Looking Into Sound For My Animatic

Recently we have been learning about the process of producing foley for animation. Foley is the term for sound effects which are added after a piece has been filmed... so in the case of animation, just sound effects in general. Having learned a bit more about the process of capturing and editing sound for animation - for example, the difference between particular microphones and how to use software such as Adobe Audition to EQ sounds and add effects such as noise removal and reverb - I began to draw up a list of the sounds that my animatic will require:

A basic break down of the different sounds required for my animatic

And here are my thoughts as to how I will go about producing some of the more obscure sound effects I need:

• Wind: a) blowing and/or whistling into a microphone with reverb added in editing
• Wood creaking: record a creaky door/door handle and change recording pitch or speed as necessary
• Bird wings flapping: put an umbrella up and down
• Whale blow hole: record a tap for the sound of water being sprayed out of blow hole, with a pop sound effect added to the end for when the hut emerges
• Hut crashing back down: record a kick drum, slow down and add a lot of reverb

I will record these sound effects over the next few days and add them to my animatic; once this is done, I will be ready to begin work on my fully animated piece!