Sound in Animation & Film

Image from www.gotfoley.com

As we move towards considering the influence sound has on our animation work here are some great resource articles and videos from sound designers in the film industry:

www.filmsound.org/animation

In particular some great reading on 'Foley' the art of creating sound effects:

www.filmsound.org/foley

Also remember there is a plentiful supply of creative commons sound effects available to mix into your projects from FreeSound.org and music from the infamous Kevin MacLeod at Incompetech.

www.freesound.org

www.incompetech.com

Music in your Animations

Here are some links to sites that legitematly offer music for free use in non-commercial projects or with low fees for non-commercial use:

http://creativecommons.org/legalmusicforvideos

http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/

http://www.audionetwork.com/

http://www.unippm.co.uk/

http://www.productionmusiconline.com/

http://www.pond5.com/

http://www.premiumbeat.com/

Local Animation and Production Companies

Here's a list of a few local or semi local animation, games and production companies (might be relevent for the illustrators too if you are interested in concept art or storyboarding jobs!). More will be added as I come across them.

Liverpool and local area

Jojopops
http://www.jojopops.co.uk/

Milky Tea
http://www.milkytea.com/

Carpe-Diem
http://www.carpe-diem.co.uk/services/video-photography-3d-animation/animation-and-motion-graphics/

Spiral House
http://www.spiralhouse.co.uk/

SCE Liverpool
www.worldwidestudios.net/liverpool

Magenta Software
http://www.magentasoftware.com/

Sparkle Media
http://www.sparklemedia.tv/

New Reality
http://www.newrealitymediaproduction.com/

Keyhole Productions
http://www.keyholeproductions.co.uk/

Shuttle Studio
http://www.shuttlestudio.co.uk/

Wax Media
http://www.wax-media.co.uk/

Chat Noir Productions
http://www.chatnoirproductions.co.uk/

Eek Films
http://www.eekfilms.webeden.co.uk/



Manchester

Studio Liddell
http://www.studioliddell.com/

Hum Drumm
http://www.humdrumm.com/

Sub Object
http://www.subobject.co.uk/

Studio Distract
http://www.studiodistract.com/

Fluid Creativity
http://www.fluidcreativity.co.uk/

Mi
http://www.wearemi.com/

The Pond
http://www.thepondstudio.com/

Yolo
http://www.yolo.info/

Box Productions
http://www.the-box.co.uk/

The Neighbourhood
http://www.the-neighbourhood.com/

Carbon Digital
http://www.carbondigital.co.uk/

Kilogramme Animation
http://www.kilogramme.co.uk/

Flipbook Studio
http://www.flipbookstudio.co.uk/

Zumm
http://www.zumm-creative.com/

Flix
http://www.flixfacilities.com/



Stoke-on-Trent

Koko Digital
http://www.kokodigital.co.uk/

Carse & Waterman Productions
http://www.carseandwaterman.com/

Big Red Studio
http://www.bigredstudio.co.uk/

Stars and Heroes
http://www.starsandheroes.com/



Bradford

Four Door Lemon
http://www.fourdoorlemon.com/

Distant Future
http://www.distantfuture.co.uk/



Birmingham

The Character Shop
http://www.thecharactershop.co.uk/

Dice Productions
http://www.diceproductions.co.uk/

Studio 3
http://www.studio3birmingham.com/

OBCIA
www.seowebdesignsbirmingham.co.uk/2d-and-3d-animation.html



Worldwide Listings

Animation Base
www.animationbase.com/jobs/

Creative Cow
http://jobs.creativecow.net/

AniBoom
http://www.aniboom.com/Work/About/

Fat Cat
http://www.fatcat.co.uk/showcat.php?choice=an_

Game Dev Map
http://www.gamedevmap.com/

4rfv
http://www.4rfv.co.uk/m3_animation

Animation West Midlands
http://www.animationforumwm.co.uk/page/Jobs.aspx

Film Watch - The Artist

We'll start the new year's Film Watch listings with something a bit different, The Artist, a new black and white silent film. I recomend experiencing it on the big screen rather than waiting for the DVD release! (It's on at FACT http://www.fact.co.uk/whats-on/the-artist?listing_id=2550)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1655442/



The Conet Project

Some interesting discussions in the classroom today. Matt has been listening to the sound of the cosmos to research the soundtrack to his (as yet) untitled space epic.

This led us to talking about the Numbers Stations and the Conet Project...

http://www.irdial.com/conet.htm

The Numbers Stations were / are a fascinating series of seemingly unintelligible broadcasts on shortwave frequencies, which were supposedly used by spies in the Cold War to communicate with each other.

The sound of these broadcasts, which are often just srtings of numbers and letters, are deliciously distorted and full of texture. And the names of the different stations are a wonderful collection of obscure and evokative titles.

The subject has intreagued me greatly and I'll be looking into the history in greater detail. Hopefully I'll be able to track down a Conet Project boxset for us to use as a resource.

Also in our discussion about science and sounds, the 1971 film 'The Andromeda Strain' cropped up. It's a masterclass in spare and dramtic sound design and I would recomend the film to anyone!