Music

It's fun try to find sounds for my animation.

I imagine that most of my animation will be relatively silent, because I want there to be a lot of reaction to the moment. In Ben Hur they had a wonderful soundtrack, but when something very tender happened they turned the sound off and just let the human characters take center stage without distractions. I think that when they see the cupcake faces...that there should be some music, but a lot of it should be quite to create sort of dry humor, especially when he's explaining that he should be eaten by the maker (it should be pretty quiet).


Here is what I found though:

This technically isn't music, but I just though it related to my story. It's a yell track that I think might work well for the story. 

http://www.freesound.org/people/thanvannispen/sounds/9432/

This is some tension music that would do well for picking up cupcakes or when he needs to make a decision of what to do with them. 
http://www.freesound.org/people/ERH/sounds/30306/

 This is a choir and I thought it would be great to do a lens flare on the maker, and then play this music right when the 1st cupcake sees him.
http://www.freesound.org/people/ERH/sounds/29594/
Here's another choir that could be used for the same reasons.
http://www.freesound.org/people/ERH/sounds/29593/

This ominous sound I thought I could use for some of the omg moments (it's not music though)
http://www.freesound.org/people/ERH/sounds/34187/

Something like this would perhaps be effective during the credits. 
http://www.freesound.org/people/suonho/sounds/51483/

This type of music could be for an opening...although this is a little too ethnic and cultural. 
http://www.freesound.org/people/RHumphries/sounds/1981/
 
I was also thinking of messing with basic rhythms (no tones) to create a sense of tension, because my character is tired, and weird things are happening. It communicates to the audience that there is this sorta' beat, but leaves the atmosphere less controlled. I don't want to overwhelm my animation with music. In other movies that I've made music is very important, but this one I think is all about the script and reactions. So here are some basic rhythms:
http://www.freesound.org/people/suonho/sounds/3788/
  This one is a bit think, but something similar would work well.
http://www.freesound.org/people/Walter_Odington/sounds/18019/


This is some classic Led Zeppelin (Dazed and Confused) that I think translates some of the feelings of my animation, as a whole. However I don't think I can condense my animation into one song.
http://youtu.be/-Yd0zTf8DLA

Tom Lerher made this song that I think captures the type of comedy in my skit, which is sorta' just ridiculousness.

http://youtu.be/DYW50F42ss8

This song by flight of the Conchords called "Think About It" is similar to my skit, because it makes light of some real issues.
http://youtu.be/TLEK0UZH4cs

This song from the Pokemon  soundtrack has an alien and childlike feel to it with some dissonance. It captures that weird side of my story, and also the playfulness of it as well. That's what is really at the center of my story, that there is this serious subject portrayed in a strange way that has a sort of childlike quality to it.
http://youtu.be/jDtmMKe4X1w

This is a rendition of a bach tune, and it is perfect for my animation. It's done in a modern style that makes it a bit more upbeat.
http://youtu.be/jHcNHL8AyfU

3 Expressive Faces

When I first was given this assignment to discuss 3 expressive faces 2 names jumped to the front of my mind, and they were Dick Van Dyke and Jim Carrey. Both of them are similar to one another in showmanship, and in occupation. Comedians have very expressive faces, because the audience has to be let in on the joke. They must exaggerate any character they do to make it funny. This is true of broadway or stage actors as well, because they are so far from the audience that everything must be exaggerated in body language and facial expression in order to communicate it well.

Most of the Dick Van Dyke's work revolved around some sort of short comical skit or jovial wonderment, like Mary Poppins. In his comical skits his acting was wonderful at communicating what the problems were, because otherwise the audience has no idea what is going on.

Jim Carrey is the epitome of exaggeration, in fact he is a bit of an over-exaggerater in some of his early films where his face becomes incredibly contorted. Much of his early career was based off of how strangely he could contort his face. Although he has dabbled in some more serious work, like the Truman show and the Majestic, which showed us the more subtle emotions that are a bit harder to convey. As he ages now he is becoming much more adept at how to control his face, but we all remember when he couldn't keep it under control in his youth.

My last expressive face is Charlton Heston. I can't think of a more expressive face. He is able to capture subtleties, misunderstanding, and the extremely dramatic in emotions with his face alone. He's had quite a few close-ups, and each one needed to be brimming with what he chose to show us. He wonderfully conveyed his characters, and brought us into the worlds his characters occupied.

All of the above have defined features that lend themselves to easy interpretation, which truly make an expressive face.