Sound design in computer games dead space
- 1. Salford City College Eccles Sixth Form Centre BTEC Extended Diploma in GAMES DESIGN Unit 73: Sound For Computer Games Game Title CristianGalliano DeadSpace 3 - (start 3:45 stop 9:22) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUgrIBqFHY4 Provide detailed descriptions from chosen examples of sounds that establish… Clearly state what production technique(s) you think have been used to create specific soundtrack elements Setting From the soundwe geta sense thatitis eitherinaverysnowyplace or near an oceanas we can hearthe soundof footstepscrunching whichcouldeitherbe the soundof the snowbeingcrunchedundersomebody’sfeetoritisthe soundof waveshittingrocks.Howeverthere isalsoaveryloudandstrong windsound.This alsogivesusthe ideathat it isina snowyplace.Finallythereisthe soundof what soundslike ice cracking. The settingchangesto whatsoundslike more of a house areaas you can hearlittle windandif youcan hear itthenit soundsfaraway. Alsothere are the soundsof futuristicdoorsopeningandclosingandthere isn’tanechoonthe people’s footstepssowe knowthatit isa small enclosedspace. The ambientsoundwould’vebeenmade using fieldrecordingadthatwaytheywill getan even more realisticwindsoundthanthe onesthat couldbe createdby a MIDI soundboard.However the soundssuch as the crackingand the ice being crushedwould’ve mostlikelybeenmade using Foleyartistry. Mood Thiscut sequence hasa verytense moodandis creatinga lotof suspense toleadup to something.The loudandintense musicinthe backgroundalsocreatessuspense as it continuouslygoeslouderandquieter. The soundof the gunshotalsoaddsto thissuspense. The soundsof gunshotswouldprobablybeen made usingFoleyartistry,orevenfieldrecording as theysoundveryrealistic. Game genre Because of the soundand the suspense createdduringthiscutsequence Ibelieve that thisgame wouldeitherbe ahorror / survival game oran action game. The music would’vemore likelybeenmade using an orchestraor musical instrumentshoweveritis veryacousticmusicso I doubtthat it wouldbe made usingelectrical instruments. Narrative All of the people in thiscutsequence are shoutingwhichgivesusthe impression that there isa non-humanthreat,alsothe people are discussingthisthreatlateron inthe cut sequence. I thinkthat the dialogue would’vebeencreated usinga recordingstudioasthe dialogue isvery clearand is veryintense.
- 2. Salford City College Eccles Sixth Form Centre BTEC Extended Diploma in GAMES DESIGN Unit 73: Sound For Computer Games