Sound Recording

Sound recording was a lot of fun!  It was cool how such small and subtle sounds can sound so cool when recorded on there own.  One of my favorite sounds was the tearing of a piece of paper.  I don't know what about it sounded so neat, but it did.  A lot of our sounds we recorded in the editing lab, and in the whisper box.  Most of our Voice sounds were done in the whisper box.  As we were walking to the Cultural Arts Building, we kept finding sounds we thought were interesting!  Sounds of footsteps in the woods, birds,  AC ventilation systems, sticks beating against a metal crate.  We had more sounds then what we truly needed.  One of my favorite sounds was the sound of a violin playing,  the creepiness that came with it was fascinating!  And of course I loved the farting sounds!  I learned how significant the role of sound is in a film.

Editing mastershot

Editing the master shot proved to be a daunting task.  Some of our footage didn't come out exactly as we thought it would, and same with the sound.  Sound was our biggest issue.  Because we were shooting outside we had obstacles to face.  Cars were constantly driving by, dogs were barking, birds were chirping, people were having parties, and the neighbor was mowing his lawn.  In the editing lab we had to adjust and re-record sound, and edit it to where the background noise wasn't to extreme.  Editing the shots took a lot of time, but started to come together well.  We had challenges of some shots being blurry, and the lighting being bad, which we corrected with the color correction.  Ethan and Zach took great leadership in editing and I think the film has great shots and works really well.