This week, I mainly focused on creating chaotic sound effects for the second level of Thalassophobia. The inspiration for designing the chaotic sounds came from my research on the physical influence of experiencing Thalassophobia. The symptoms include dizziness, increased heart rate, out of breath, etc. According to these symptoms, I used high-frequency buzzing and swoosh sound effects to represent dizziness, comprising the chaotic sound design.
I also used low-frequency sounds to represent difficulty breathing, emphasizing a hard-to-breathe deep-sea environment.
Heartbeat with reverb helps to demonstrate the heavy, increased and unbalanced heart rate in the final mix.
To collaborate with ambient music, sound effects are mainly short audio, rather than continuous ambient sounds. Below is the file of the improvised music and sound effects, presenting how the soundtrack might sound through sound installation and participant interaction in our project.
