Sound editing

Sound editing and sound capture was definitely a very challenging aspect of our project. We were challenged with firstly, choosing what type of song we would like playing. we understood fully that this introduction tune may act as our soundtrack and therefore be representative of the themes and tones of the documentary. Once we chose the type of music we were looking for, we could either one that is not copyrighted, or create our own. Fortunately, after researching into video game related music we quickly discovered one that fit perfectly. Finding a soundtrack that we were allowed to use saved us the time that it would require to create one which is especially helpful due to the strict deadline. 

We were able to use a boom-mic to record our sound, this allowed us to capture clear dialogue with little to no background noise. However, the boom mic also merged the clip and the sound together, meaning that the first step of our sound editing, was to split them apart in order to have more freedom when creating voice overs. Which was essential as our project utilized this technique quite often. 

    

Furthermore. challenge was the organization of the sound clips. It was essential that they don't overlap. And also, due to stuttering and long pauses during filming we were required to cut the sound files. This meant that when organizing we had to create a sense of continuous speech which meant that the timing had to be just right. Furthermore, due to the separation of the video and sound clips, we were required to sync the files with the speech of the interviewees. We also had to control the volume of the dialogue and background music to ensure that the dialogue can be heard clearly, and that the volume of voice is consistent throughout the documentary.