Dark Blood
Dark Blood is a Star Wars fan film produced by PANUCCIO PRODUCTIONS and completed in December 2004. The project as a whole took approximately 2 years from conception to completion. Although being a low budget production, an immense amount of work and time was dedicated towards the final project. Running for a staggering 52 minutes, it was a huge task for us to complete what at times seemed to be an unfinishable project, especially since it was our first time at attempting anything remotely like this. However the lessons and experience learnt throughout the process have proved to be invaluable.
Tasks Undertaken
For a (very) comprehensive account of my role in this huge project click here
Being the sole sound engineer on the project I had a massive task infront of me. They included:
- Recording dialogue on set.
- Organising recorded dialogue files to be synchronised with edited footage.
- Organising ADR sessions, re-recording over 85% of the film's dailogue and synchronising it with edited footage.
- Arranging entire soundtrack which included: foley, ambience, special sound fx, dialogue, music etc.
- Mixing entire soundtrack to create a constant audio level throughout the entire movie and ensuring that the soundtrack was balanced between dialogue, sound effects and music.
Dark Blood clips
Here are a handful of scenes from Dark Blood which showcase the audio aspect of the film that I solely produced. I have ensured that the audio quality has been kept high to serve that purpose.
Warrior meets Davon Noor
Basically, absolutely no sound whatsoever from the shoot was used here. Everything that you can hear was created in post-production.. more..
| 360 x 200 | 1:33 min | right click, save as.. | Quicktime 7.96MB | ||
| Windows Media 6.16MB |
The King
To give the illusion that this was a grand hall for the throne I added in a strong reverb for both the dialogue and the footsteps.. more..
| 360 x 200 | 1:46 min | right click, save as.. | Quicktime 9.59MB | ||
| Windows Media 6.97MB |
Forest Battle
A very fun scene to work on. Adding in all the hits and swings from the hand-to-hand combat really enhanced the battle.. more..
| 360 x 200 | 2:41 min | right click, save as.. | Quicktime 14.2MB | ||
| Windows Media 10.4MB |
Dream Sequence
This is the only scene that I actually edited together. It is the dream sequence that the Warrior has as he is unconcious.. more..
| 360 x 200 | 49 sec | right click, save as.. | Quicktime 4.56MB | ||
| Windows Media 3.34MB |
Warrior vs Thanatos
An extensive Lightsaber battle, and really the first major one in the entire film.. more..
| 360 x 200 | 2:27 min | right click, save as.. | Quicktime 13MB | ||
| Windows Media 9.56MB |