Video & Sound Production // Project 1: Audio Editing Exercises
11th April 2023 - 23rd May 2023 (Week 2 - Week 8)
Emran Tarek Sayed // 0346648
Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media
Video & Sound Production // Project 1: Audio Editing Exercises
INSTRUCTION
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LECTURE
" All lectures can be found under Lectures & Exercises."
Alternative: https://emranoko.blogspot.com/2023/04/video-and-sound-production-exercises.html
PROJECT
Project 1: Audio Editing Exercises
Project 1, an audio editing exercise, will be split into two
parts. Project 1A and 1B, Audio Dubbing and Sound Shaping.
Project 1A: Audio Dubbing
For Project 1A, Audio Dubbing. We are required to
add audio tracks to the character's dialogue, the background sound, and
ambient noises using our own audio or one that can be found online to
the video with no sound prepared by Mr Martin. There are four tracks to
the dialogue, one for each character, three for four sound effects
(complex sound) and another for ambient sound.
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I started by importing and watching the video on
Adobe Premier Pro. I began looking for audio that could be used in the
video. I downloaded many of them and had multiple versions for one audio
because I wasn't sure which would fit.
I first added the ambience sounds to the video and
checked out the audio I had downloaded. I tried different versions and
picked which I liked that suited the video. I then started cutting the
audio and syncing it with the video.
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Fig. 3.0 Audio Dubbing Part 1 (Importing and Watching)
21st April 2023
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Fig. 3.1 Audio Dubbing Part 2 (Ambience Sounds Added)
21st April 2023
Following the second step, I added the effect
sounds to the video. It took a bit longer time as I needed it to
match the video movement. Finding the right footsteps audio was
the hardest for me compared to the rest.
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Fig. 3.2 Audio Dubbing Part 3 (Effect Sounds Added)
21st April 2023
Finally, I added the dialogue sounds to
finish editing the video. I started by typing down the
dialogue found in the video, and then I recorded the
dialogue using my voice using my phone as a mic. I used an
app called Voice Memos, downloaded on the phone. I
completely removed the distracting background noises by
enchanting the recorded sounds I recorded using the Voice
Memos app itself.
I transferred the audio from my phone
to the laptop and finally added the sounds to the video. I
changed the pitch of the audio using the pitch shifter
effects so each voice matches the character dialogue.
Although the girl's voice was repeating, I couldn't find a
way to fix it, so I just left it as it was.
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Fig. 3.3 Audio Dubbing Part 4 (Dialogue Sounds'
Recorded)
21st April 2023
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Fig. 3.4 Audio Dubbing Final Part (Dialogue Sounds
Added)
21st April 2023
source: https://youtu.be/eEyh9VrTwLQ
References
Here is the list of audio references I
listed in my notepad. I used about half of it, but I will
put all of it here as I tried them all.
Street ambience after rain:
https://freesound.org/people/edm_2000/sounds/194452/
Apartment ambience inside room:
https://freesound.org/people/btherad2000/sounds/328042/
Wet traffic ambience after rain:
https://freesound.org/people/vhlam/sounds/203171/
Running wet footsteps:
https://freesound.org/people/Rudmer_Rotteveel/sounds/316924/
Running wet footsteps 2:
https://freesound.org/people/Rudmer_Rotteveel/sounds/316922/
Running wet footsteps 3:
https://freesound.org/people/Rudmer_Rotteveel/sounds/316923/
Running up the stairs:
https://freesound.org/people/radiojaja/sounds/524783/
Insert coin and dial phone:
https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/483338/.
Door open:
https://freesound.org/people/AUDACITIER/sounds/632128/
Door open 2:
https://freesound.org/people/squidge316/sounds/404929/
Footsteps inside:
https://freesound.org/people/Nox_Sound/sounds/533044/
Phone ringing:
https://freesound.org/people/acclivity/sounds/24929/
Dial phone 2:
https://freesound.org/people/HerbertBoland/sounds/29950/
Tape off:
https://freesound.org/people/WeeJee_vdH/sounds/267712/
Window tap:
https://freesound.org/people/everythingsounds/sounds/675011/
Glass shatters:
https://freesound.org/people/SuperSouper/sounds/684756/.
Car reverse beep:
https://freesound.org/people/florianreichelt/sounds/459993/
Car reverse beep 2:
https://freesound.org/people/soundmary/sounds/128193/
Car door open: https://freesound.org/people/NachtmahrTV/sounds/556689/
Beep:
https://freesound.org/people/MATRIXXX_/sounds/657948/
Footsteps inside apartment 2:
https://freesound.org/people/ftpalad/sounds/119914/
Footsteps inside apartment 3:
https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/steps-indoor-1-6723/
Beep 2:
https://freesound.org/people/3questionmarks/sounds/612722/
Wet running footsteps:
https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-sound-effects-download/footsteps-31
Project 1B: Sound Shaping
The second part of Project 1 is sound shaping. We
must download the audio given by Mr Martin and manipulate one
of the audio into various tones; phone call, bathroom, cave, and closet;
using what we have learned from his class.
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Firstly, I downloaded the materials shared
with me by Mr Martin. There are the audio sounds we need to manipulate in
Adobe Audition.
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Fig. 4.0 Sound Shaping Part 1 (The Materials)
22nd April 2023
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Fig. 4.1 Sound Shaping Part 2 (Phone Call Effect)
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Fig. 4.2 Sound Shaping Part 3 (Closet Effect)
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Fig. 4.3 Sound Shaping Part 4 (Bathroom Effect)
22nd April 2023
As for the final effect, that
is a cave. There wasn't any instruction shown on the
slide. Therefore I had to find out how to do it using the
knowledge I learned from the slide. It took a bit of trial
and error, but I did it. I used reverb to get the effect
of the cave.
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Fig. 4.4 Sound Shaping Final Part (Cave Effect)
22nd April 2023
I then applied each of the
effects I had done and exported it into my file as mp3
because that was what the instruction said. Here are
the results I have gotten.
Phone Call Effect
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Closet Effect
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Bathroom Effect
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Cave Effect
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FEEDBACKS
"Feedback has been mentioned under Project."
REFLECTIONS
Project 1: Audio Editing Exercises
Project 1A: Audio Dubbing
Audio Dubbing was an excellent project, as it widened my knowledge of using Premiere Pro and helped me with my future projects. I was able to do it without a problem. However, finding the right audio and doing trial and error with it was time-consuming. This is probably because many professionals create audio and have voice actors for each character. Overall I find it pleasant to learn a few more about Premiere Pro.
Project 1B: Sound Shaping
Sound Shaping was an exciting project because I was intrigued by how easy it is to manipulate an audio sound using Adobe Audition. After all, it's a little harder to do in Premiere Pro. I would say that it's easy to follow instructions but hard to do yourself, incredibly, when you're not familiar with the sound you want or Adobe Audition. Because that happened to me, it took me minutes to do the effects following the guides, but I took a bit more time doing it myself. Overall, I am glad I learned about Adobe Audition because I will definitely use this for my following projects to help get better audio quality.
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