Here’s the original clip with the sound:
Report:
My objective was to create a sound design for the terminator clip that would make the listener believe that these are the actual sounds of the environment he sees.
I wanted to highlight almost every movement that we see. It was important to highlight the welding procedure, also the one that we could only see as a reflection. Apart from attaching sounds to the movements of the machines and all the actions we can follow on the screen, I also included a background noise that sounds like a factory environment that deals with heavy objects. We can hear rumbling, hammering metals, items moving on the production line and factory alarm sounds.
I decided to take an approach of a Terminator 2 sound designer Gary Rydstrom. I wanted my sound design to be realistic but at the same time have something in it that you don’t hear everyday. I wanted it to sound big but believable. It had to be sounds of the machines, mechanic sounds, but not going too much into computerized effect.
One particular audio-sequencer technique that I had not applied before was a use of Michael Norris’ plug-in in Logic to manipulate the audio.
One particular music technique I learned was layering different sound to get a slightly different sound that would be more suitable for a certain section.
This task is an example of practice as research as I had to find specific sounds to match the visuals plus on top of that experiment with them to get the final result.
I would give myself a good mark for this task as I feel my sound design is very suitable for this clip.
Word count: 275
Here’s my version of the sound design:
MDM Task 7 – Sound Design from Pablo187 on Vimeo.
Bibliography:
Film:
Terminator 2: Judgment Day. (1991) [DVD], dir. Cameron, USA: Carolco Pictures, Lightstorm Entertainment, Le Studio Canal+
Online Resources:
Filmsound. (2011). Sound Design of Terminator 2. Internet web page at: http://filmsound.org/t2/. (Accessed 21.03.11)
IMDb. (1990-2011). Gary Rydstrom. Internet web page at: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003977/. (Accessed 21.03.11)
