Dumb SFX question...

Eliseu Gouveia · 07-31-2006, 01:00 PM

I was going through an old script of mine where I have this guy frantically discharging his Beretta M82 when I realised.......... I don´t like the SFX.
"Bam! Bam! Bam!" was nice in the 1970s, but it somehow seems weird now.

I´ve never had the oportunity of witmessing a Beretta M92 firing (thank God! since with my luck I´d probably be on the receiving end

), so I have no idea of what it sounds like.

Any ideas?

Ka-Blam?
Ka-Pow?

Piekos · 07-31-2006, 01:02 PM

I've always been partial to: BRAK!

~N

Eric Rabbitsmasher · 07-31-2006, 01:17 PM

Don Martin in Mad Magazine was the master of the sound effect - the sound of water dripping was "POIT!" - but I'm not really sure how important it is - anything with a hard K sound is going to work for a gun discharge I think - there is a bit of a "P' sound to a maller caliber round, bigger ones have more of a boom.

I can tell the difference between gunfire and a firecracker mainly because of the distinct sound a bullet makes as it tears through the air, kind of an doppler echo effect that is distinct from an ordinary echo - kinda like, "KR-ACK -AK -K..." - but that's from a distance, and I doubt most readers would get it.

I think as long as you can see the muzzle flash, the reader will get it - harder I think is the sound of a slide being pulled back and a round chambered, which they always do in film because it sounds so ominous - "SHLIK-INK!"

MrGranger · 07-31-2006, 01:52 PM

Anyone have a list of SFX? I've always been weak in the SFX department, mainly because I like the art to show the action and not have SFX at all. But I realize that sometimes it makes the page better. A good list of SFX would be great.

Scaleyinx · 07-31-2006, 02:34 PM

Oh, I second that,...I would love to see a list of good SFX. For my knowledge sucks in this department.

Jason Arthur · 07-31-2006, 02:53 PM

Some that I've made and used over the last year.

By no means a comprehensive list, but maybe it'll help with this conversation?

-- J

DamonX · 07-31-2006, 03:47 PM

Got these from a thread on ScrypticStudios.com a while back...

Try
http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/200/300...om/bzzurkk.htm
(Pretty much a list a of sounds grouped by general category)

and

http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/200/300...Kaboomhome.htm
(Scroll down to the alphabetical listing for a more comprehensive list)

MrGranger · 07-31-2006, 03:49 PM

Nice start. I've been looking for a good, comprehensive book on Onomatopoeia for a while. I'm sure someone's got one somewhere, I just haven't found it yet.

Piekos · 07-31-2006, 04:18 PM

There was a very comprehensive list somewhere online that I remember seeing a couple of years ago. (So comprehensive that I remember it being a little over the top.) I'll be damned if I can remember the address though.

~N

Icaruss · 07-31-2006, 04:33 PM

Don't use SFX, and have the guy screaming instead.

**Ron Phillips** · 07-31-2006, 04:49 PM

There was a link above, but the only resource I remember is Kaboom.

http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/200/300/ktaylor/kaboom/

That might be an interesting project to restart that, get user entries.

**Kel Nuttall** · 07-31-2006, 04:57 PM

A 9mm sounds more sharp, more KRAK than BOOM or BAM. That's what I usually use for a 9...KRAK or if their double-tapping (two shots close together) KRA-KAK.

**Kel Nuttall** · 07-31-2006, 04:58 PM

Of course I imagine the majority of comics readers have never fired a gun and would never know the difference as long as you don't use POOF or SQUONK for gunfire, you'd probably be safe.

Awesomus Prime · 07-31-2006, 05:17 PM

Awe SNAP! I'm totally usin' squonk!

Mike225 · 07-31-2006, 05:19 PM

Poof would be good for a silencer.

07-31-2006, 01:00 PM	#1
Eliseu Gouveia Suteki Da Ne Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Outside looking in Posts: 2,900	Dumb SFX question... I was going through an old script of mine where I have this guy frantically discharging his Beretta M82 when I realised.......... I don´t like the SFX. "Bam! Bam! Bam!" was nice in the 1970s, but it somehow seems weird now. I´ve never had the oportunity of witmessing a Beretta M92 firing (thank God! since with my luck I´d probably be on the receiving end ), so I have no idea of what it sounds like. Any ideas? Ka-Blam? Ka-Pow?

