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Music for a Christmas Animation
Inverurie Academy Faculty of Expressive Arts
Creating a Sound Track for a Christmas Animation
Learning Intentions
1. You are going to create a sound track for a Christmas animation of your choice
2 Create a sound design map for your chosen animation
3. Create Foley sounds for your animation using the Zoom/mics and Focus Scarlett box.4. Use the internet and controller keyboard to source/make sound effects and background music for your animation
5. Convert your Foley etc. to Mp3 files
6. Import all your sounds and match up to your animation
8. Export your animation as a QuickTime Movie
9. Evaluate your work
7. Apply basic mixing techniques to your work
Success Criteria
All pupils will be able to ……
Select an animation of their choice to work with and create a Sound Design Map Use the internet to source sound effects
Upload the sfx into Cubase and match up with the animation
Most pupils will be able to ……
Use the Zoom H1 and or mics and focus Scarlett box to create Foley and or Dialogue
Convert the Foley etc to Mp3 files
Evaluate their work and upload this to the S3 Music Tech blog
Export their finished project as a Quick Time Movie
Some pupils will be able to ……
Apply basic mixing techniques to their work.
Stage 1
1. Go to Shared Documents – Faculties – Creative Arts – Music – 2014-15 – S3 Music Tech –
Christmas movies
2. Listen to and watch all the animations in the folder and choose
one for your project.
3. Copy and Paste your chosen animation into a new folder in you’re my
documents called CHRISTMAS MOVIE PROJECT.
4. Complete a SOUND DESIGN MAP detailing all the sounds you hear
and are where they come from – live recoding, foley ,dialogue,
sound effect. (your teacher will hand these out)
Work through this brief in order to complete your project – please ensure
you read the instructions carefully and update your session log at the end
of each period…..
Stage 2
1. Create your own Sound design map – carefully detailing what sounds you need and where
are you going to get them –foley, sound effect (from the internet or controller keyboard,
music/background. Complete the map on the next slide.
Sound Design Map example
Time Foley Sound Effect Music/background Dialogue
00.00 background music
00.03 footsteps on snow
00.10 reindeer singing
Sound Design Map
Time Foley Sound Effect Music/background Dialogue
01-29 background muisc
01-27 ice skating
08 dropping noise
11 dropping noise
12 dropping noise
15 dropping noise
17 dropping noise
18 dropping noise
19 dropping noise
21 dropping noise
26 falling noise
28 crashing noise
30 wave noise
31 merry Christmas merry Christmas merry Christmas
Stage 3 Block your sounds:
Blocking SoundsFoley Sound Effect Dialogue Music/background Other
These websites have great effects but there are many more:. Just google – ‘free sound
effects’
www.soundbible.com
www.soundjay.com
www.freesound.orgUser Name: moggsmusicPassword:room55 www.freesfx.co.uk User Name: N45MTPassword: room55
Stage 4
1. Open a new CUBASE Project – CHRISTMS MOVIE SOUNDS
2. One block at a time make/compose your effects and export as MP3 files using AUDIO
MIXDOWN.
3. Sound Effects will download as MP3s automatically from the internet (if you are using
CHROME they will go straight to your ‘downloads’ folder. (Use CHROME FOR THIS)
4. Use the Zoom H1 for Foley sounds and also the mics and Scarlett Focusrite Audio box for
sounds/dialogue.
5. Create instrument tracks and experiment with the virtual keyboard /controller keyboard.
6. Ensure you NAME EACH SOUND!!! and store together in your project folder – CHRISTMAS
MOVIE SOUNDS
7. This will take quite a while but its important that you do this carefully and thoroughly.
Stage 5
1. Open a new project – CHRISTMAS MOVIE
2. Import the video you have chosen to work with
3. Set the time line to – time code and time linear (right click on the time line to do this)
4. The F8 shortcut will allow you to see the video too.
5. Import your sounds one at a time and line up with the video (Import audio file)
Stage 6
1. Press F3 and you will get the MIXER
2. Now balance up each track using the sliders to adjust the volume.
3. Use PANNING to decide which speaker the sounds are coming from.
4. Use Fade out/ in if appropriate.
5. Experiment with REVERB
6. Watch your movie!
Panning
Reverb in here
Volume
Stage 7
1. Export your completed project as a QUICK TIME Movie (see the hand out for this)
2. Complete your CHRISTMAS MOVIE EVALUATION (at the end of this power point)
3. Upload this power point including your Evaluation to the S3 MUSIC TECH BLOG
4. Save your Movie to the TERABYTE HARD DRIVE at the teachers’ desk.
Date:
What I have done today:
What help I needed:
Evidence I have produced, where and how it is stored:
Session Log
Use this space to insert screen shots of your work (print scr and paste - ctrl + v)
Date:
What I have done today:
What help I needed:
Evidence I have produced, where and how it is stored:
Session Log
Concepts/Effects Used in my music
Date:
What I like best about my project
1.
2.
What I can do to improve my next project
1.
2.
RED I need to spend more time on this
AMBER I am beginning to do this well
GREEN I am confident at doing this
Personal Assessment Record
Pupil Teacher/Peer
Criteria RED AMBER GREEN RED AMBER GREEN
1 Create a sound design map to accompany the Animation
2 Use the internet to search for and download sound effects as .wav and mp3s
3 Use mics/Zoom H1 to
record foley sounds/dialogue
4 Use the controller keyboard to compose sound effects
5 Apply basic mixing, EQ and balancing techniques.
6 Bounce down an audio master.
Differentiated Success Criteria
LO1: All pupils will be able to...
LO2: All pupils will be able to...
LO3:Most pupils will be able to..
LO4: Some pupils will be able to
