Circus Audio

Since Hayley and I knew we were going to have a circus theme, I was really excited to start thinking about the audio. Since carnivals and circus extravaganza's can be really exciting, I took this as an opportunity to liven up our animation, especially since it is only going to be one minute long. I am thinking to have this main audio a bit quieter in the background because I don't want it to be the main focus of the animation either, but I will wait and see what Hayley thinks.

             

This first audio (and my favourite) that I found is really atmospheric. I love that is has some 'ambience' of a real carnival because it could give our animation a more authentic feel, especially with people chatting and having a good time. I also like how musical it is, especially since our animation is about a game and competitiveness between two people, so this is definitely a contestant.

                         

Then I found this piece, which is like your typical circus music, so it would be a great match for the whole theme when put together. I also like how fast it is, to mirror the thrilling feel of winning. However I am not sure if this is too typical, or would match part of our planned narrative when some of the characters are walking and paused, because the music is so fast? I will be asking this in our interim crit.

          

Next is something a bit slower, something more the pace of our animation. It comes under the 'creepy/eerie' genre of music, but I don't see it as that at all! But it is perfect for Halloween! Nevertheless I really like this track and can't wait to show Hayley to see what she thinks. It could potentially be too slow for the ending of our story, but I could always try and speed it up in post production.

         

This is another slow track, but more 'jingly' and a lot more mystical. If we put this on a lower level, I think it would fit right in with our narrative, so this is one to think about also.

                        

I also found this one which changes pace from slow to fast which we could use in particular for our ending. It is much more orchastraic which I like, but I am not sure if it has enough of a carnival feel like to it, as opposed to just a song.

                        

Then lastly I had to research this one because it is actually used in the Circus scene in the film, and has a perfect pace as well as enough drama. The only issue I have with this one is that I don't want it to be too recognisable to 'Coraline', and when people watch our animation, I don't want them to think of the film, so i'm not too sure if it would be worth using this.