Sound (Editing Day 2)

     Finally done.. with... sound.

`    This process took so much longer than I thought it would but it is over. I started my sound process by realizing that the sounds in my clips sound weird. As in, when put together, the sound in my clips would dip, making the cut from shot to shot super apparent and noticeable instead of a clean cut. So, I had to practically mute or lower the volume on each shot. In the market sequence, I had to mute ever shot since the sound in between the cuts were so noticeable. I got free background noise from YouTube (I'll put all the links to all the sounds used at the bottom of this post) and the rest I made. I rubbed a pair of pants together, I opened my wallet loudly, I crinkled a pack of cookies loudly. This was easy enough. I also got a bell sound effect from YouTube to show Mika leaving the market instead of a shot of him doing so. 

    Then the outside sequence. Oh boy the outside sequence. It was a long process and I'm tired. Again, I had to lower/mute each clip and recorded background silence/noise/ambience (I don't know what to call it) outside in my backyard. Then, I got to the first piece of dialogue, and I couldn't use it. It was too quiet, and even if I did use it, the whole sound in between cuts thing would still be a problem. I knew this was a problem I was definitely going to come across. During shooting, we didn't use microphones, so I considered the possibility of ADR. The outcome ended up being yes, I would have to ADR each line. Luckily, there aren't many lines. So, as one does, I went through and rerecorded each line, trying to line it up to the best of my ability. Honestly, I think it turned out fine. Good even. I hope so anyway. I also had to bring in my little brother to rerecord his one line. 

    I had mentioned before that I had to rerecord Mika's guitar playing to shorten it, and now I had to rerecord Aba's stomping during his meltdown. Doing this was simple enough, going outside with a pair of shoes and repeatedly slamming the heels into the ground. I used the Shepard Tone found on YouTube to show Aba's mysterious power that reveals itself during his meltdown. I edited a fade out to occur as Mika starts playing his guitar, so as Mika plays, the Shepard Tone slowly diminishes. Another sound I got from YouTube was the sound of a cigarette being put out. Thanks again YouTube. Writing all that I did down makes it seem like it wasn't that hard or long to do but it took about four hours so. I win. Most of the diegetic sounds were loud enough to be heard even with the lowered volume on each shot, so I got pretty lucky there. All in all, I am tired. I'm gonna finish the rest of the editing this week.

Market background noise: https://youtu.be/fXsKZUMAsUI 

Store door sound effect: https://youtu.be/eZAhY79OYyk

Shepard Tone: https://youtu.be/BzNzgsAE4F0

Put Out Cigarette sound effect: https://youtu.be/iNh96IhHxvA