Video and Sound Production / Project 1 : Audio Dubbing & Sound Shaping

22.04.2024 - 19.05.2024 (Week 1 - Week 4)
Gunn Joey / 0366122
Video and Sound Production / Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media
Project 1: Audio Editing Exercises


TABLE OF CONTENTS

4. Submission


MODULE INFORMATION BOOKLET


LECTURES

1.Hard Sound effects: Specific sounds that are added to a film to enhance a particular action or event, such as a door creaking, glass breaking, or a gunshot.

2.Ambient effects: Background noise in a film, such as traffic, wind, or crowd noise, that helps to create a sense of environment and atmosphere.

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Project 1 Progression

Exercise 1: Audio Dubbing

Instructions:

  1. Place audio files on timeline, sync it with video.

  2. Audio track: 

3 tracks for dialogue, one character one track. 

4 tracks for sound effects, 

3 tracks for ambience sound.


  1. Edit voice from female to male, male to female, human to cute animal/adult to kid: Premiere Pro → Audio Effects →Pitch Shifter → Semi tones. 

  2. Volume: Dialogue: between -6dB & -12dB, Ambience: below -20dB, Hard sound effects: Depend.)

Figure 1: Spreadsheet

Figure 2: Recordings of dialogue

Firstly, I recorded the dialogue in the given video using iPhone Voice Memos. Although there are only three characters and not many dialogue to record, this part took a lot of time as I need to match the tone and speed with the characters.

Figure 3: Speed Adjustment

After importing the original video, I arranged the dialogue to match with the scene. Some of my  recordings are quite slow, so I right click on the audio and find for speed adjustment to make them faster.

Figure 4: Sound Effect and Ambience Sound Tracks

Figure 5: Dialogue tracks

There are 10 tracks for audio files in the timeline. Mr Martin told us to put 3 tracks for dialogue, each character has one track. 4 tracks for sound effect and 3 tracks for ambience sound. Mr Martin also provided us free website to download sound effect. Majority of my sound effect and ambience sound are downloaded in the website.

Timeline for audio
A1-A3: dialogue tracks
A4-A7: sound effect tracks
A8-A10: ambience sound tracks

Figure 6: Volume Adjustment
I followed the instructions in Google Slide and adjust the volume for audios. After the adjustment, it makes the outcome of the video more natural.

Dialogue: -6db
Sound Effect; -10db
Ambience Sound: -20db

Figure 7: Croos Dissolve

In previous lesson, Mr Martin taught us the use of cross dissolve. I added cross dissolve at the beginning and ending of the video.


Submission:

Figure 8: Project 1 Submission


Exercise 2 - Audio Editing: Should Shaping With EQ

Instructions:

Record your own voice for 5 seconds for Exercise 2 submission.

  1. Voice of phone call.
  2. Voice coming from inside of closet.
  3. Voice of toilet/bathroom.
  4. Underground cave.
  5. Alien/ Orc voice

Figure 9: My own voice

Firstly, I recorded my own voice using iPhone Voice Memo for this exercise. The sentence I chose to record :" Hello, everyone! I'm Joey. For this project, we are doing audio editing."

1. Voice of Phone Call

Figure 10: Phone Call

Mr.Martin taught us to edit the voice of phone call in class. I used the parametric equalizer in the rack effect and lower down the bass and tremble and raised the mid range to 870Hz. 

2. Voice coming from inside of closet

Figure 11: Closet

For the voice from coming inside of closet, I used the parametric equalizer in the rack effect and raised the mid range to the highest.

3. Voice of toilet/bathroom

Figure 12: Bathroom

For the voice of bathroom, I used Reverb in the rack effect. The decay time was set to 1870ms, pre-delay time: 10ms, diffusion: 583ms and perception was set to 61 to create echo.

4. Underground cave

Figure 13: Underground Cave

For the voice of underground cave, I used Reverb in the rack effect and set the decay time to 4153ms, pre-delay time was set to 190ms, diffusion was set to 2683ms and perception was set to 85.

5. Alien/ Orc voice

Figure 14: Alien - Pitch Shifter

Figure 15: Alien - Flanger

For the voice of alien, I used Pitch Shifter in the rack effect and set semi-tones to -4 and cents to -20. Then, I also used Flanger in rack effect and set initial delay time to 4.08ms, final delay time to 2ms, stereo phasing to 84, feedback to 51% and modulation rate to 18.007hz.


Submission:

Click here to view submission in Google Drive.


REFLECTION

Working on audio dubbing and shaping taught me a lot about sound design. I learned how to match dubbed audio with video to make it look natural. This involved paying close attention to timing and details.

Audio shaping showed me how to improve sound quality using techniques like equalization, compression, and reverb. These skills help balance audio levels and make the sound clearer and more immersive. Overall, I realized how important good audio is for a professional production and the need for careful editing to achieve the best results.





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