After I received the soundtrack composed by Dima from Fiverr for my project, I slowly moved on to designing sound effects for this story by putting things together after numerous tests. As building up a sequence in Premiere Pro will be easier for me to re-import clips, it will also be convenient for me to keep adjusting the sound by tweaking the animation.
As this project is potentially submitted to film festivals, hence, I researched websites which provide copyright sound effects online, and I think ‘Zapsplat’ is the one that fits my requirements the most. The BBC sound effect is okay, but not as flexible as the one in Zapsplat, as most of them are extracted from their documentaries.
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On Zapsplat, I have built my own list for my project; therefore, I can easily review it if I miss anything during development.
In my documents, I have used specific words to describe different main actions in my animation (such as grab, shock, tap, etc.), and so I can easily classify sound effects I downloaded online, and search for them in different files.
Besides editing, I have also explored fonts. As I think the initial ‘Times New Roman Font’ is looking too formal for the project title, I was trying to find something more stylised to match my story ‘Pocket Fantasy’. And so, I found this website ( 1001 Fonts ❤ Free Fonts Baby! ) to download creative fonts and tested them out in Premiere Pro.
There is a spelling mistake in my search, which ‘Pocket Fantacy’ should be spelt as ‘Pocket Fantasy’. Over this week, I will be more concerned with its spelling.
After browsing the website, here is what I have downloaded, and after the selection, I have decided to use the font ‘Nesta Mastone’ for my title:
However, in the end credits, I am still thinking of using ‘Times New Roman Font’ as it can properly show names of the cast and is much clearer to read.
And eventually, here is my progression of the project this week, which shows the music in development and the title font has been replaced.