THE SOUND OF SPEED
I sat down tonight to begin editing the opening credits and realized I was missing something. The first thing that appears on the timeline of my video editing software is the animation for Gare du Nord Pictures (the logo with the moving train). What I was missing were the sound effects for the train, which I never had the chance to record. This may seem trivial but it is the very first thing audiences will see and hear.
So I spent an hour online browsing through a catalog of locomotive sound effects to try to find the perfect match. Not an easy task when there are over 500 to choose from on Sonomic.com (like iTunes but for sound effects). There are sounds for subways, freight trains, trolleys, trains passing left to right, right to left (you get the idea).
In the end I managed to find one that matched the animation and had the right sound I was looking for. So when you eventually watch ATHLETE you'll know nothing on this film came easy. Not even the 15-second intro.
By the way, one of the most common questions I get is "what is Gare du Nord?" It's the northern train station in Paris and the first thing I saw on my first trip to Paris four years ago. For me it was a "wow moment" (yup, that's an actual photo from that moment). One where I realized there's a whole 'nother world out there. And so I wanted a name that conveyed that feeling and idea for me and would reflect the kind of films I want to make -- ones with hopefully a few wow moments in them.
DLM
So I spent an hour online browsing through a catalog of locomotive sound effects to try to find the perfect match. Not an easy task when there are over 500 to choose from on Sonomic.com (like iTunes but for sound effects). There are sounds for subways, freight trains, trolleys, trains passing left to right, right to left (you get the idea).
In the end I managed to find one that matched the animation and had the right sound I was looking for. So when you eventually watch ATHLETE you'll know nothing on this film came easy. Not even the 15-second intro.
By the way, one of the most common questions I get is "what is Gare du Nord?" It's the northern train station in Paris and the first thing I saw on my first trip to Paris four years ago. For me it was a "wow moment" (yup, that's an actual photo from that moment). One where I realized there's a whole 'nother world out there. And so I wanted a name that conveyed that feeling and idea for me and would reflect the kind of films I want to make -- ones with hopefully a few wow moments in them.
DLM
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