ABOUT
Hello! My name is Shaun Elwood, I am an Enthusiastic Sound Designer from Caerphilly, South Wales, with the main focus on game audio.
I am currently a freelance Sound Designer and I have also started creating games with Unreal Engine 4.
I first began my journey into sound design when I started my first year degree in music production, when I got a chance to do a game audio workshop. Not only that, but I loved the aspect of how the creative and technical skills blended together, and seeing the finished outcome. Having grown up playing video games, I understood how important audio is, and how it should also support the gameplay to create a more immersive experience for the player.
I’ve been fortunate enough to have made connections within the local games’ scene in Cardiff, and I regularly take place in the local Game Jams here in Cardiff.
Skills: Reaper (Main DAW), Logic Pro X, Pro Tools, Unreal Engine, Wwise, SourceTree & GitHub (Source Control), C++.
PORTFOLIO
Formosa Group : Junior Dialogue Editor
Worked as a Junior Dialogue Editor for a fixed term contract on The Sims 4.
The Sims 4 : Werewolves
Worked as part of the dialogue editing team for The Sims 4 : Werewolves DLC pack. My main responsibilities on the project was to line up the dialogue with the moving animation inside of Hulk, and also balancing the dialogue volume level, then import the dialogue into Izotope RX and remove any unwanted frequencies and any harsh sounds.
The Sims 4 : High School Years
Worked as part of the dialogue editing team for The Sims 4 : High School Years DLC pack. My main responsibilities on the project was to line up the dialogue with the moving animation inside of Hulk, and also balancing the dialogue volume level, then import the dialogue into Izotope RX and remove any unwanted frequencies and any harsh sounds.
SEGA Amusements: Jelly Belly: Ticket Beananza
Worked as lead Sound Designer creating Various sound effects for the game.
PROJECTS
Creating Sword Sounds From Scratch (Samurai Edition)
In this video above I recreate combat style sounds with various items you can find around the house. With a little help from some garden trowels, kitchen knife, skipping rope and a denim jacket I’ll show you my process on how i create them.
Creating Gore Sounds From Scratch MK Edition
In this video above I recreate gore style sounds with various fruit and vegetables and also create home-made slime!, and I’ll show you my process on how I create them in the video above.
Making The God Of War Axe Recall Sound
In this video I recreate the God Of War axe recall sound effect from scratch
Creating UI Sounds From Scratch
In this video I show you the process of creating UI sound design from scratch.
Making a Game In 2 DAYS!
In this video I attempted to make a game on my own in two days as part of the Global Game Jam.
Wwise & UE4 Implementation For My Endless Runner Project
In this Video I speak on my process of using Wwise and then Implementing it within Unreal Engine.
FREE SOUND PACKS!
All sound effects have metadata, following the Universal Category System.
A challenge called #noisevember where I recored a sound every day for the month of November. I also wanted to create a sound pack from all the sounds that I recorded, and put that sound pack out for free. The sound pack is called Things Around The House and its available by either visiting my website or clicking the link below!
THE SOUND OF VEGETABLES
A sound pack that I created from my video Creating Gore Sounds From Scratch MK Edition. Where I recorded various vegetables for making gore sound effects, which you can download for free by clicking the link below!
A sound pack that I created from my video Creating Sword Sounds From Scratch Samurai Edition. Where I recorded A pair of garden trowels, kitchen knife, denim jacket and a skipping rope. for making combat style sound effects which you can download for free by clicking on the picture above!