Film | Huhao Yang Sound

In my undergraduate stage, because of the unique film creation environment in my university, I participated in a lot of film works with student teams, and undertook location sound recording and post productions many times. The following highlight clips were all from our original films, and the sounds are edited, designed and mixed by me and my sound team. If you want to see more of my completed film sound works or 5.1 surround sound tracks, please scroll down and download the projects from the dropbox folder below

Defensive Boxing

This is a short film about boxing, youth, and dream. The main character in the story loves boxing, but he is strongly opposed by his mother because his father died in an accident in a boxing match. He was extremely distressed by the dilemma, but finally made a decision with the encouragement and stimulation from his friend, and made the choice that he won't regret. The clip here is the boxing scene between him and his friend. The sound effects were carefully foleyed and edited. For the completed film please download the 5.1 surround mixing version in the folders below.

My Position: Sound Editing & Foley & Sound Mixing

Arch Rival

This is a short animated film with American western vibe, a cowboy with great marksmanship finds himself in a realm where his only enemy is himself. The sound of this film has a strong narrative effect. In the simple opening shot, the sound effects already tells a lot of the story.

My Position: Sound Editing & Sound Mixing

Trees's Cinema

This is a clip from my work that won the Sound Academy Award hosted by the China Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineer. The main plot of the movie is that Xiaoshu, a boy in a old mountain village, grew up with his grandfather who was a film projectionist and commentator in the village. Xiaoshu likes pop culture and wants to go out of the mountains to the city to learn dance and start a new life. However, his grandfather was very stubborn and want him to take over his position as a projectionist and stay in his hometown. In the end the movie left an open ending, the village’s cinema was demolished and the grandpa passed away. As for what decision Xiaoshu finally made, it is left to the audience to think by themselves. For the completed film please download the 5.1 surround mixing version in the folders below.

My Position: Sound Effects Design & Sound Editing & Sound Mixing

THE THREE CLOWNS

A 13 mins long short film. This is one of my early film sound works. The film mainly tells the story of three foolish robbers who planned a ridiculous kidnapping. They kidnapped a woman and found out that they had the wrong person. And finally they started plotting and killing each other. This film combines the elements of traditional Chinese culture and black humor, and has obvious style characteristics. I also used relatively simple but atmospheric Chinese musical instruments for composition, which complements the style of the film well.

My Position: Sound Editing & Composer & Sound Mixing

RICE DUMPLING

This is a commercial film I participated in shooting by a professional crew outside the school, mainly used to promote their rice dumpling products. The main plot is that a middle-aged designer is always urged by the team leader to make progress at work, but ignores the quality. And he remembered what his father said when he was a child and was making rice dumplings. That is no matter what he is doing, he should to be meticulous, even if it was just a simple rice dumpling. This memory made him determined to complete his project more carefully, and finally he got an understanding after communicating with the leader.

My Position: Location Sound Recording & Sound Editing & Sound Mixing

For more of my film works and some completed 5.1 surround sound version projects please download from the folder. Please do not use these videos and sound tracks for any commercial purpose

