February 15, 2009

• PG 7: “IN THE BEGINNING”

  Below is the first of eight promo trailers for the SECRET IDENTITIES.  This one kicks off the book on page 7 and is a fun look at the how’s and why’s behind the book’s creation.  How the editors met, etc.

  It’s been a lot of work doing these things but fun as well.  My favorite part is finding audio to lay in the background (city noises, tire screeches, dog barking, music, etc) – it really brings stuff to life and makes a big difference.  I guess I never realized how important a sound mixer or music supervisor was because their jobs are to make the subtle little differences to flesh out a scene.

  If you couldn’t tell, for some reason I just fell in LOVE with that Japanese Song “Sailor Stars” and found as many excuses to use it in the piece – stay for the end credits!

  My daughter Avery obviously overhears the audio whenever I “voice” some of these characters at home — unfortunately, she winds up picking up only the stereotypical portions.  Every once in awhile, I hear hear exclaim, “… the wrath of… Kamikaze!” and “…  pork fried pain!” (from the Y-MEN segment at the top).

  Here’s the High Quality link if you’d like to pass it around (HQ makes all the difference in the world -thank you YOUTube!): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXKIfdBt0Vw&fmt=18

  The full pdf version if you’d like to read along is available here. Enjoy!

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