Voice actors come first - then animation One of the rules of animation film-making is that the audio comes first, plus sound effects (and...

For animators looking for inspiration for some cartoony animation with dialogue, one great place to search is the Sesame Street Sound Archi...

One question that animators often ask when making a short film, or compiling their demo reel, is where to get Royalty Free Music either for ...

For our student film-makers at Bucks, one excellent (and free) resource for sound design and sound effects is the  BBC Free Sound Effects ...

A sound designer at work Animators need sound design. If you're animating a shot, remember that the visuals are just 50% of the expe...

Mobygratis.com is a great free resource for independent film-makers. The American musician Moby  has released tons of free tracks for u...

Sine wave. Image: Wikipedia Maya is a wonderful piece of software but its audio tools are not especially sophisticated. You only get ...

Bucks sound design student Scott Benson just recently finished mixing and editing the sound on a feature film  - all done within 72 hours...

Recently our first year Animation and Visual Effects students completed their second formally assessed animation exercise. This time th...

A sound designer hard at work at Bucks One of our students' tasks in their first year of studies is to work together with a sound d...

Frank Gladstone directs actors in the sound booth Every animator will eventually, at some point, find him or herself directing v...

Lydon Fleisig is studying animation at Bucks in his final year, and has just completed an excellent short film, The Martial Art of Kendo...

Sound Design Studio One of the best things about Bucks is how many departments we have specialising in different aspects of Film and TV ...