Video and Sound Production / Project 1

8.4.2022 - 20.5.2022(Week 2 - Week 8)
Chang Jia Yee / 0350402 / Bachelor of Design in Creative Media
Video and Sound Production
Project 1 : Audio Editing Exercise

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Video and Sound Production - Final Project

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INSTRUCTION

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Project 1 : Audio Editing Exercise

Exercise 1

We need to dub for the two characters Joe Gardner and Mr Mittens in Disney animation movie “Soul”. Then we also need to observe the required scene sound effects and add them according to the environment at that time.

Fig 1.  Process in Premiere Pro

I recorded the sound on the recording device of my ipad. I will record with the original video on to make sure that the recorded audio and the film speak at the same speed. Then import it into my Premiere Pro and put it in the corresponding place, and then adjust its speed to match the mouth shape of the film. Then add background sound effects to make the whole dubbing more vivid and appropriate to the environment in the video.

Video 1. Final outcome of dubbing

Exercise 2

Phone call sound effect

Fig 2. Edit the phone call effect

Fig 3. Edit the phone call effect - rack effect

Bringing down the bass as well as the triple, raise MID range between 500 Hz to 2000 Hz

Muffled sound effect

Fig 4. Edit the muffled sound effect

muffle sound usually by wrapping it with something. For example to speak with a scarf over your mouth.

BASS remain, TREBLE to the bottom, raise MID RANGE to top.

Reverb sound effect

Fig 5. Edit the reverb sound effect

Sound in SPACE. Echo caused by the reflection of sound waves from a surface. 

Decay Time: Specifies how many milliseconds the reverb takes to decay 60 dB. Longer values ​​give longer reverb tails.

Pre‑Delay Time: Specifies how many milliseconds reverb takes to build to its maximum amplitude.

Perception: Simulates irregularities in the environment

Dry: To add subtle spaciousness, set the Dry percentage higher; to achieve a special effect, set the Dry percentage lower.

Wet: To add subtle spaciousness to a track, keep the Wet percentage lower than the Dry percentage.

Alternative phone call sound edit

Fig 6. How to find the Guitar Suite function

Fig 7.  Edit the alternative phone call effect

Links to all exercise 2 audio file: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders

Exercise 3 

We were instructed to edit three various of sound : magnification explosion sound，variation of punch sound(triple punches), monster of alien voice.

The tutorial video produced by Mr Martin

https://youtu.be/SIZnKMW2QcU

Fig 8. How to find the Stretch and Pitch function in Au

Fig 9. Layer and edit the magnification punch sound

Fig 10. Edit the Stretch and Pitch

Fig 11. Edit the punch sound

I had added the reverse punch sound and also the edited punch sound and joined them together to make it more rich in sound and make a more layered and real and interesting sound.

Links to all exercise 3 audio file:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1YTvBKlVEvXclQbAevNSbmNqrG2VBLfzv?usp=sharing

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REFLECTION

I think the whole project 1 is not difficult for me to operate, but I have learned a lot of skills. Before this course, I didn't know the operation of adobe audition. This project also gave me a hungry experience that I can study while studying, so that I can know how to operate and make special effects sounds in the future. This project is also the simplest and fastest project in my opinion among the three projects in this semester.