VSP PROJECT 1

Video & Sound Production

Siam Siew Yong 0358399

Bachelor of Design in Creative Media | Taylor’s Design School | Taylor’s University

INSTRUCTION

Project 1-Exercise 1: Audio Dubbing

In this task , we need to sync the required audios in Premiere Pro (Speech & Sound effects only, no music)

video sources: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Af7xN8eOxQJLpR3N9T6tTdHI9UyxKL41?usp=sharing

First, I analyze the video and complete the spreadsheet breakdown

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Hv03OAN3_-9PaQzjwU2DxjGnreR2caZs9otgH2UyrTo/edit?usp=sharing

Fig 1.1 spreadsheet breakdown

Afterwards, I record all the dialogues with my phone and then import to premier pro

Fig 1.2 audio imported

There were some hard sound effects from https://freesound.org/ in my edited videos, 

door knocking- https://freesound.org/s/365164/

door crashed- https://freesound.org/s/682381/

in the first scene (the man was bracing the door and having a conversation with the woman)

Neck snapped- https://freesound.org/s/21914/

Pull out the tube- https://freesound.org/s/25064/

and attack the woman- https://freesound.org/s/726620/

in the following scenes( monster killed the man and attacked the woman by a tube)

 

Besides, I also added some ambient sound states below to make the scene more realistic and immersive, 

crowd screaming- https://youtu.be/we9roL36wY4?si=NmXvnT-RXlxNk4Eb

office ambiance sound effect- https://youtu.be/Qiz5uoPonYY?si=gpnl4ZSkEFxwhBPv

Fig 2.1 adjusting the volume of dialogues

Fig 2.2 adjusting the volume of  audio

I adjusting the volume by follwoing the instruction of Mr Martin

(Volume: Dialogue: between -6dB & -12dB, Ambience: below -20dB)

Fig 2.3 arrangement of the track audio

After syncing the audio, I adjust the pitch of the dialogue audio, edited the voice from female to male

Fig 2.4 pitches of man

Fig 2.5 pitches of woman

FINAL VIDEO DUBBING

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XUra-a7gIUU7YGCNtNq6zGg7o3D7uymn/view?usp=sharing

https://youtu.be/Vr0EufCQYiE?si=mKwbAO488-R272bL

Project 1-Exercise 2: Audio Shaping

We have to follow the steps provided in slide Sound Shaping.

Objective: record our own voices for 5 seconds in 5 types

1. Voice of phone call

2. Voice coming from inside of the closet 

3. Voice of toilet/ bathroom

4. Underground cave

5. Alien/ Orc voice

1. Phone call

I use the parametric equalizer to adjust the phone call sound, this is the simplest instruction in sound shaping

final audio: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ptED0IK_HOvaopj7hXxEwrgkEQtA41PK/view?usp=sharing

2. Inside of the closet

I followed the instructions provided in the slides and add muffled effect to my sound

final audio: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1a6vwaXx3Yfy0jOA64l6gWzBdpAf8sAGI/view?usp=sharing

3. Toilet/ bathroom sound

I added reverb effect to my sound and emphasized the wet input to make it more like a toilet sound

final audio: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Z4Bn7xOWd7ba-WnExF-j-XRvE5PKyOLb/view?usp=sharing

4. Underground cave sound

I used the normal reverb effect and I thought it was not enough as a cave sound

After that, I tried to apply Convolution Reverb effect and used Massive Cavern Impulse

final audio: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JQG_Hi30mpLY04i_c2HIezGje8uElyc0/view?usp=sharing

5. Alien/ Orc sound

First, I add pitch shifter effect to my audio, as shown in the percentage below.

The sound at this point is somewhat like an orc, but it's still not quite enough

So, I add a parametric equalizer- beefy snare, to make the audio more fatness and low-end.

final audio: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AdEfcop5zhOMLZJlY4V3VCp_0yFdQb6b/view?usp=sharing