07-31-2006, 01:52 PM	#4
MrGranger I'm really Richard Corben Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Hollywood Posts: 2,015	Anyone have a list of SFX? I've always been weak in the SFX department, mainly because I like the art to show the action and not have SFX at all. But I realize that sometimes it makes the page better. A good list of SFX would be great. __________________ King Tractor Press where much of my work is found. Daddy's Girls Gene Gardens Blog Twitter

07-31-2006, 03:49 PM	#8
MrGranger I'm really Richard Corben Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Hollywood Posts: 2,015	Nice start. I've been looking for a good, comprehensive book on Onomatopoeia for a while. I'm sure someone's got one somewhere, I just haven't found it yet. __________________ King Tractor Press where much of my work is found. Daddy's Girls Gene Gardens Blog Twitter

07-31-2006, 04:49 PM	#11
Ron Phillips Are you terminal? Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Some where under a deep blue sky. Posts: 4,105	There was a link above, but the only resource I remember is Kaboom. http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/200/300/ktaylor/kaboom/ That might be an interesting project to restart that, get user entries. __________________ Ron Earl Phillips Buy Ron's Books - on Amazon Kindle Flash Fiction Friday - A community writing project Shotgun Honey - a blast of fiction to blow your mind Home \| Twitter \| Facebook \|MySpace

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07-31-2006, 01:02 PM	#2
Piekos Blambot Font Guy Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: New England Posts: 1,269	I've always been partial to: BRAK! ~N

07-31-2006, 01:17 PM	#3
Eric Rabbitsmasher Call me Rabbit Fighter Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Ballrooms of Mars Posts: 1,678	Don Martin in Mad Magazine was the master of the sound effect - the sound of water dripping was "POIT!" - but I'm not really sure how important it is - anything with a hard K sound is going to work for a gun discharge I think - there is a bit of a "P' sound to a maller caliber round, bigger ones have more of a boom. I can tell the difference between gunfire and a firecracker mainly because of the distinct sound a bullet makes as it tears through the air, kind of an doppler echo effect that is distinct from an ordinary echo - kinda like, "KR-ACK -AK -K..." - but that's from a distance, and I doubt most readers would get it. I think as long as you can see the muzzle flash, the reader will get it - harder I think is the sound of a slide being pulled back and a round chambered, which they always do in film because it sounds so ominous - "SHLIK-INK!"

07-31-2006, 02:34 PM	#5
Scaleyinx Chicken Whisperer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: In a shack Posts: 1,878	Oh, I second that,...I would love to see a list of good SFX. For my knowledge sucks in this department.

07-31-2006, 02:53 PM	#6
Jason Arthur Starving Letterer Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 4,501	Some that I've made and used over the last year. By no means a comprehensive list, but maybe it'll help with this conversation? -- J

07-31-2006, 03:47 PM	#7
DamonX Motown! Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 111	Got these from a thread on ScrypticStudios.com a while back... Try http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/200/300...om/bzzurkk.htm (Pretty much a list a of sounds grouped by general category) and http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/200/300...Kaboomhome.htm (Scroll down to the alphabetical listing for a more comprehensive list)

07-31-2006, 04:18 PM	#9
Piekos Blambot Font Guy Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: New England Posts: 1,269	There was a very comprehensive list somewhere online that I remember seeing a couple of years ago. (So comprehensive that I remember it being a little over the top.) I'll be damned if I can remember the address though. ~N

07-31-2006, 04:33 PM	#10
Icaruss The Masked Avenger Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Peru. And I'm not freaking kidding. Posts: 185	Don't use SFX, and have the guy screaming instead.

07-31-2006, 04:57 PM	#12
Kel Nuttall DWP EIC & BMF Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: North Pole, Alaska Posts: 2,221	A 9mm sounds more sharp, more KRAK than BOOM or BAM. That's what I usually use for a 9...KRAK or if their double-tapping (two shots close together) KRA-KAK.

07-31-2006, 04:58 PM	#13
Kel Nuttall DWP EIC & BMF Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: North Pole, Alaska Posts: 2,221	Of course I imagine the majority of comics readers have never fired a gun and would never know the difference as long as you don't use POOF or SQUONK for gunfire, you'd probably be safe.

07-31-2006, 05:17 PM	#14
Awesomus Prime Guns go SQUONK! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 262	Awe SNAP! I'm totally usin' squonk!

07-31-2006, 05:19 PM	#15
Mike225 low brow B1Tch Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Right in the brainpan squish! Posts: 5,719	Poof would be good for a silencer.