Maps and Journey's 16- Sound Editing + Re-Shoot

Due to picking the sound unit as part of the Professional Toolkit unit, I decided to work solely on the sound, as Julia, who also did the sound unit, is working hard on the model of the brain. I was instructed by Thomas' to sync the sound files Julia had previously recorded on the second shoot to the footage. This was a relatively quick process, however not all the sounds exactly matched up. 

Project Timeline

Re-Shoot

After this was completed, I exported the footage and sound together and sent the file to Thomas. After discussing it with the group, I decided that a re-shoot for additional sounds needed to be done. So, I went with Julia and walked the same journeys again however I simply followed Walt's footsteps closely with the microphone as I felt this would be great to add to the piece, as there wasn't really any dog sounding footsteps. An important scene to re-record was when Walt steps on the stones, as I felt this could be a sound that could be picked out and exaggerated. 

I then went back to the Premiere project and listened to what I'd recorded that could be added to the piece. Sadly, there was a lot of wind hitting the microphone, which was to be expected however it over-powered some sounds, so sadly a lot of the sound couldn't be used. The re-recording of the stone-stepping however was successful, sounding a lot better than the original recording. After this, I exported the video and sound and send Thomas the final version. 

Adobe Audition

I then went into Adobe Audition, which I have a strong knowledge of from our Reflection's project last year. To get the sound files into Audition easily, I simply right clicked on each individual sound I wanted and clicked 'Edit Clip in Adobe Audition'. This took me into Audition with all the sound files I needed. I simply highlighted the specific sound I want and exported it as a single clip.  

After this, I sent each individual sound file to Thomas, who will then go and import the sound and video into Quartz composer and work with separating the sounds and video and bringing them together.