Wednesday with Goddard (Spec Work)

Client:

Spec Work

Role:

Original Composition, Sound Design, Mix

Type:

Spec Work

Project Summary

I redesigned the sound and music for Nicolas Menard's animation, Wednesday with Goddard. The guidelines for the project were to design all the sound in an animation without using online sample libraries. That included, voice overs, sound effects, atmospheres, and music.

Design

My approach for this project was to achieve a sense of characteristic minimalism. I wanted the sound to feel like an active character but not take up too much space. For example, recording bricks for Eugene's footsteps or a crystal tapping glass for Evelyn's. The goal was to blend the sound design elements within the musical elements so they felt one in the same. Sleeping in a tent on a mountain is a short synth phrase and unfolding crinkled paper or finding God is a foreboding piano progression and sliding a wooden stick.