University of Portsmouth - Animation Yr. 3 - Major Project Animation
The post production stage has changed the feel of the movie a lot, in a good way. Initially, after putting my renders together for the first time, I noticed that there were more inconsistencies than I thought there would be (some actions were not matching, the spatial positioning of the characters was slightly off etc.). Because of that, I used quite a few tricks to achieve a believable and readable movie: camera shake, fading transitions, flashes of light and creative sound design.
The sound plays an indispensable role in this film. I have previously mentioned that I decided to use a temp song (Guitar Guy's songs from Mad Max Fury Road) to get my overall feel and timing for the movie. I have collaborated with a student from the sound engineering course (Robert Moisuc), and asked him to use the temp song as reference and create a similar piece for my movie (which worked great).
As for the other sound effects, they have come from different places, like games, sound packs and videos. Because everything was taking place inside a tunnel, I had to modify the sounds in Audacity, add Echo and Reverb and play with the levels. In some instances, I did my own Foley. The voice of the scientist, the character's movement and some other sounds are my own performances, which have then edited to fit the film. For the voice acting, I actually used a real, old, gas mask that I own, which gave me the realistic-sounding breathing and distortion of the speech. The clip has then been taken into Audacity, where I changed the pitch, to make my voice sound more feminine.
The following videos show the first version of the film, without any post production work and the final edit.
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