Sounds for Advert

Director

Sound Storyboard

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Sound Designer

Day One
Today I started on my research basically, I went over what my sound designer wanted me to do and used youtube to find some music that I would be able to play and would go with his advert and story board. From looking on youtube I have found that Piano tutorials are really helpful and will use one next lesson when I start actually making the music.

Day Two
This lesson I have gone through youtube and have found the tune I like and Josh will be happy with. I connected the piano through the USB cable to the computer to use cubase and found this really easy to do after a few tries. I have now learned to plug it into the computer before opening the software. Using youtube tutorials makes it really simple to play the piano as I'd never played before and using cubase meant I could move and delete bars which meant that any mistakes didn't matter that much!

Day three
This lesson I was just carrying on with the music and perfecting last weeks so I didn't do anything different from last week although I managed to get set up much quicker which meant I had more time to work on the soundtrack.

Day four
My sound designer was absent today so I was unable to get his thoughts on the soundtrack which meant I couldn't go any further in designing the soundtrack so I did some more editing to my own advert.

Day five

Day Six
Today I finished off the soundtrack for josh's advert as he approved it, I am also happy with the sound track and am very of the outcome and the piano playing as I have never played it before, although we havn't seen the soundtrack and the advert together I am sure they will work perfectly.

Presentation

Zoom set up

1. Start with the zoom, before anything else (configure to an output/input device)

2. Press Menu. Using the fast forward key, move through the options until you get to usb mode.

3. Press the centre red record button, press fast forward key again to select audio IF then press red record button again.

4.  Press the fast forward key to select the connect option.

(connection must be made round the BACK of the computer, at the BOTTOM usb socket)

Quebase set up

When quebase opens...

1.       Devices – Device set-up

2.       Set video player to QuickTime

3.       Set vst audio bay to zoom

4.       All audio input and output goes through the zoom

5.       Headphones in the zoom to hear your recording.

(If you do not have a usb cable; set vst devices in the audio bay to m-audio. Connect the zoom to the external sound card (round the back!) connect the 3.5 mil jack to the phones line out in the zoom)

If the zoom does not have any batteries then you may connect the zoom via usb or the supplied power supply.

Adding sound to an existing advert

Swiftcover Car insurance TV ad 2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlRjYlsC3bc             

Uses of sound

• Dialogue
• Voice over
• Sound effects
• Instruments
• Background music

Script and timing
Dialogue
Puppet - Voice over

Iggi pop: 0.01-0.08 seconds: So little guy, you ready for our big road trip?

  Puppet: 0.04-0.04 seconds: Yeahh
    0.07-0.08 sesonds: And i got myself some rockin new wheels yeahh
Iggi pop: 0.09-0.13 seconds: Go swiftcover.com they'll give you a car insurence quote in just 60 seconds

Puppet: 0.13-0.13 seconds: lot balloons
Iggi pop: 0.14-0.18 seconds: and it’s totally online so you can store your documents online and print them when you need them.
Puppet: 0.18-0.20 seconds: helllp I can’t reach
Iggi pop: 0.22-0.24 seconds: I see you got some rockin’ new driving shoes
Puppet: 0.24-0.25 seconds: rock n’ roll man
               0.25-0.25 seconds: let’s do this
Iggi pop: 0.26-0.28 seconds: get a life
Puppet: 0.28-0.30 seconds: get swift covered