Chapter 6

Sound Synchronization

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All too often, sound is considered by students studying animation only as an afterthought, but a film without sound or with an unconsidered soundtrack is a pale shadow of what it could be. Sound adds light, colour, texture and movement. We see these things with our ears.

BEFORE WE BEGIN

How important do you consider the soundtrack to be within a film? On one hand, you may find that the images dominate a film, leaving the soundtrack to simply fill in the gaps to no real effect other than to obliterate the silence. At the other extreme, the soundtrack may be the fundamental aspect of the film, relegating the visuals ...

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