Sound editing explanation

Sound editing explanation

The diegetic sound effect was something that took over a huge part of our short film. We had the sound of the character speaking with the sound from the camera kept on. The use of diegetic sound was to help the audience understand what was happening in the plot. Also, as our narrative can be relatable to people, this type of sound would make it realistic.

The non-diegetic sound was a sound technique that was used in terms of editing. In one of the scenes in the film, the park scene, the dialogue from the video wasn’t clear as the sound of the wind was too strong, so we added a voiceover when the character was speaking. The voiceover was the character speaking about what he was thinking and how he feels. This would let the audience know how far in the plot the movie is in as the character seemed fine before, but now he seems down. Also, this would help the audience connect to the scene.

Audio levels were another thing that was quite consistent in terms of editing. This was checking the sound levels to ensure that the right volume was set so that it was clear for the audience to hear. This was done at the beginning of the film when the montage would be playing. I decreased the volume of the audio from the original footage and slightly increased the volume of the music so that the audience was able to hear it. Although we added a fade-in effect for that music playing, the increase of the music would be so that it can be heard at the end of the montage scene. This would have set the mood for our short film, setting up an enigma, and making the audience wonder what is happening.

Although the majority of our film of our film had sound from the footage, we did add a sound effect. We looked up for some sound effect and we found a sound effect of a bean bag on a chair falling. We converted the sound into an mp3 and downloaded it into iTunes, where we installed it into Final Cut Pro and placed it for the last scene. this was placed at the moment where the chair fell on the floor. This would have shocked the audience and made a form of impact to display the character's anger. 

We had music implemented in our film. We looked up some slow music that conveyed a sorrowful mood, and found some. We converted it into an mp3 and downloaded it into iTunes, where we placed it for the beginning montage, along with one for the other scenes. The effect that this would have is a form of despair as the character looks to have gives up. Also, this would let the viewers have some form of empathy as they could relate.