Author Archives: Jack Webber

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Mixing

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Because of the limitation of time, i did not have very long to mix the overall soundtrack. However, throughout the track laying editing process I mixed as i went through it, making sure the levels of each track sound right in the over all volume. I then bounced out each category of audio, That being: Dialogue, location audio, foley and spot fx, and music. This created sub tracks for me to mix easier.

I used a reference film called: No Country for old men (2007) this film uses silence very well, which is what i wanted to implement in my soundtrack.

From this i chose various scenes that compared with the scenes i was working on.

I found that the average level of dialogue was around -24 up to -18 depending on the suttleness of it

The outside atmospheres were sat around -48 to-42

Music was sitting around -36 to -30 and louder

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Therefore used faders and automation to roughly match my levels to this as a guide.

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Syncing

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Syncing

The 14th was when the media group synced hop the audio with the visuals. One issues with this is they were still waiting for clearance with the music they wanted at the end of the film. However whilst in the edit suit, we were sent the correct music file and given clearance to use it. I therefore added the track into my mixed and faded it in and at the right level to what the director wished. This was then renounced and sent back to the editors to be synced with the visuals. The link to the final film including final visuals and audio is as followed:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNB-4vl9q4U&feature=youtu.be

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Film Screening

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The original deadline i was given was the 12th but because of some issues i was given until the 13th, in which the Media group visited my house to pick up the finished and mixed version. My living room wasn’t the best place to screening a film because of the background noises from the road at the front and the nature out the back. However was limited to this because of the sound theatre being fully booked. We watch the film and they were all happy with it. However because of the listening environment i suggested they re-listen to it in a quieter environment and to talk to me if there was any issues with the mix or balance of audio.

They then got back to me later on with some more feedback. The director said the film balance was very good, however needed to be played full volume with speakers plugged in to hear it. Therefore i turned up the master fader up slightly and slightly tweaked the mix in order for it to sound a bit louder. And re met the group in the edit suits the next day.

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Film draft with editor

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On the 10th of December, my plan was to finish a draft mix of the whole film. I still needed to do slight bits of editing. However I organised a meeting with the director to show him a draft of the soundtrack. This was sent to him before the meeting, and the media production group watched it along side with the music that was composed by Matt Jones. Therefore the director was prepared for the meeting and cold give me instant feedback when running through the film.

However he said that he was really happy with it so far and there was only a few slight changes needed to be made. This was mainly issues with volume, e.g. the wheelchair falling in to the bush, and the sound of the crickets in the night scene, in which i took into account and modifiers as suggested. The other thing was the sound of the crows in the last scene. The crow were originally randomly places to give ha atmosphere a dark feeling. The director said he liked the sound but they sounded like they were being played too often seemed like every time the actors finished talking the sound of a crow would be heard. Therefore i roomed some of the sounds to make it less  like that. Apart from that the director said he was happy with how it sounded.