Weekly Photo Challenge Week 9: Producer's Choice

Weekly Photo Challenge Week 8: Me as the Professional

EOC Week 8: What is a Producers most important role?

Weekly Photo Challenge Week 7: ScreenPlay Cover

   This screenplay here is based off of a Dream I had when I was younger. The dream never really made sense but it was always frequent.  My dream always had a pair of white sneakers where

Week 7 EOC: Keeping it Real

Weekly Photo Challenge Week 6: Special FX

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The project I decided to show here was a Special FX Sound Design I did for an RPG Video Game.  30 seconds into my Demo Reel you can find the piece that I am referring to. For this project I designed multiple sounds.  The most notable one is the Eyeball Laser Cannon sound. This sound was one of my favorites to design.  So let's go behind the scenes and I'll reveal to you my secrets in how I designed this cool sound! First things first I needed a fire explosion sound. I searched on the internet for a royalty free sound. If you have the means to, you could also get a field recorder and gather the sounds to record a fire exploding. Due to time constraints on this video game project I decided to go with the digital library route and find the sound. Next I imported this track into Pro Tools. I then warped the sound and added some EQ to make the sound my own. I increased the low end so it would have more rumble. Next I applied polyphonic mode warping so I could detune the sample a couple tones. Now it was beginning to sound more epic! Next to achieve the "Pshhyyyooo" effect I needed to gather some white noise. In pro tools there is a white noise generator. Their I created a couple seconds of just basic white noise. I then fed that samples channel to a reverb effect to make it sound as if it was in cave. Next I took that cave-white noise sounds and bounced it in place. I did this so i could edit it as a wave form. Then I took this new wave form and I chose and applied an "Audio-Suite" effect from pro tools called "Vari-fi".  I took this "vari-fi" effect and designed it so it would make the sound decline in pitch. Then after adjusting that sample I carefully layered it on top of the fire explosion sound to give that laser explosion effect! To give a finishing touch I added a bit more EQ and a little more reverb!

EOC Week 6: How do I see my role starting in the industry

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How do I see my role starting in the Industry?

I can see my role in the industry going into a good start. I'm ambitious and determined to be somebody of worth!  I've received a great education at The Art Institute of Las Vegas so I believe I'm covered in my basic skills. As I gain more experience in the industry I'll develop who I am and gain special skills for my own style.  I'd like to see myself networking as much as possible and making long-time friends in the industry.  I want to have a strong healthy impact on my peers in the field.  I want to be known for more than just my exceptional work, I want to be known for my variety of skills. Depending on which route in the industry I'd like to take might be a determining factor of how I handle my approach. If I want to work in radio I'll have to start at the bottom and put my hours in until I can work a show.  If I want to work live sound for maybe a theatrical show like Cirque Du Soleil I might have to gain experience elsewhere and make connections into that area. I think where I'd really like to work after College is possibly doing full time DJing for some of the night clubs in Las Vegas. I already have a lot of experience DJing weddings and I think this would be a great job for me.  Night Club DJ's make quite a lot of money and it's a flexible job. I still like to do freelance audio with recording bands and such. During my time being a DJ I'll have more time to work on side projects like sound for independent films. The audio industry is such a magnificent place because there are a multitude of professional routes I can work. I can even work more than one at a time! I think my life is flowing into a great direction. Wherever I begin I'm confident I'll be off to a great start!