalty free to use. While researching certain foley sounds I needed I ended up finding a couple of websites which had sounds such as umbrella's opening and one sound of slow footsteps on concrete which I may use In the project.

www.fesliyanstudios.com

www.YouTube.com

http://bbcsfx.acropolis.org.uk

Before choosing the video I am using now, I looked into 3 other anime shows which I could have used, "Attack on Titan", "Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress" and "One Punch Man".

The video I found for Attack on Titan was https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUt0jHHeqg0, which is the scene in the anime in which Eren is in court and another character Levi beats him in front of everyone, including other main characters. In the scene, there is multiple sounds and audio which made it a good choice, as there was lots of speech from multiple people, sounds of chains and many others which would have made multiple opportunities to experiment with foley sounds to fit the original sounds used. Also with the scene taking place in a open and large court house, could have experimented with the speech and foley sounds to make them fit the idea of it being in a open space, adding more effect to the final project.

The scene I found for "One Punch Man" was https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KqNB1bjtTs, which in the scene was Saitama and Genos underwent the hero test. There was a variety of foley sounds which I could have done as well as a nice handful of characters which spoke during the scene, making a variety of voices needed if I chose to do the scene using voices for each character aside from Saitama and Genos. With the scene being in what seems to be a open gym/ warehouse where the hero test is taking place, I could use reverb on the foley sounds to make it seem more real and vibrant.

The video I found for 'Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress'

Title: Death Notes Most Messed Up Scene		Page Number
Sound Designer: Kyle Noble		1/3
Image	Foley/Music	Dialogue
edit:		Light Yagami and Naomi Misura calm conversation Dur: 3 seconds
edit:		Slow footsteps then cut to medium shot dur: 3 seconds
edit		Light Yagami and Naomi Misura calm conversation dur: 5 seconds
edit:		Light Yagami and Naomi Misura calm conversation dur: 10 seconds
edit:		Light Yagami and Naomi Misura calm conversation dur: 12 seconds

Title:		Page Number
Sound Designer		2/3
Image	Foley/Music	Dialogue
edit:		Light Yagami talking inside his head dur: 3 seconds
edit:		Continues to talk to Naomi Misura dur: 4 seconds
edit:		Naomi Misura getting agitated at Light with a close up to her face dur: 11 seconds
edit:		Cut to Ryuk laughing hysterically dur: 9 seconds
edit:		Back and forth dialogue dur:c16 seconds

Title:						PageNumber
Sound Designer:						3/3
Image					Foley/Music	Dialogue
edit:						More back and forth before Naomi Miusra hands light her drivers licence dur: 16 seconds
edit:						Close up of Naomi handing light her drivers license dur: 6 seconds
edit:						dur:
edit:						Snow falls with cut to other character walking dur: 8 seconds
edit:						Character opens umbrella then cut to lights face dur: 4 seconds
Title: Death Notes Most Messed Up Scene				Page Number
Sound Designer: Kyle Noble				1/3
Image		Foley/Music		Dialogue
edit:
edit:				Light talks in his head while writing down Naomi Misura’s name. dur: 5 seconds
edit				dur:
edit:				Character walks past Light and Naomi dur: 6 seconds
edit:				Stops writing and looks at his watch, Naomi asks why he keeps doing it. dur: 3 seconds
Title: Death Notes Most Messed Up Scene			Page Number
Sound Designer: Kyle Noble			1/3
Image	Foley/Music		Dialogue
edit:			Dur:
edit:			Continues to look at watch before revealing he is Kira dur: 6 seconds
edit			Cuts to wide shot of the pair before Naomi walks away slowly dur: 8 seconds
edit:			Walks away as he asks her a question dur: 15 seconds
edit:			Light and Ryuk watch as Naomi walks away to her death dur: 30 seconds