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SOUND RECORDING
Recording sound before you start animating is particularly
important if you intend to synchronize action and sound during
your film. A simple example of this is speech, which is referred
to in animation, as lip-sync. Sound can also be used to help
plan the timing of action. Once sound has been recorded, it
then needs to be analysed using a dope sheet.
DOPE SHEETS
A dope sheet is used to break down sound frame-by-frame. It
is a long, somewhat boring process, but one that is essential
if you intent to synchronize sound with action. Information
about the use of dope sheets is quite hard to find. Several
animation books, however do touch on the subject. A couple
of which mainly focus on the timing of animation and these
books contain some very useful information. Timing
for Animation, is one of these books and is definitely
worth reading.
The dope sheet on this page (right) is one that I used to
analyse the sound for Monkey Shelter. The film was
dependant on dope sheets as it featured a lot of lip-sync.
If you would like to attempt something similar, we have uploaded
a dope sheet for your use. Click on the link to download it.
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(297kb .doc format)
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