Working with sound / visualizing sound Music plays a critical role in animation Piano / organ soundtracks to early works and silent films (recall theater Optique) Disney’s theme animation based on orchestral audio (Silly Symphonies) Imaginative use of music in animated works, (Fantasia, Skeleton Dance) Abstract musical visualizations, non-objective animations (Oskar Fischinger, Norman Mclaren)) Warner animation studio began with a mandate to make a cartoon using a part of a song published by the studio

What is a scratch track? Rough version of the final soundtrack Use a scratch track to help you plan your work and rough out basic ideas What is the advantage to working with multiple tracks in an audio program? Individual control of sound levels ability to move parts around ability to overlap parts ability to add effects to parts

Who is Jack Foley ( )? He developed many sound effects techniques used in Hollywood films. He invented the art of Foley. His film credits are: Melody of Love, Show Boat, Dat ‘ol Ribber, Spartacus, Operation Petticoat Won the Golden Reel Award: an award for sound editing In film

What is the job of a Foley Artist: To add the sounds hear in the film after the film footage is shot. A Foley Artist will add basically every sound you hear to the film; such as: Footsteps Doors closing gun shots

SCREENINGS Peter Jackson’s King Kong Foley Artists at work Jurassic Park Foley Artist at work Radio and theater Foley artist discusses his work in theater

SCREENINGS Circles, Oskar Fischinger, Film historian, William Moritz, describes non-objective animation as the only “true” animation - Does not attempt to make animation represent something that already exists - Rather directly from the imagination of the artist Allegretto, Oskar Fischinger, 1936 Radio Dynamics, Oskar Fischinger, Exploring pure rhythms of film without music Boogie Doodle, Norman McLaren Other examples from internet:

STUDIO Audition demonstration - Either can read existing audio file or Extract from CD After Effects demonstration of loading an audio file and adding it to the timeline Scrubbing through it to hear Must hold down “cntrl” key when scrubbing to hear audio Visualizing the waveform in the time line