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Oscar and Isobelle

The primary research focus of "Oscar and Isabelle" concerns the combination of the typical film roles of foley artist, composer and sound designer into one creative process. This combined approach enables greater flexibility around the deployment of all sound materials throughout the film, and provides greater fluidity in the reuse of foley, instrumental and sound design materials. Examples of this include instrumental sounds from the final credits being transformed and used as sound effects earlier in the film, and the use of foley and location recordings in a range of transformed states throughout the film. Two particular scenes illustrate this approach: the sitting room scene where ornaments and a clock are smashed; and the exterior scene where Isabelle is on the shoreline, lost in her her own dreamworld. Both these passages highlight the re-appropriation of other sound materials. The sound environment for "Oscar and Isabelle" was completed as part of a Lecturers into Industry scheme in 2008 and was supported by RCUK funding and Almega Projects.