Jonathan Shaw

    For the scoring, I wrote it straight into Sibelius (certainly not the best method, but Sibelius is my canvass) making a score far easier to accomplish, which I’ve attached for your own curiosity (see separate document – Appendix B). There are a few points of musical interest; particularly the appearance of the helicopter and the “mega-carrot” at which point I brought the music to the forefront and removed the sound design for an over-the-top comedic effect (hopefully). There are several moments of ‘mickey-mousing’, which I feel I have bluntly overused which leads to the music becoming too obvious. Of course, that is another issue entirely – I think my score is too obvious as a whole.

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     For the audio, I created it in Cubase using the EastWest sample libraries. One main issue with this was the guitars – this was my first attempt at sampling with guitars and it is very noticeable. I wasn’t entirely satisfied by placing electric guitars in an orchestral setting and it has probably become more of a distraction, again contributing to what I think has been too obvious a score.

 

     Nevertheless, this was certainly the most fun I’ve had with a coursework yet – this whimsical writing has probably reflected that – regardless of whether it was a success or failure, and I will now be off to watch the clip with its original sound for the first time, with a face-palm at the ready.

 

Other Information

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     The final word count for this commentary is 495.

• This includes all subtitles, the figure heading and the main body of the commentary

• This excludes the main title, all text within this ‘Other Information’ and appendices, as well as the text within the figure

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     The original source of the clip, which I have just discovered as of writing this, can be found here:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7V7MOk0FZrg

 

Appendix A – Sounds acquired from other creators

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     Sounds acquired from ‘Freesound.org’:

• ‘helicopterPassage_28sec.wav’ by ‘lorenzosu’, used between 1:59 – 2:14

  • Available at: https://www.freesound.org/people/lorenzosu/sounds/49481/

• ‘Gatling Gun Close.wav’ by ‘mikewest’, used between 2:49 – 2:54

  • Available at: https://www.freesound.org/people/mikewest/sounds/239596/

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     Sound acquired from the ‘Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’:

• ‘Red-tailed Hawk – Buteo jamaicensis’ by ‘Robert C. Stein’, used between 3:08 – 3:10

  • Available (by request) at: http://macaulaylibrary.org/audio/4177

 

Appendix B – Film Score

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     See the separate document entitled ‘Appendix B – Film Score’.

 

Appendix C – Film Score Recording

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     I have also attached a recording for the film score on its own as it might be difficult to hear it when combined with the sound design and dialogue. You can find it in the zip folder entitled ‘Appendix C – Film Score Recording’.