{
  "sound_design": {
    "event_1": {
      "type": "thunderclap",
      "intensity": "sudden",
      "duration": "short",
      "characteristics": ["sharp", "loud", "intense"],
      "effects": []
    },
    "event_2": {
      "type": "rolling thunder",
      "intensity": "moderate",
      "duration": "long",
      "characteristics": ["rumbling", "deep", "gradually decreasing in volume"],
      "effects": ["fade out"]
    },
    "event_3": {
      "type": "rain",
      "intensity": "moderate",
      "duration": "continuous (throughout event 2)",
      "characteristics": ["pitter-patter", "consistent"],
      "effects": []
    },
    "mixing": {
      "event_1_timing": "beginning",
      "event_2_timing": "immediately after event 1",
      "event_3_timing": "simultaneously with event 2",
      "volume_balance": {
        "event_1": "loudest",
        "event_2": "gradually decreasing",
        "event_3": "consistent, lower than thunder"
      },
      "spatial_placement": {
        "event_1": "overhead",
        "event_2": "overhead, moving slightly",
        "event_3": "surrounding"
      },
      "reverb": "moderate, natural-sounding reverb to enhance the sense of space"
    }
  }
}