Soundscapes
Illustrate the mind with sound
Think with your ears
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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
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What time of day is it?
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What colors are you envisioning?
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Who or what may be present?
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What does it feel like (touch)
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What does it smell like?
Now try this one
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Use your senses
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Fine attention to
detail
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Be descriptive, even
narrative
What did I tell you!
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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
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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
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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
• Go
to achieve depth and realism
mostly unnoticed if done correctly
• Specialty
career: Foley Artist
Foley Artist
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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.
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Works on a sound stage, or recording studio.
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Uses a variety of ‘practical effects’
Foley Artist
Soundtrack Pro
The Basics
Soundtrack pro
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Continue your workflow directly from Final Cut Pro!
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Fine tune your edit with sound effects, music beds, and
effects.
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Export to go directly back into Final Cut
From final Cut
App Menu --> File
-->Send To -->
Soundtrack Pro Multitrack
Project
From final Cut I strong
recommend
saving it the
same as your
final cut project
with the addition
of “sound” at the
end.
ex.
Banana_Project_Sou
nd
Application Menu
Inspector
Timeline
Mixer
Playback
Meters
Browser/Search
Inspector
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The Inspector will show
the video portion of the
project as well as
project information.
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Effects are also listed
down below in the
effects tab.
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(modifications)
Timeline
Audio Track
Video
Mixer
The mixer allows you to see the levels of
each track, and adjust individually using
sliders
Meters
Meters give us the overall volume for the whole
project.
We should still aim to be
between -6 and -12
Browser/Search
We 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
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We can also
select between:
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Sound Effects
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Music Loops
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Individual
Instruments
Timeline and Mixer
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Tracks in the
timeline cross
list in the
mixer. They
are identical
in every
capacity.
Quick Fades
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To FADE: Look
for the icon that
looks like an
envelope and
drag into your clip
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To SHORTEN:
Look for the
bracket with the
arrows
Export
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Need
MASTER MIX
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AIFF File
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Always 16bit
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Always 48khz
Back to FCP
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From here you would take the exported
SOUNDTRACK PRO file, and IMPORT it into FINAL
CUT PRO!
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Easy Peasy!