In my Iron Giant redesign, a scene shows several lasers shot down onto the Earth and destroying it. Instead of using a sound effect I wanted to try something experimental and a bit different to a normal gun shot, particularly as the Giant and the lasers in the dream appeared quite extra terrestrial. Through my interest in Star Wars I researched how to create the stormtrooper blaster sound effect, as I had previously heard about a few ways in how to re-create the sound. There were a few different ways fans had attempted this sound effect such as; attaching a slinky to metal and recording the material through an amp, or amplifying it through a cup.
In the studio I attached a slinky to a metal stand and tried recording in a few ways:
- Placing an AKG 414 near the middle of the slinky (cardioid and hyper cardioid).
- Placing an AKG 414 near the top of the slinky (cardioid and hyper cardioid).
- Attaching a contact microphone to the metal stand.
- Placing a condenser microphone next to a cup attached to the slinky, whilst it amplified the blaster sound.
The sound will require some manipulation and layering but the roar recording was successful. The research was also relevant to my Learning Outcomes 1 and 3.
