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Composing a soundtrack for an animation is something none of us are qualified to do. Luckily Matt is! He inspired us to find our inner musician and try new musical skills.
Matt started by helping us get to the "feel" of the main characters. He drew a music staff on the board (the 5 lines the notes sit on), then drew the outline of the characters on the staff. He then placed music notes on the staff to represent the music. Lisa played these notes on the keyboard to provide the melody. We listened to the melody a few times then used our voices and percussion instruments to lay sounds over it.
Drawing on the staff.MOVmusic guitar.MOVWe used a variety of musical instruments to add to the sound track. These included triangles, tapping sticks, bongos, djembe drums, tambourines, xylophones, cymbals and guiros. We didn't have to read the music or know any notes. We used a creative array of sounds and beats.
Zeke, who plays guitar, joined in with Matt and Lisa to add to the melody.
We used onomatopoeia in our written story. To bring these words to life in our animation we used group vocals. Starting with small sounds we built up to the big ones. As you can see from the video here the written word "KABOOM" was a big group effort.
kaboom music.MOV
Tina was our sound recordist! She used a tool called a Zoom Sound Recorder to capture our music and sounds. She also used her phone as a back up...just in case!
Soundscape.MOVMatt used Logic Pro software to layer and create the final soundscape and music.
The Soundscape of the animation provided emotion and added to the story. We became buzzing flies and croaking frogs. Sounds started small and built up to a crescendo. Matt explained to us that a large group of people all using small sounds can be delicate and quiet or heavy and loud! We used this technique for the smashing sounds.
Buzzing.MOV"Music can change the world"
"Music can change the world"
Ludwig Beethoven
Ludwig Beethoven
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