My Use of Sound

After taking all my research into other animations I have decided to keep my use of sound down to a minimum. The Snowman (1982), The Snowman and The Snowdog (2012), The Boy Who Wants to be a Lion (2010) and the Simon's Cat collection all refrain from using speech. I believe that because my animation is based on the virtual world this would be perfect for enhancing my narrative. Nowadays the use of physical communication is becoming a thing of the past. More than ever people are choosing text or instant messaging as their preferred form, therefore our world is slowly becoming one where speech is used less and less. Therefore an absence of speech within my animation will highlight our silent world. Also because it is cyber-bullying I am focusing on the power these written words have on a person, bullying that occurs in person is completely different.

I do however plan to use the compatible sounds such as keys being pressed and a mouse being clicked, also general computer noises. I will also reflect the main characters emotions through the sound too, when she cries this will be audible to the audience.I understand that a silent animation may become boring and awkward in effect so background music will be used though I will need to research into what would be acceptable and to have it change when different events occur. For example when the girl changes into an animated character I would like the music to reflect how this is a bad thing but also something fairly extraordinary as well.