Sound
As I will only be animating the key parts of the story I won't be creating a soundtrack for the trailer as this will only feature in the finished film.
The text from the book has been narrated to tell the story. Rather than casting different actors for each character's voice, this will all be part of the narration.
The author Jonathan Emmett made a trailer for the book where he narrates part of the story and he changed his voice for the different characters this way too.
The author Jonathan Emmett made a trailer for the book where he narrates part of the story and he changed his voice for the different characters this way too.
(the blog post I wrote about the sound recording can be found HERE)
The sound effects will be subtle, sea and water effects so that it doesn't distract from the narration.
On the University library website there is a BBC SFX CDs that can be taken out from The Hive and they are all royalty free. I will be looking through these to see if there are any suitable for my trailer.
I have also downloaded some background sounds from Freesound.org
Music
For the background music I sourced the songs Sportsmans Hornpope and Rawnee Reels by Firepit Collective to be used throughout the film. I also found the song Santa Maria by Rory Mcleod for the credits.
I liked these songs because they had a pirate/sea theme to them and they also fitted well with the uplifting feel of the film.
Narration recording
When I put the background music together with the narration the voice sounded too distant and didn't connect properly with the film and music. After a sound technician reviewed the sound it was apparent that there was too much ambient noise within the recording. As the narration is a big factor of my film I have made the decision to re-record the narration.
Based on the book Here Be Monsters text © Jonathan Emmett 2013 and illustration © Poly Bernatene 2013, first published by Macmillan Children’s Books.
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