Final Steps

Sound Layering

Welcome back, everyone! Today, I am proud to say we have completed almost every aspect of our film. We are now doing the final step: Sound layering!

Yesterday, we concluded creating and adding all the sounds of our movie, including the dialogue, sound effects, and music. However, we noticed some of the sounds seemed too low, and others were far too high. Also, timing the sounds to play in proper locations, such as the distance between the sound effects in our mini sound story were key. We had to separate the sounds to make a realistic approach of a transition in time as well as a person exiting from a car. As for music, we needed to adjust the volume to be at a level where it was reflective of the intended emotions without overshadowing other sound effects. 

I believe sound layering was quite simple to do. If you recall, in the early stages of my blog, Eugene and I worked together to work on a sound story. This experience proved to be very beneficial for me in this current movie because I learned A LOT about how to sound layer properly and the importance of being able to tell a story through only audio components. Had I not done that project a few months back, I would have likely struggled a lot more on sound layering and would not have been able to edit it in the little amount of time that I did.