Video and Sound Production - Project 1

12.09.2023 - 17.10.2023 (Week 3 - Week 8)

Sorcha Griselda / 0353056 

Video and Sound Production / Bachelor of Design in Creative Media / Taylor's University

Project 1 

Task 1 & 2: Audio Dubbing Exercises

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INSTRUCTION

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Task 1 | MUNICH

Specification:

• Download the video
• Record all dialogues with your phone (your voice)
• Prepare the spreadsheet
• Editing in Premiere Pro
• Dialogue: Audio Track 1-4 (one character for one track)
• Hard Sound Effects: Audio Track 5-7 
• Ambience Sound: Audio Track 8-10
• Edit Voice from female to male, female to male, human to cute, adult to kid

Process:

For this assignment, we were given a clip from the film 'MUNICH' that has no audio on it, as we were required to add it by ourselves. Before directly delve into the audio dubbing, Mr. Martin instructed us to create and fill in the spreadsheet about the details and timeframe of the sounds.

Fig 1.1 Spreadsheet | 12/09/2023

Fig 1.2 Obtaining Sounds from freesound.org | 13/09/2023

Fig 1.3 Editing Process of Audio Dubbing | 13/09/2023

 

After compiling all the sound needed for the audio dubbing, I started to arrange and edit the sounds into the movie clip. 

Fig 1.4 Editing Process of Audio Dubbing #1 | 13/09/2023

I also used Adobe Audition to edit the voice and some of the sound effects, as the software allows to edit the sound in a more detailed manner.

Fig 1.5 Editing Process of Audio Dubbing #2 | 13/09/2023

Fig 1.6 Editing Process of Audio Dubbing #3 | 13/09/2023

Final:

Fig 2.1 Final Audio Dubbing | 09/09/2023

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Task 2 | Sound Shaping

Specification:

• Record and edit our own voice for 5 second in Adobe Audition
• Voice of phone call
• Voice coming from inside the closet
• Voice of toilet/bathroom
• Underground Cave
• Alien/Orc

Recording 

I started recording after determining what line I wanted. I did not like the way it sounded, so I did several takes. Eventually, I found a voice line that I thought sounded good.

Sound Shaping in Adobe Audition

I imported the file into Adobe Audition after obtaining the voice line. I then got to work on the editing.

Fig 3.1 Importing sound into Adobe Audition | 14/10/2023

• Phone Call

Fig 3.2 Process of Sound Shaping [phone call] | 14/10/2023

Fig 3.3 Final Phone Call Sound | 14/10/2023

• Closet

Fig 3.4 Process of Sound Shaping [closet] | 14/10/2023

Fig 3.5 Final Closet Sound | 14/10/2023

• Toilet

Fig 3.6 Process of Sound Shaping [toilet] | 14/10/2023

Fig 3.7 Final Toilet Sound | 14/10/2023

• Underground Cave

Fig 3.8 Process of Sound Shaping [underground cave] | 14/10/2023

Fig 3.9 Final Underground Cave Sound | 14/10/2023

• Alien

Fig 3.10 Process of Sound Shaping [alien] | 14/10/2023

Fig 3.11 Final Alien Sound | 14/10/2023

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REFLECTION

While doing these exercises, I feel they were really fascinating, as I could be as creative as I can be in the editing and audio dubbing part. Searching things for the ambience sounds and getting a suitable location for sound recording were difficult at first, but after I got into a hang of it, everything started to going on smoothly. I also gained knowledge on how to maximize stereo improvement and apply gentle delay for ambient noise that seem more realistic. In the future, I am confident that this knowledge will eventually be useful for my career.