APD_WEEK8_PLAY&SOUND

Theme: Play and sound

Context:

For this week task, play and sound. I think about how to use sound as a tool to produce animation. I got inspiration by https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDP6CLZcMXA

This is a way that using audio waveform FX in After Effect. To create animation through the soundtrack. Through this tutorial, I could learn how to make sound animation.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CuQQz9ebc0 and this is also a really good tutorial that inspires me with the idea that how to make animation through sound effects.       

This is a useful context to drive this week’s task https://www.creativebloq.com/audiovisual/animating-motion-graphics-music-10134958

Method:

I’ve downloaded a soundtrack from a free sound website. Put it into aftereffect. Then, based on that tutorial, I practised through the way of using different shape circle to generate animation track.

For that, I way to visualize sound in animation. I use camera movement to link to the sound channel slider. actually all sound I link to the audio channel. That let the animation can follow the sound track beats and rhythm.

Respond:

Through this practice, I got an idea about using sound track to generate animation. For example, make different shapes and use audio waveform and spectrum FX to make animation and link to sound channel.

On the contrary, I was thinking make several sound channels,like high and low audio to make animation. So sound becomes a tool for animation. Visualization of sound is an interesting way for me to produce animation.

But I have no experience to make sound, so that could spend time to learn to make sound . not music or sound working, it is just know how the sound track working. Based on that I can make animation in sound effect way. Audio can be a tool for animation. It is not like a normal way to make animation like create a character and telling a story. Just visualize the sound project. Not only listening but also watching sound.

Reflection

For “play”, I was thinking about how using each week’s task subject as a tool to make of combine with animation. Which means everything could be a tool to generate animation in different specific way.

Therefore, there have diverse functions of audio effect for driving animation. Like Cinema 4D can generate animation with audio file. That could be used for 3D way of animation.

This kind of visual effect with sound could not serve for sound . in another hand. the sound track can be a role in animation.