Disaster sound design deconstructed from The Day After Tomorrow

[@INDEPTHSoundDesign]

Let me know what you learned from this video! Have a question? Ask it here! Also don't forget to like and subscribe to never miss a video!

[@mimisaiko]

It's interesting how there are so much sound going, but they manage to turn down/up certain tracks to draw attention and manipulate the emotion effectively.

[@INDEPTHSoundDesign]

Exactly, and not to mention removing the music completely! I'm glad you found it interesting 👍

[@toxicbag]

I remember that these splits were on the Day After Tomorrow DVD Special Features, and I really loved that. I appreciate your commentary at the end.

[@asparagii2953]

Thank you for these videos, showing us how different movies and scenes use different sound layer structures is very useful and informative

[@INDEPTHSoundDesign]

I'm so glad you think so. Thanks so much for your interest!

[@Nivailo]

You can almost hear they mixed it with the music at first :) The whole scene I was wondering "Where the hell are those helicopter impacts!? That much steel must have had more weight crushing down from the skies!". But with music I guess they indeed tried to squeeze everything in which left less space for dynamics. Cool piece though, lots of layers, little but well thought foley, and the winner being the storm hum, which is straight out scary and I truly love this kind of sound design. Works in background but expands on the scale of the terror around.

[@INDEPTHSoundDesign]

Yeah they really handled the storm sound design much like you'd handle the dread of an unstoppable force in a thriller/horror movie. Thanks for the interest!

[@TheSoundBarr]

Love the wind and ice sounds..

[@INDEPTHSoundDesign]

Glad you enjoyed it! My Instagram post details some of the origins of those sounds: instagram.com/p/BfbeU3UD1lU/

[@tdmiller11]

Please do more videos with isolated dialogue! This channel is such a wonderful and inspiring resource!

[@pwoblem]

that is awesome!

[@Spy_Agent5]

4:17 When you drive and hit the brakes too hard.

[@av3nger3]

Man, a lot of that Foley was buried underneath the wind sounds.

[@81N4R11]

very very good, high quality sound effect. can you make it to for New York's superfreeze?

[@Spy_Agent5]

1:59 top rotor sound in my opinion.

[@Aroyalz122]

you guys will reach a Million subs soon....

[@NiKeMoOk]

This one is incredible !

[@INDEPTHSoundDesign]

Thank you! So many layers!

[@thiagopsampaio]

Was any processing - compression, gain, limiting, etc - done to the levels of original sounds when editing this video??'

[@INDEPTHSoundDesign]

None! All of the stems came directly from the DVD special feature where it breaks down this scene layer by layer.

[@thiagopsampaio]

So its safe to say these are the levels used by the rerecording mixers??? thanks for the answer and keep it up :)

[@INDEPTHSoundDesign]

Ooooh that's so tough to say. You can never be sure what they might be doing to the audio when bouncing them down to stems or putting them on DVD. I've noticed a few glaring mistakes on stems before, too.