Sound and Editing

Now that I had rendered all my animations out from After Effects, I could then edit my reel together. To do this, I exported all my animations as TIFF sequences from After Effects and then reimported them into Premiere. I found it quite difficult to edit my animations together as I knew that when it came to putting sound into my reel, it would change the pace of everything. To get over this problem, I went over to YouTube and found some pieces of music I thought would work quite well with my animation style and, most importantly, what's on screen.

For my quick demo reel edit a few days ago, I used one of Randy Newman's most well known pieces of music; the Monsters, Inc. theme. I decided to first use this music for my show reel because it's catchy and has a happy vibe to it which I felt (at the time) would work well with what I had done so far at the time of making the quick edit. At the time of putting it in the reel halfway through production, it seemed to work but when I used it in my final reel edit this morning, it just didn't work at all.

Now I had to find new music to use in my reel. As well as this, I thought about finding other sounds that could play in the background of my reel. I thought up of the following:

- "Shh!" (for when Norman turns to the audience and does the "shh" gesture)
- Dinosaur roar (T - Rex)
- Pharaoh scream (same one I used for my Norman film as well as the accompanying DJ vinyl scratch to break up the music)
- "Sigh" (for the robot lip sync just before he says his line)
- The dialogue used for the robot lip sync

In the end I didn't include any of the above as I knew it just wouldn't work with music. I decided to keep with just the music.

Music:

Disney Pixar's 2001 "Monsters, Inc." Theme by Randy Newman

The animations I made for my reel just didn't suit the style of the above music so I went to find something that would compliment my reel, not distract.

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Gorillaz' 19/2000 (Instrumental version) from their 2001 "Gorillaz" album

I liked how the beat of the music worked well in time with my animations although it didn't feel quite right so I went to find other Gorillaz instrumentals.

Gorillaz' Rhinestone Eyes (Instrumental version) from their 2010 "Plastic beach" album

In the end I decided on this instrumental as the beat worked almost perfectly in time with my reel. A lot of the animations work well with the beat but a few don't quite fit. I don't feel that it distracts the audience at all so I have decided to keep with this one.

I also mocked up an end credits title card too but I've decided to leave it out because when thinking ahead in the near future when applying for jobs and intern ships, I don't think employers will be really interested in what software I used to produce my demo reel. I think that if an prospective employer were really interested in my work and wanted to invite me for an interview, they would then have the opportunity to ask such questions.