Whale Fall

Concept art from the early production stages of the project

Whale Fall was my first long major project that I got to work on. Within this project I was recruited as the head sound designer and co-mixer. Working to bring life to not only the character of the whale, but as well as the world around it.

Working as a sound designer some things I asked or wanted to know were location, character motives and concepts. Which the team was more than happy to provide.

Character concept art. Really informed the tones of the character voice

Storyboard piece

This was the first image I got from the animators. They wanted me to curate an environment that felt peaceful. And to really nail this idea that mother nature is king here.

The goal for these scenes was to create strong contrast from the natural environments. To convey this idea of violence, death and desolance

Early animation scene caps

Gave me a feel for the scale of some of the action scenes.

Many of these first concepts arts and discussions gave birth to some early concept sounds such as the whale cry. As well as general atmosphere sounds. These sound choices would continue to develop as the project further developed.