Sound effects!

Richard and I managed to obtain from the media lab 2 CD’s of sound effects, which we went through today. We took some good sound effects from them and created some really effective ambient WAV files in Premier Pro. We have made them to be about 1 minute long so that when we come to the final animation, we should have them long enough to be able to re-use or to cut in order for it to fit. They have been added to humyo as I cant seem to add them to this!

Me and Richard also managed to find a microphone and so recorded some narration for the begginning of the animation. I have included this on my blog, but I will post it here as well:

"The Battle of Trafalgar saw the British decisively defeat a combined French and Spanish fleet on 21st October 1805 in the most significant naval battle of the Napoleonic Wars.

A Royal Navy fleet of 27 ships of the line destroyed an allied French and Spanish fleet of 33 ships of the line of Cape Trafalgar in South-West Spain.

The French and Spanish lost 22 ships, while the British lost none. The British Commander Admiral Lord Nelson, died late in the battle, by which time he had ensured his place as Britain's greatest naval hero.

In the Battle of Trafalgar, Nelson orchestrated a controversial battle plan that had scarcely been seen before.

Popular battle tactics at the time involved maneuvering to approach the enemy fleet in a single line of battle and then engaging in parallel lines.Nelsons plan was to deliberately cut the opposing line in two, approaching in two columns sailing directly at the enemy, one near the centre of the opposing line and one near the trailing end.

His ships would break the enemy formation in half, surround that half, and force them to fight to the end. Nelson specifically hoped to cut the line just in front of the flagship: the isolated ships in front of the break would not be able to see the flagship's signals, hopefully taking them out of combat while they reformed.

The result of this plan was truly devastating......."