Process:

Reflection

For this project I decided to explore the world of sound design, specifically immersing myself into sound design for video games. In order to achieve this, I decided to take on two separate elements for my overall project submission. I did this as there was an opportunity to do sound design for the gaming students in the second trimester and this was a great opportunity to get experience in creating audio assets for a client and fulfilling the sound design criteria of someone else. For the other part of this project, I did a resounding of an existing video game called Elden Ring, which was the original idea that I had for this project. Due to the fact that this was a recording project, this meant that I had to record all of the elements to create the sound effects. Once they were all edited, the audio assets were delivered to the gaming students who then implemented them into the game that they made for their project. For the resounding I had to place all of the created sound effects to match the video and recreate the scene with the goal of making the sounds feel as if they are in the game.

The recording and editing portions of the project were fairly stress free and did not cause me too much trouble, but this was mainly due to the fact that I chose to do very rudimentary recording techniques in order to properly challenge myself to improve my sound design skills within ProTools. The work for the gaming students was also successful and they were satisfied with the audio assets that I provided for them, stating that there was no need to make any edits after they heard the SFX library. Additionally, the resounding was successful and definitely provided me with a great opportunity to see what goes into creating audio assets for a video game.

The biggest thing that did not go well was the amount of work that had to be done in a short amount of time. I definitely underestimated how much work I had to do in order by accepting to do work for the gaming students as well as my own resounding work. I believe that all of the audio assets that I created would have been better if I was focusing on only aspect of this project, although this was also a great learning experience for me. It showed me how much work really goes into this and it also forced me to do a significant amount of work in a short time frame, as well as the pressure of having a ‘client’ (the gaming students) relying on me to complete their project.

All of this has taught me a lot with regards to sound design and the difference between doing work for my own project and someone else’s project. I felt the responsibility to complete the gaming student’s audio assets before working on my own and by underestimating the amount of work I would be doing for their project resulted in me having a lot less time to work on the resounding project. Although from this immense workload it also taught me how to work more efficiently and effectively in ProTools and in general.