Dark Stop Motion Sound Design Challenge
My Approach:
I had 2 hours to do this. My personal limitations were that I only used sounds I recorded specifically for this challenge and minimal audio processing. Basically I didn't want to mangle anything beyond recognition.
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A dark, moody(ha), and visually dynamic stop motion clip made by Nathan Moody. This piece should be a really fun challenge for us this month, and quite the departure from June's UI challenge.
This piece was inspired by the eastern European stop motion master Jan Svankmajer, who in turn influenced the American animators The Brothers Quay, whose style in turn was emulated by Fred Stuhr (RIP) in the well-known Tool video, Sober, and NIN's Closer. This was made shortly after I was lucky enough to meet and chat with Phil Tippett and see his masterwork, Mad God, so there's a little bit of that in the mix, too.
This clip can be seen as metaphorical or allegorical. Of what? That's up to you and the sounds you choose. Or, it can be interpreted as very real, and designed to be very grounded and visceral. Or, maybe both?
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