FIlm Credit List

October 2016, Gravity Riders, documentary, 37 minutes. Position: Recording assistant. A commercial documentary about the downhill race of bicycle. Filmed and produced by a team of students for a bicycle company in Changsha, China. The sound work of this documentary won the Third Prize in the 3th Sound Academy Award provided by China Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (CSMPTE).
November 2016, Derailment, short film, 12 minutes. Position: Recording assistant/ Dialogue editing/ Music editing. A suspense short film about a murder caused by a boyfriend having an affair. It’s a mid-term project taken by the Photography Department of Communication University of Zhejiang.
November 2016, Food and Sound, digital video, 7 minutes. Position: Recorder. A creative short video depicting the sounds made when eating a variety of foods. It’s a mid-term project of the Recording Department of Zhejiang Communication University.
March 2017, Unspoken Love, short film, 12 minutes. Position: Composer / Sound Editing. Youth campus romance film tells the love story of a deaf-mute girl and a young painter. Created by Director Department of Communication University of Zhejiang. The music of this film won the Third Prize in 6th Computing Design Competition of Communication University of Zhejiang in the category of original music.
April 2017, A Good Student, digital video, 3 minutes. Position: Director/ Script writer/ Editor/ Sound design. A comedy short film about a student helping a fallen old madam to be blackmailed. Created for the mid-term project of my nonlinear editing course.
July 2017, Where to Go, short film, 13 minutes. Position: Recorder/ Sound design. A young love story about the choice faced by young Chinese students after the college entrance examination in the 1990s. Created for the short semester for the summer vacation practice of the School of Television Art in Communication University of Zhejiang. The sound work of this film was nominated for the best sound design award in the 2017 summer short semester of the college.
September 2017, Double Lives, short film, 32 minutes. Position: Recorder. A tragedy about the fantasy world of an art major student with schizophrenia. Joint graduation work of Film Production Department of Communication University of Zhejiang. The film was shortlisted as the Best Picture campaign unit of the Academy Award provided by Film Academy in Communication University of Zhejiang.
December 2017, Gauze, short film, 14 minutes. Position: Director/ Editor/ Sound Mixer. A story film explores human nature. It tells about a patient who was seriously injured in a factory fire. His family and the owner of the factory pushed him to death because of the money. Created for the directing course project.
March 2018, The Three Clowns, short film, 13 minutes. Position: Composer / Sound Editing / Sound Mixing. Tells the farce of three stupid kidnappers in the form of a three-act play. Created by Director Department of Communication University of Zhejiang. I designed a Chinese-style soundtrack for it. The music won the First Prize in 7th Computing Design Competition of Communication University of Zhejiang in the category of original music.
May 2018, Plucked at Dusk, short film, 35 minutes. Position: Sound design/ Foley/ Sound effect editing/ Sound Mixer. Tell the story of a boy looking for child memories and young love. Joint graduation works of Production Department in School of Television Art of Communication University of Zhejiang. The film was shortlisted as the Best Picture campaign unit of the “Argo Award” provided by Television Art College in Communication University of Zhejiang.
June 2018, The Last Boat, short film. 15 minutes. Position: Sound design/ Foley/ Dialogue editing/ Sound effect editing/ Sound mixer. A literary film about a middle-aged artist who loses hope for life in a boring and real life. A film made by a team of students from the China Academy of Art.
July 2018, Judge, digital video, 6 minutes. Position: Sound design/ Foley/ 5.1 Surround Sound Mixing. An action film of a gunfight type. Tells the story of a killer who completes his mission alone. Filmed by the Communication University of China’s student team. I designed the sound of action effects.
July 2018, Defensive Boxing, 23 minutes. Position: Sound design/ Foley/ Sound effect editing/ 5.1 Surround Sound Mixing. Tells the story of a rebellious young man who finds his blood and dreams in boxing. It contains boxing scenes, which are very difficult to produce sound. The film was shot by the Beijing Film Academy’s team. Our team did the post-sound production.
January 2019, The Door advertising film, 9 minutes. Position: Editor/ Recorder/ Sound Mixer. With the two brothers in the countryside as the starting point, one of them went to the outside city and the other stayed at home, giving rise to two very different life stories. The door runs through the film as an emotional object. Created by the student team of Communication University of Zhejiang for SUPERUS company.
March 2019, Arch-Rival, Animation, 5 minutes. Position: Sound Design/ Foley/ Sound Editing / Sound Mixing. An animated short film with the color of cowboys in Western America. During my internship in the ShanHeBeiRen sound production company, I worked with my colleagues to produce sound elements. The sound of the film reaches a strong narrative function.
April 2019, Rice Dumpling, advertising film, 5 minutes. Position: Editor/ Location Recording / Dialogue Editing/ Sound Mixing. A commercial advertisement that tells the story of a designer who learned from his father’s attitude towards making zongzi that he should be serious and meticulous about his work. Plot advertising Film shot by the student team of Communication University of Zhejiang.
July 2019, Tree’s Cinema, short film, 30 minutes. Position: Sound design/ Foley/ Dialogue editing/ Sound effect editing/ 5.1 Surround Sound Mixing. A narrative film about the conflict of ideas and affection between old-fashioned film projectionists and his grandchildren in China’s countryside. Joint graduation work of Production Department in School of Television Art of Zhejiang Communication University. As the sound team’s leader, I finished the sound creation of the film. It won the third prize in 5th Sound Academy Award provided by China Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (CSMPTE).
July 2019, Father-Son, short film, 24 minutes. Position: Sound design/ Foley/ Sound Editing/ 5.1 Surround Sound Mixing. It tells the youth story of a rebellious child growing up and pursuing the dream of boxing under the guidance of his father. Joint graduation work of Film Production Department of Zhejiang Communication University. Won the “Best Picture” in Film Academy Award provided by Film Academy in Communication University of Zhejiang. As the sound team’s leader, I finished the sound creation of the film. It also won the third prize in 5th Sound Academy Award provided by China Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (CSMPTE).