The Music of Ruptures

Sound Design for Ruptures of Disability Difference

Designing a Soundscape for a Deaf Character's Perspective

Ruptures of Disability Difference: Animating the Creativity of Dead-Nondeaf Communication is an animation that contextualizes research on deaf, non-deaf education and inclusivity. 

The Process

Creating Expressive Musical Cues

Making SFX on Guitar

This project aimed to incorporate instrumental sound effects as much as possible. All Guitar was composed and recorded to picture.

Guitar SFX can be heard throughout the animation in everything from the character's cries and reactions to subtle ground impacts — made with gentle string taps.

In-Progress Sound Design

This clip shows the early stages of sound design with more clearly isolated SFX.

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2023

Ruptures of Disability Difference: Animating the Creativity of Deaf-Nondeaf Communication

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