Storytelling Sound & Music
Show: All, Sound Design, Music, Podcast, Sonic Ident, Personal, Field Recording
Storytelling Sound & Music
Show: All,
Sound Design,
Music,
Podcast,
Sonic Ident, Personal,
Field Recording
Production: The Production Booth
Creative Direction: Anna Lisa Stone & Reeve Rixon
Production Coordinator: Emma Boulton
1st AD: James Cleave
DOP: David Liddellcine
Gaffer: Donald Campbell
Production Designer: Blyth Read
Art Director: Steven Edward Robertson
Editor: Martin Macdonald
VFX: Owen Rixon
Colorist: Matt Williams
Telling the real story of Halloween from its Scottish origins. The Halloween film was created for 12 and 13 year matured Glenrothes whiskies, with slightly different edits. A third film was created with access only via an NFC (Near field communication) chip on the 13-year bottle. Owners of this bottle can be taken to a URL link on their phones to view the exclusive content.
Halloween Haunts: Sound Design for the Glenrothes Trilogy
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Creative Direction: Anna Lisa Stone & Reeve Rixon
Production Coordinator: Emma Boulton
1st AD: James Cleave
DOP: David Liddellcine
Gaffer: Donald Campbell
Production Designer: Blyth Read
Art Director: Steven Edward Robertson
Editor: Martin Macdonald
VFX: Owen Rixon
Colorist: Matt Williams
Telling the real story of Halloween from its Scottish origins. The Halloween film was created for 12 and 13 year matured Glenrothes whiskies, with slightly different edits. A third film was created with access only via an NFC (Near field communication) chip on the 13-year bottle. Owners of this bottle can be taken to a URL link on their phones to view the exclusive content.
Halloween Haunts: Sound Design for the Glenrothes Trilogy
- Creative Freedom: The sound design approach for all three Halloween-themed films was open-ended, allowing for maximum creativity.
- A Dark Symphony: Dark and brooding music and sound design set the mood, perfectly complementing the narrative of the real Halloween story.
- Guiding the Listener: The soundscape guides viewers through each film, providing emotional cues and building tension to match the haunting visuals.
- Space for Scares: While the soundscape supports the narrative, it also leaves room for the sound design to deliver unexpected shocks and scares.
- Building Tension: To maintain engagement during slower sections, the team implemented a subtle yet effective strategy. An increasing heartbeat-style thud builds tension, subtly pulsing in sync with appearances of the Glenrothes bottle.
- The Spirit of Glenrothes: The pulsing Glenrothes bottle sound itself is a unique creation. Crafted from a sonogram recording of a heartbeat, it subtly implies that owners of the bottle can embody the powerful spirit of the Glenrothes whisky.
- A Collaborative Effort: Working with a talented voice-over artist and a passionate team ensured the audio developed and evolved seamlessly throughout the film editing process.
