'Cliff' 30/05/2011

The soundtrack for the film is being produced by Stephen Brooks, a fellow animator and talented musician.

Before any production began I came across a set of blogs he had posted online.
This was the one i was impressed with, how he takes the idea of his animation and creates a perfect tune to fit it.
Although he presents himself as INSAAANE in the vlog, he shows off his enthusiasm for both animation and music.


I asked him if he would like to work on my next animation for my final major project. He was enthusiastic and was looking forward to getting to work.

He first began work on the original animatic, which to be honest was a mess. He was doing a basic guitar tune for a some scribbles. Luckily i began work and seemed to complete a good amount of footage in a short amount of time giving Stephen a taste of what the polished film will look like.
I went back and fixed up the animatic with co director, Lana Cohen and began to make sure the story was clear.
I then did the same thing as i animated.
Stephen's basic guitar track was fantastic and completely created the mood for the film where the animaton did not.
He chose beautiful sounding chords and tunes for different moments.
Since then I have completed animation and edited the whole film together in a way, that i hope represents the story to the audience clearly.
From what I have heard of the music so far it is fantastic and i am very very excited for people to see the movie and listen to the music.
There are some scenes in my film, i admit may drag on a bit but his music will keep them interested and excited.
He will be working to complete a good % by the end of today for my hand in deadline. But will continue to polish it to his liking for the 'Summer Show Screening'.

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Here are the song examples i sent for Stephen to look over and possibly be inspired by.

I wanted a very acoustic sound to the film, 'guitar, piano, bass, drums'. ~A classic sound, similar to children's series like Peanuts and Winnie the Pooh.



Other that i told him he could do whatever he liked with the sound, and he has done brilliantly.

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Schedule, to do list for paper-work
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Front Cover *
Statement of Intent (* but not printed)
DVD Authored*
Journal* (Blog)
CV*
Promotional Package (Information about film and cast)* (Including DPI Images)
DVD with Quicktime file *
Evaluation *


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