Frozen Crossing Part 2 is out!
We had a good time making this one. We didn’t realize it, but it’s been exactly two months since the first one came out. I didn’t direct this one – Niko Pueringer and Sam Gorski were the directors – my job was sound design, which I talk about here:
Sound is incredibly important because sound affects a film viewer on an instinctual, gut level. It’s not enough to see the flare of a gunshot, or the swipe of a punch – a good sound will make you wince and react emotionally to what’s happening on screen. Because it has this ability to worm its way in through the subconscious level, it’s an incredibly powerful tool, and unfortunately, one that’s constantly overlooked.
My favorite example of good sound was when I saw Apocalypto in theaters – when one of the guys jumps off the waterfall, it cuts to his POV as he smacks his head into a rock. THAT sound, my God – it was the perfect sound – it was the sound we all heard in our heads when we smacked our heads on the floor of the pool. But the reaction – EVERY single person in front of me threw their hands up to their head and reacted vocally as if they had hit their own heads.
When was the last time the visuals of a knife stab caused you to clutch your own chest? Or a gunshot caused you to and duck involuntarily? A single sound effect caused an entire theater of people to react, whereas if you had just had the visuals, the impact would have been non-existent.
I had the opportunity to work with my friend Kevin Klauber on his MPAA Golden Reel nominated short Bio.Rhythm as a DP. For this short, Kevin thought a lot about using sound as a storytelling element – and he went crazy with all kinds of cool abstract sounds that fit the picture. You rarely see this level of experimentation in movies nowadays, and it’s too bad because it’s such a treat to listen to.
The last movie I remember thinking pushed abstract sound design as an element was The Book of Eli. While it was a flawed movie, everybody should go “listen” to this movie – it’s a really awesome sounding movie, and also one of the few movies where sound ties strongly in with the story. Too many people get into the mindset of “OK I’ll put all the elements that should be there in – background noise, dialogue, some music, and they leave it at that. Think about how sound can work as an emotional storytelling tool – it doesn’t matter if the sound is what something should sound like, it matters if it’s what something should feel like.
So next time you fire up a movie, give sound design a chance. Start being experimental. Go crazy – try putting sounds in places where they wouldn’t be realistically. Follow your gut and remember – if it feels right, it is right.
I gotta show my audio guy on my game dev team some of your vids, it would come in useful! I used to do video editing, but kinda got out of it, and now I totally wanna get back in! I was looking at some audio co-pilot stiff and I was just wondering: can you combine it with final cut? Agh, anyways I really need to get praciting some editing, my bro needs help with a gear week video they’re doing for uni with tons of explosions, etc. But great videos man, I’m gunnna check this site out often and comment!
Hey Freddie!
I just wanted to say that you (and your team’s) creations are truly amazing! The modern warfare video was just awesome and I enjoyed every second of it. Please keep creating more videos :] I’d really like if one day you and your team produced an entire action movie! That’s like 120 mins long… I’ll definately go to the theater and watch it :] I’d like to thank you once again for sharing your tips and tutorials with us =] You guys are very inspirational!
- D2G
Freddie:)
Great piece of art you and your team created, love the both parts!.
Inspirational as Dig2GoldZ said and makes me want do to the same thing even if i really cant.
Awesome Film Freddie
Love it guys – posted it on our site. Looks like you put a ton of work into it.
freddie i wud love to come work for you for free..
Nice seeing you doing some awesome stuff beyond your crazy Guitar Hero shenanigans.
Those movies… were incredible.
And it was really a movie that worked on the basis “sum of its parts”. I watched your ‘Action Movie Sound Design’ vid, and i agree completely.
A good movie, game, etc, will not capture the viewers attention, if it sounds like a b-movie classic. I like the bondmovies because they use the soundfx where they work.
Also, i noticed you guys didnt use any grenades or stuns.
Little hard to use in real life, i concede on that, but a site called airsoftextreme.com sells stun-G’s and Frag-G’s with Co2 gas cylinder’s, makes a lot of bang for the price they want, ive heard, and the Military use them for bombing demonstration as well. A few dust and smoke FX’s, and your set to blow people away.
