Bio-Shock Infinite
The is the third in the Bio-Shock Series
Developer – Irrational Games
Released March 26th2013
Genre – First Person Shooter
Plot Overview:
The game is set in the airborne city of Columbia, in 1912. Booker Dewitt (the protagonist) who has been given the job of finding Elizabeth, a woman who has been confined by a hulking beast (Songbird).
Within this section I will post up any information on my ideas and approach to my editing, any research undertaken regarding the game, and progress of the sound editing
Here we have screen grabs of one the visual content and I have noted what sound effects may be and will be included in that particular section
Faint bird song
Toys
Footsteps
faint arcade music
Footsteps on wooden floor
Metal thuds and clanks
Steam
Wind
Faint metal thuds
Horse in pain
Vocals
http://designingsound.org/2010/02/the-sound-of-bioshock-2/
I started looking in to the design for Bio-Shock Infinite so I would now where to look for inspiration when it came to editing. The head designer explains how he wanted many of the levels within the game to sound lonely and abandoned, which I feel like I will need to try convey when I do my editing, as I will still approaching this as a sequel and not from a new point of view. I need to try develop my soundscape so it explains to the player where a bouts they are within the structure and environment of the game.
For inspiration:
I watched films such as:
- City of Lost Children
- Wild Wild West
- True Git
From the films I gained inspiration for how I wanted Songbird to sound; the mechanical spider in Wild Wild West. Metal stomps as it walks, gasps of steam with it’s movement so it sounds almost clumsy in its movements.