Daily Creation Challenge – Day 28 ambition

Posted by admin on Jan 27, 2012 in Blog, Composing, Daily Creation Challenge | 0 comments

Again another little film as part of my daily creation challenge. Thought I would be a bit experimental today, I already had the idea for the music based on the little snippet of speech I had from Castro talking about ambition. So I shot some footage using a Sigma 50mm f2.8 macro lens (although no macro photography in this!) and this is the end result.

Enjoy.

Peace

Neil

Daily Creation Challenge – Day 27 jump jump jump

Posted by admin on Jan 26, 2012 in Blog, Daily Creation Challenge, Film Related | 0 comments

Something very silly I shot as part of my daily creation challenge! Specifically so I could write a piece of music!! So this is it! Blu Tac and a Shrek toy! Shot on a Canon 550D using 50mm f1.8 lens direct into Final Cut Pro, although the raw footage was transcoded using the fantastic Mpeg Streamclip in to Apple ProRes 422 for editing, there is no colour correction or grading on this piece. The music was as usual done in Logic Studio, but was more sound design today, with lots of reversing and reverbs!

Enjoy

Peace

Neil

Daily Creation Challenge | Day 26 – Circles

Posted by admin on Jan 25, 2012 in Blog, Composing, Daily Creation Challenge | 0 comments

Been totally neglecting my Spitfire Albion Library of late, and really want to get to use it more as it is fantastic, and I haven’t fully got to grips with the tremedous capability, so I thought what better way to experiment than to use it as part of piece of the day. So here it is, lots of lovely strings, some brass and woodwind. I wanted to use the Ostinatum, but I couldn’t seem to get it to sit right, more to test in future.

Enjoy

Daily Creation Challenge | Day 26 – Circles by Neil Bruce

Peace

Neil

Interesting article on the creative composing process

Posted by admin on Jan 25, 2012 in Blog, Thoughts | 0 comments

I came across this article about film composing, and it is certainly a very prevalent article about all things related to working in the creative industry. I think it applies equally to those working in film production as well. Well worth a read.

http://www.musiccomposerblog.com/playing-well-with-other-kids-in-the-sandbox.html

Enjoy

Peace

Neil

Daily Creation Challenge – Day 25 The Lowry Theatre Salford – Timelapse – Sony EX3

Posted by admin on Jan 24, 2012 in Blog, Daily Creation Challenge, Film Related | 0 comments

A short time-lapse that I shot outside the Lowry Theatre Salford in July 2011 on a Sony EX3. It is a joy to shoot timelapse on an EX3. It was just some footage that I had lying around, so I thought I would add some music it to it as part of my daily creation challenge. So here it is!

The effects of expectation on the perception of soundscapes – Abstract

Posted by admin on Jan 24, 2012 in Blog, Sound Design | 0 comments

Here is the abstract to my PhD thesis entitled “The effects of expectation on the perception of soundscapes”, if you would like more information, please contact me directly. I will shortly be posting the introduction chapter.

Daily Creation Challenge | Day 24 – Tension

Posted by admin on Jan 23, 2012 in Blog, Composing, Daily Creation Challenge | 0 comments

Went quite simple today, using Logic’s very basic ES-1 Synth which even thought it is quite simple does sound really good! Mixed with a tad of Omnisphere and a smattering of Stylus RMX and here it is!

Enjoy

Daily Creation Challenge | Day 24 – Tension by Neil Bruce

Peace

Neil