Just a tip if you want to look for more, Explosive finales for an gunfight movie.
Also, the last guy that stepped on too the container, i just have to say… HAGGARD!!!
Hey Freddie,
I think you should make a video on how to make your own special effects instead of downloading or buying them.
It wouild really help a lot of us save some money
Freddie once again you guys amaze me. I’ll be sharing the sequel on my site for my readers to see your excellent work.
Hey, Thank you so much for your efforts! The movies were really incredible! I bookmarked those and come to them very often. I enjoyed your story telling, but really enjoyed your post production. That’s a good way to learn for me how to improve myself in editing. I would appreciate if you make some more behind the scenes videos and also some tutorials covering those cool effects in both parts!
Keep it up! I wish you and your team good luck! Greetings from Lithuania!
“Or a gunshot caused you to and duck involuntarily?”
Don’t want to sound to much of a cunt here, but your style of gunshot sounds does really not render that reaction. For me, at-least.
I’cant for my life not understand why movie makers don’t just copy the movie HEAT when they do gunshot sfx.
Guns in movies reminds me more of air-soft rifles than actual guns. Real guns are LOUD. Real guns effectively cancel out all other sounds – If you hate speaking to people at bars [loud music], try speaking to someone during a firefight.
Despite my critizism I still love your videos, so keep it up!
Your vids are amazing, You have a great talent for making videos and a great crew. Keep em coming. Boom Baby!
Hey guys, I just started watching your stuff, and you guys are amazingly good! I can’t wait for your next stuff!
You guys should do a short vid with this chick, and do a crazy martial art movie. This friend of mine is crazy good at martial arts, you should check her out!
http://www.youtube.com/user/victoriavives
everything is amazing, but i would like to know, which software do you recommend better for audio editing in a video
thanx
great job man!!!! definitely put out the stress from my uni’s work….i will pay for your movies if they are showing on the theatre…
cheers from down under…
Hey Freddie! Nice post! I just wonder, would a Rode Ntg2 do it?
Thanks
Luke
I only recently discovered your work when I came across your Chrono Trigger film, and I have to say, I am irrevocably addicted. Your films and effects are by far some of the best I’ve seen in a while, better even then some TV networks’. Your Frozen Crossing short films are a testimony to how fan films should be made; most fan made material makes me cringe with shame for watching even the first five minutes. When I watch your work, I am almost garenteed a good, hard laugh. Keep up the good… scratch that, AWSOME work, and don’t keep your well deserved legions of fans waiting!
Can’t wait for part 3
what type of guns do u use? airsoft ?
Where do u get all that guns like G36C and M4A1 in flower warfare? Nice Vids we want a part 3 of modern warfare….
Good Luck
used to play Airsoft but i stopped after some guy accidentally shot my eye ‘
yea your ma men:D
your videos are so fu***** crazy!!
after watching your videos i also started to make some. some friends of mine and me often made airsoft battles and now we wonna make a real one:DD
thank you so much!!!
you’re the bestxD
airsoft is so damn addicting and i love to play it all day,”~
Let me say this looks incredible and is my favorite genre…!
we always play airsoft on our home made battle grounds ~*;
sometimes you will get hurt if you play too much airsoft, but i really like this game “”
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Frozen Crossing Part 2 and Sound Design-
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hae man i like all yours videos they are awesome
and i would like to ask u one thing
I am aslo interested in your work and want to make my carier in this field
could u please advice me what are the requirement and how can I? Right now im doing my master in E-Business and wanted to change my course and eneter in this field. But the problem is that im not a rich guy to effort to admit in a film school or multimedia animation school.
hope that you would suggest me
thank you
Oh my God, Freddie your videos are fantastic. You are COOL man !
One of my favorite posts.
i am always playing airsoft every week, it is my way of exercising my body and keeping an alert mind”
Your never to old to begin your Martial Arts Training, then again you do need to don’t forget at our age our bodies takes longer to recover.
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hi men, i’m a colombia guy, and i am starting to make a videos in after effects.
your videos are really good,they are my source of inspiration.
I do not have good cameras and editing equipment, but I try hard to be like you.
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