Video and Sound Production / PROJECT 1

07.05.2022
Esther Vanessa/0350751/Bachelors of Design (Hon.) in Creative Media
Video and Sound Production
Project 1

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INSTRUCTION

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TASK

Project 1 consists of several audio editing assignments. Unfortunately, I deleted the first and second assignment screenshots of progression. 

Part 1 - Sound for Visual

Choose or record sound clips to be used to create sound effects to bring a video clip to live. The clips will be provided. Students are required to identify the visual components from the video clip that needs sound.

For this one, we had to add voice-overs, background audio to a clip from the movie Soul. 

Part 2 - Sound Shaping

Students will be given a choice of scenarios and they have to pick one and create the soundscape for the chosen scenario.

For this sound shaping exercise, we were to use Audition and recreate several different audio scenario. 

Here is what I ended up with. 

Part 3 - Stretch and Pitch

For our third task, we were to create 3 different sounds from samples given from Sir Martin, all utilizing layering, stretch and pitch on Audition.

First one was an exaggeration of an existing explosion sound. For this I used a bunch of stretch and pitch, mostly making it lower. I also utilized reverse effect to create buildup, I mainly followed sir martin's tutorial for this one.

Figure 1.1 Stretch and Pitch Window

Afterwards I started layering. 

Figure 1.2 Layering

I ended up with a total of 5 different sounds of explosion merged into one to create an exaggerated version of an explosion. 

I then went ahead and did the punches, this one I played only with stretch and pitch, creating one lower and another one higher, layered them and created the triple punch sound, which in my ear sounds good for a triple punch sfx in a game/movie.

Figure 1.3 Triple punch sound effect

For the third exercise, we were asked to create either a monster or an alien. Initially I went with alien but after layering a couple of distorted, lower pitches and stretches of the same sound I initially took from the sample voice, I ended up with more of a big friendly monster sound. I am quite satisfied with the outcome.

Figure 1.4 Sample from a recorded monologue

Listen Here.

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REFLECTION

Audio editing exercises are fun, I am very interested in sound engineering since the beginning and learning this made me have another skill under my belt that surely will come in handy later on. I am also quite surprised with some of the tools available from Audition, and there's really no right or wrong answer for tasks like this. I am quite free with whatever I am doing here and I enjoyed it.