Time

My project was based around the human relationship with time and the depressive monotony of everyday life. Being primarily a video creator, I wanted to experiment with 2D animation, something I’ve never done, using Procreate.

I maintained a very minimal colour palette, mainly black and white, in order to express the bleakness of this world. I also subverted the traditional relationship between colours and emotions by making green go from happiness and very nature-oriented to be related to the repetitive and draining office working experience.

Sonically, I experimented with instruments, creating my own drum beat loop and bass line loop. A majority of my sound editing was done in premier pro, however the creation of the instrumentals were done in BandLab and GarageBand. Throughout the sequence, I used a running water and rain motif that persisted the entire time. The running water is symbolic of passing time, and its inevitability. The rain first begins as a literal response to the rain in the scene, however it continues even after the rain stops, the rain then turns into a metaphor for the characters own gloom. All the other elements, the streetlight sounds, the typing, the writing, were made to be percussive and rhythmic to emulate the ticking of a clock and the passing of time.

Audio Timeline from Sound Design