Sound in Animation

Diegetic and Non Diegetic Sound

The link below is very good at explaining these two different types of sound in filmmaking.

https://paulolohan.wordpress.com/2013/05/21/the-difference-between-diegetic-and-non-diegetic-sounds/

Several examples of DIEGETIC AND NON-DIEGETIC SOUND

 

Sound Project:

Create a 20 second abstract audio with abstract audio which you will use to create animation to the soundtrack.

Before After Effects

Oskar Fischinger 1938

Norman McLaren
Knew how optical tracks worked in 35mm film and drew his own soundtrack and created animation by drawing on the film without using a camera. Here's a video explaining his process and how it worked.

Dots 1940
Hand drawn soundtrack with hand painted animation on the film. 

A Phantasy of Colors 1949
This was all painted and animated on film to a recorded soundtrack. You can see the cracks in the dried ink lines which are animated throughout the film.

 

And while Norman McLaren was making his films without a camera and create sounds with a paint brush. Warner Bros, Sound Editor, Treg Brown was creating sound effects from sound effects from films and devices he invented.

Feet of Song / Erica Russell

Before After Effects, there was optical printing which allowed artists to combine animated footage to create new animated images.

 

 
Finding sounds and sound effects

Freesound.org  Download mp3 or wav files.

BUFS51  / courses /  MCD Master Sound Files

Sound Programs to use

Audicity for PC only, free download

Audition

Premiere

Create a 20 second abstract audio with abstract audio