SoundscapesIllustrate the mind with sound

Think with your ears• Take a out a piece of paper and listen to the following sound clips. Write down as many descriptive words as you can. Be ready to share.

Things to think about

• What time of day is it?

• What colors are you envisioning?

• Who or what may be present?

• What does it feel like (touch)

• What does it smell like?

Now try this one

• Use your senses

• Fine attention to detail

• Be descriptive, even narrative

What did I tell you!

The video edit is the easy part! Audio is where your project will truly shine. Taking your time with audio will make or break the legitimacy of

your work, and separate it from the rest!

Sound and Production

After a film is shot and enters post-production the addition of sound, and sound effects get done

before the musical score is added.

Any sound that is not usable from the take needs to be recreated. This recreated sound is called

FOLEY.

Foley

Foley refers to the process of recording sounds and effects separately and adding them to the final cut of a film or video.

Foley•Replaces sounds that are recorded naturally

•Poor Quality

•Cover up mistakes

•Actual sound created by props may not sound as desired

•Allows for complete control

Foley

•Compensates for oddly/poorly position microphones

•Look to achieve depth and realism

•Go mostly unnoticed if done correctly

•Specialty career: Foley Artist

Foley Artist

• A foley artist is a person, who alone, or on a small team recreates many if not all of the sounds that a movie needs to sound realistic.

• Works on a sound stage, or recording studio.

• Uses a variety of ‘practical effects’

Foley Artist

Soundtrack ProThe Basics

Soundtrack pro

• Continue your workflow directly from Final Cut Pro!

• Fine tune your edit with sound effects, music beds, and effects.

• Export to go directly back into Final Cut

From final Cut

Soundtrack Pro Multitrack Project

App Menu --> File -->Send To

-->

From final CutI strong recommend saving it the same as your

final cut project with

the addition of “sound” at the

end.ex. Banana_Project_So

und

Application Menu Timeline Meters

Browser/SearchMixerInspector Playback

Inspector

The Inspector will show the video portion of the

project as well as project information.

Effects are also listed down below in the

effects tab.(modifications)

TimelineAudio Track

Video

MixerThe mixer allows you to see the levels of each track, and adjust

individually using sliders

Meters

Meters give us the over-all volume for the whole project.

We should still aim to be between -6 and -

12

Browser/SearchWe can use pre-set

categories to filter out sounds.

OR

The Search tool allows us to look for

sound effect by typing it in.

Browser / Search• We can also select between:

• Sound Effects

• Music Loops

• Individual Instruments

Timeline and Mixer

• Tracks in the timeline cross list in the mixer. They are identical in every capacity.

Quick Fades• To FADE: Look for the icon that looks like an envelope and drag into your clip

• To SHORTEN: Look for the bracket with the arrows

Export

• Need MASTER MIX

• AIFF File

• Always 16bit

• Always 48khz

Back to FCP

• From here you would take the exported SOUNDTRACK PRO file, and IMPORT it into FINAL CUT PRO!

• Easy Peasy!