Moving onto post production, I was excited to put everything together and see the final project. I was unable to access AfterEffects at home which was unfortunate but probably for the best as I was already cutting it very close to the deadline and am not exactly comfortable with that software yet. Instead I used a free Microsoft software called Clipchamp. Unfortunately this did limit what I was able to do with my section but in the end I am still very happy with the turnout.

I used a website called freesounds to gather royalty free sound effects.

Here is the animation with the sound effects!

I then handed my edited clips over to my teammate Sam, who took charge in editing everyone’s parts together and adding the background tracks to the project. We didn’t know what music we wanted in the background but we knew we wanted it to match our overly cartoony ‘spooky’ vibe. So we looked up royalty free Halloween music and shared what we found with each other through discord. Additionally, we thought I would be a good idea to look at the things that inspired us so I looked at the soundtrack for various Tim Burton films and the OST for games like Luigi’s Mansion and Mario 64. I also found some songs from my favourite game Night in the Woods which I thought fit in perfectly for the vibe of the short.