angelo panetta

well the music was first composed for the radio versions, but then adapted for the animation. For the clips “perfect” and “kiss” I was able to use the same score because the scene is pretty much the same as it played out in the radio drama. But for the clip “catwalk” the music was re scored to fit the action. As you can imagine the radio drama is driven with wall to wall dialog. So once we did 2 clips that were based on already existing scenes, it was time to try something that did not exist in the radio drama and had NO dialog. So the challenge and fun was to take the key moment of anne opening the missile doors and make the music express that feeling of “O sh--”. I love hearing sound take over music in key moments, so I stop the music just in time to hear anne push the button that opens the missile bay doors.

I should also mention one of my goals was to provide a high quality sound fx and original music track. here are two other clips in a better rez. this should give a tiny bit more back story. http://rrca.com/panetta/perfect.mov http://rrca.com/panetta/kiss.mov

I will try and post better version of the other clips here instead of youtube. can't seem to get the quality right there. also would like to know if the sound mix is coming across on all your varied systems.

Thanks for everyone’s comments. They’ve been very helpful. Rodney, I really like your comment about it looking like a comic. That was my intention. As far as the story, the only thing I wanted to get across is that these 2 women hate each other. These 2 women come from a radio drama series I co produce call “Adventures of Anne Manx” there are 4 two hr episodes completed so far. The main character of Anne Manx is voiced by Claudia Christian and her nemesis Jean Richmond is voiced by Pat Tallman, both from the TV series Babylon 5. you can read the synopsis of each episode on the website http://rrca.com/shows.html The animation was done by Chris Cruise, who I met here on the forum. We came up with this story together but the other 2 shorts that I have on youtube were taken from our most resent radio drama. Just because it was easier to work with the sound track already done. But the one I posted here the story, music and sound fx were created from scratch. Please continue to comment or ask questions, it is much appreciated.

sure. is there anything specific you'd like to know? there are 2 other segments. i have them up on youtube so the quality is pretty poor. but you can check them out anyway if you like.

ok will do.

here is a short animation done in AM. comments welcome http://rrca.com/panetta/catwalk.mov