Video & Sound Production - Project 1

4 April 2023 - 26 May 2023 / Week 1 - Week 8
Sim Jia Min 0349784
Video & Sound Production / Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media / Taylor's University
Exercise 1: Audio Dubbing
Exercise 2: Sound Shaping

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INSTRUCTIONS (MIB)

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Exercises

Project 2

Final Project

Exercise 1: Audio Dubbing

Figure 1.1: Doing audio planning on spreadsheet

I listed out the scene contents and dialogue, and then found the suitable sound to input in the scenes, I searched and downloaded the sounds from the website https://freesound.org/

Spreadsheet link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Qi8LdCE494Qk3QZqMbLTRwNFsWPCVDsZtv6nlCJ0e3Y/edit?usp=sharing

Figure 1.2: Self-recorded dialogues

As there are some dialogues in the clip, I recorded the lines on my phone.

Figure 1.3: Arranging downloaded and self-recorded dialogues on Premiere Pro

As the footsteps sound from online sources aren't perfectly match the footsteps in the video clip, I tried to adjust the speed/duration of the sounds until they match the scenes.

Figure 1.3: Adjust the sounds

As the sounds are either in a bigger volume or smaller volume, I adjusted them to make them sound balanced. For my recorded dialogue, 

Figure 1.4: Using audio presets

In the audio section of Adobe Premiere, I noticed that they are many useful presets that can be used, for example the phonecall effect, which is suitable to apply to the scene where the dialogue came from the telephone.

Exercise 1 Submission

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Exercise 2: Sound Shaping

Figure 1.5: Watch and follow the recorded demo

From the recorded demo, I learned the basic of making phonecall, muffle and reverb effects on sounds.

Figure 1.6: Voice of phonecall

Figure 1.7: Muffle sound (Voice coming from inside of a closet)

Figure 1.8: Reverb 1 (Voice of stadium announcement)

Figure 1.9: Reverb 2 (Voice of toilet)

Figure 2.1: Reverb 3 (Voice in underground cave)

Exercise 2 Submission

Figure 2.2: Voice of phonecall

Figure 2.3: Voice coming from inside of a closet

Figure 2.4: Voice of stadium announcement

Figure 2.5: Voice in toilet

Figure 2.6: Voice in underground cave

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REFLECTION

Audio dubbing: As this is my first experience of using Premiere Pro, initially the interface was quite confusing, but as I slowly became familiar with it, I think that Premiere Pro's user-friendly interface and intuitive controls allowed me to sync the audio seamlessly with the video footage. I found the timeline layout to be particularly helpful in organizing and arranging the different audio clips. 

One of the challenges I faced during the audio dubbing process was ensuring that the sound effects and dialogue were in sync with the visuals in the video clip, such as adjusting the footsteps. The software's comprehensive audio effects presets also enabled me to enhance the overall quality of the audio, further immersing the scene.

Sound shaping: It is a very interesting and easy exercise, imagine an atmosphere and adjust the sound to fit the certain atmosphere.