Throughout our project, particularly when it comes to post-production/editing stages, we will almost definitely come across at least one piece of footage where the sound we captured may not be clear enough or perhaps has someone producing undesirable sounds such as talking in the background or maybe even mic faults that create pops or peaks. If we notice any unusable audio like this, we will have to fix the sound by replacing it.
This may involve replacing ambiance or even dubbing over speech if we needed to do so (for example, the very beginning scene where parents are arguing would definitely have to be placed over the footage in post-production stages).
I created some pieces of ambiance myself using my smart phone and uploaded them to Soundcloud, a website that allows you to upload and share audio you have created. You can listen to my audio below.
These audio files of ambiance were then applied to our bus sequence. This was used to mute any announcement sounds we could hear in the original clip (e.g. "151 to Worcester Park") and made the bus's motion a lot clearer to hear.
We then applied our chosen music audio piece, Runaway, to the clip during the sequence just after when Jack (our protagonist) places his headphones into his ears. The audio had two different varieties of sound effect applied to it in the clip. It started off at the chorus with a tinny, headphone-like sound to create a realistic sound for the audio; what you would hear either through your headphones if you were listening to it yourself or what you could hear if you heard someone else's headphones playing music out loud.
A smooth, fade transition to a clear, raw edition of the song that played the last line of the chorus; the one stating he is a runaway. This was used for two reasons; one to state the fact that he has now become and feels like a runaway. The second reason was purely for dramatic effect. The clear sound is what Jack would have heard through his own headphones so by putting what he can hear in the clip for the audience, it might help them sympathies and feel for our character.
Argument Scene
We then applied our chosen music audio piece, Runaway, to the clip during the sequence just after when Jack (our protagonist) places his headphones into his ears. The audio had two different varieties of sound effect applied to it in the clip. It started off at the chorus with a tinny, headphone-like sound to create a realistic sound for the audio; what you would hear either through your headphones if you were listening to it yourself or what you could hear if you heard someone else's headphones playing music out loud.
A smooth, fade transition to a clear, raw edition of the song that played the last line of the chorus; the one stating he is a runaway. This was used for two reasons; one to state the fact that he has now become and feels like a runaway. The second reason was purely for dramatic effect. The clear sound is what Jack would have heard through his own headphones so by putting what he can hear in the clip for the audience, it might help them sympathies and feel for our character.
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| What the work space looked like for this sequence |
Using a smart phone's voice recording app, we recorded our argument scene, loosely following the script we had previously written.
We took two takes of this scene and uploaded them to Soundcloud again. You can hear the two, raw and unedited, takes below (warning: contains strong language);
We took two takes of this scene and uploaded them to Soundcloud again. You can hear the two, raw and unedited, takes below (warning: contains strong language);
