tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5929150461646356892.post7492588378429622546..comments2024-02-16T14:53:20.404+00:00Comments on The Spectacular Science Blog: Beta!tutorphilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11842833126210822641noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5929150461646356892.post-3974618609648514962011-10-14T19:42:12.428+01:002011-10-14T19:42:12.428+01:00Hey Seb :D
No - you don't need a voice-over. ...Hey Seb :D<br /><br />No - you don't need a voice-over. It's so clearly communicated, that a voice-over would, I think, be instance of info over-kill. There is, however, a conspicuous need for some sfx. The soundtrack is okay, I think, but what you need (and I'm sure you know this) is all the other sound elements that will add further weight, impact and solidity to the action; so, for example, the 'pop!' noise as the pathogen first makes it inside, sort of slimier sounds when the eater spreads its tentacles and an 'emerging' sound for when it grows its antennae etc. Even the T helper should have a sound it makes as it moves, and the green characters that the t helper wakes up, they could be 'snoring' to give that scene a bit more energy. There's lots of room here for sfx to enrich the music, which, right now, sits a bit heavy on the action, because it feels a bit unleavened. There's a specific place when additional sound would fend off a rather anti-climatic feel; when the antibodies move towards the last surviving pathogen, I think we need to feel a bit 'uh oh - he's in trouble now' - and we should hear that classic 'horror violin' sound that you hear in the Scream movies - you know, it's the sound equivalent of the 'Vertigo' push: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYjjPSpm5ew<br /><br />You know, it maybe that this climatic shot with the antibodies closing in on the pathogen might need the vertigo push as an actual shot choice...<br /><br />You might also need a specific sound effect for the moments where the characters are popped out of the action - a kind of 'radiant' sound effect to synch with the graphics? I'd encourage you to be bold in terms of additional sfx - certainly, when your characters make contact with each other, when they bend, or deform. I think your universe can take a lot of sound in this respect.tutorphilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11842833126210822641noreply@blogger.com