Music Process Journal - Andy Oh by Junhyeok Oh

November 27

s03453 — 2015-12-01 04:20:37 UTC

This is the day I started working on the Mixcraft.

I tried to find many sound affects that would match the video; such as gun sound, the sound of slapping, screaming, and so on.

Drum roll is a perfect sound affect for the mouse running because the mouse is moving his feet very fast, like the drum.

Face slap is a perfect sound affect for this project because there are lots of slapping and hitting involved.

I did not find the background music yet because I wanted to focus on the sound affects.

This day, I finished about quarter of the video.

December 2nd

s03453 — 2015-12-02 07:20:39 UTC

Peer check Hyunseo Jahng -

WOW: I think you put the sound effect well such as face slap, car skid when Jerry suddenly stops, gaspings and etc.

HOW: I think you should improve on finding more exact (precise) sound effect if you are going to work more on sound effect. However I think you should start the back ground music.

NOW:I think you should start putting the background music

COW: Mooooooooo

Today I completed half of my sound affects. The hardest thing about today's work was finding the sound affects for the glass bottles breaking and the sound of Jerry racing out. I used gasping group rather then male gasping because the male gasping is too short.

The screaming man was a perfect sound for Jerry when he was screaming at Tom.

Arrow fly by was used when Jerry zipped out of the bottle.

To show the throbbing from the bruise, I added three heart beats.

December 7th

s03453 — 2015-12-08 05:56:09 UTC

Today I finished all my sound affects.

For the part when Tom screams and become yellow, I put three female screams because there weren't any screams that were long enough.

Next, for the part when Jerry grabs Tom by the tail, I used arrow fly by. It had the perfect length and in my opinion, I think it showed Jerry's speed.

I then used 'car skid' to show that Tom was stopped by Jerry.

Balloon pop and bone break was used when Tom ran into the wall.

For the last part when Jerry's cousin is having his milk, I used the sound affect "pounding water and liquid". Rather than sounding like pounding water, it sounded much like drinking water. It was perfect for the part.

Some hardships I had today was making the sound reducing the length of sound affects depending on the scene.

December 8th

s03453 — 2015-12-08 10:28:55 UTC

Today at class, Mr. Graham pointed out that I was missing a part at the beginning and that some of the sound affects were late or not connected. After adding 'uh-oh' at the beginning, and fixing the sound affects, I started to think about what background music I was going to use. I think that having background music for every part of the animation can make it disturbing sometimes. So I had background music when there was action for example, Jerry beating up Tom and when the animation finished.

When there was action, the background music was exciting and fast. I used 'claps 1' and 'drums 3'.

At the end when Tom feeds Jerry's cousin, I used a calm bass. The reason for me using the this is because all the fighting was over between Tom and Jerry and the feeding showed peace.

At the very end where it says "The End", I had a cheerful guitar ending.

The hardship I had today was finding the right background music.