Using Adobe Audition, we learned how to clean up and modify the sounds we recorded at Elizabeth Castle for our short film.
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We were taught how to use the parametric EQ tool to remove the sounds that we didn’t want from our audio clips, such as the wind by cutting out the lowest frequencies from the clip, which was done simply by raising the ‘L’ node on the graph shown above, and the reverse could be done for higher frequencies using the ‘H’ node. This became very helpful for the sound designer on our project, as we were able to clean up all the sounds for when we put them into the final edited version of the short film.
We mainly used this tool to clean up our ambient sounds, but we used it for some of our other sound effects too, such as the guns and cannons firing that are prevalent throughout our film. We also plan to have a very basic score to go over our film, which we could edit on Audition too, if we need to, as there could be static or other unwanted sounds in the background of the recording for it.
Wiktoria worked with Adobe Audition regarding the sound we would use in the film.
She used a mixture of the sounds we collected from the castle and also sounds that were collected by Sam, an audio producer we worked with. These were filed in the ‘Elizabeth Castle Sound library’.
“What I had to do is filter each sound I wanted to use so it was “clean”; the background noises were eliminated as much as possible. I could quiet down each element of the sound to a desired level.”
“In Adobe Audition I was able to combine different sounds together to create a sound scheme. I decided to create one consisting of seagulls and the sound of the sea. After cleaning and filtering the sounds, I inserted them and made sure to save them as a collection, so I know they are a combination of sounds joint together. This makes a great background track as a sound that is ongoing or primary sound that shapes the mood of the film. Another combination that would have worked well is maybe the sea and people talking in the distance.”
“Working with sound is very important when it comes to films – there are even specific jobs that revolve around people making sound effects on anything that is being filmed to produce the cleanest sound possible so that the quality of it increases the authenticity of the scene. One of the things that make a great movie is how well the viewer is engaged with it. The more interested they are in the movie the more successful it will be. Sound serves as a vital aspect of cinematography as it affects the mood, and heightens peoples emotions. For example, when the sound is calming but a sudden bang appears, combined with the image being displayed, a viewer is more likely to get scared due to an impulsive reaction based on what they are seeing and hearing.
This is why I would need to use sound that is relevant to what is being shown. Elizabeth Castle is segregated from the land and is surrounded by the sea. Therefore, sounds like the sea, wind, or seagulls are most appropriate. It is important that the sounds I use are not random and link to what is being shown.”
I tried not to change the original image too much and just focus on heightening the contrast and sharpness as well as with a little bit of different tone.
Overall regarding the fact that we all had different tasks, we worked together as a group to make sure we all had the same vision and plan for the film. we had to communicate a lot to make sure we were all on the same lines.
“When editing the stills (which we weren’t sure if we were going to include or not) Pip made sure to edit them with standardisation and keep them similar in appearance. This was difficult when images differed in tone because of the balance of light or were darker because of cloud, but Pip tried to ensure that they all had the same feel despite the differences in light/colour in the original images. As a more general overview of changes made, Pip increased saturation and vibrancy to make the images a little less grey, whilst also bringing the contrast and sometimes the highlights down. Pip then adjusted exposure as necessary. Pip thinks she has achieved what she wanted to an extent, but the general greyness and lack of light in the original images made it hard to create images she was truly happy with. In terms of creating images that match the style of Wes Anderson’s work – which is characterised by bold colour palettes, wide lens shots and symmetrical framing – she thinks she has only truly achieved this on a few occasions, which she shows below.”
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William Collie
William Collie was one of the first photographer to use Fox Talbot’s calotype process in Jersey, Collie was born in Scotland in 1810 and was in business in Jersey in Belmont Road and Bath Street from before 1850 until 1878. A picture of Market Women in St Helier taken in 1847 and printed on salted paper survives in a private collection. started his professional life as a portrait painter. He moved south and is recorded as living in St Helier, Jersey, before 1841, where he had a portrait business. He became one of the earliest photographers working in the Channel Islands, operating from Belmont House, St Helier, until 1872. Another photographer, J Collie, is recorded at the same address between 1861-64. The Société Jersiaise Photographic Archive lists 157 photographs by William Collie, but not a single one can be viewed online. What are self-portraits are accompanied by the notice ‘Image field to be deleted RPS request’ and all 157 images are described as being the copyright of the Royal Photographic Society. None are visible to website visitors. This is an absolute nonsense, because the images ceased to be anybody’s copyright 70 years after William Collie’s death – ie in 1966.
This is one of the earliest records which is on show of William Collies work.
For the film project we decided to divide the tasks between us free and we were all in charge of different tasks. I was collecting and recording as many sounds as possible, on a sound recorder. Pip was taking still images and Phoebe was collecting video clips we would potentially use. as I mainly focused on sound, not only collecting it but also alternating it, editing it and more, I also decided to have a go at editing some of the images.
Photoshoot
Sub Selection
Editing
I tried not to change the original image too much and just focus on heightening the contrast and sharpness as well as with a little bit of different tone.
Overall regarding the fact that we all had different tasks, we worked together as a group to make sure we all had the same vision and plan for the film. we had to communicate a lot to make sure we were all on the same lines.
“When editing the stills (which we weren’t sure if we were going to include or not) Pip made sure to edit them with standardisation and keep them similar in appearance. This was difficult when images differed in tone because of the balance of light or were darker because of cloud, but Pip tried to ensure that they all had the same feel despite the differences in light/colour in the original images. As a more general overview of changes made, Pip increased saturation and vibrancy to make the images a little less grey, whilst also bringing the contrast and sometimes the highlights down. Pip then adjusted exposure as necessary. Pip thinks she has achieved what she wanted to an extent, but the general greyness and lack of light in the original images made it hard to create images she was truly happy with. In terms of creating images that match the style of Wes Anderson’s work – which is characterised by bold colour palettes, wide lens shots and symmetrical framing – she thinks she has only truly achieved this on a few occasions, which she shows below.”
Elizabeth castle was built in jersey in 1601 and has defended jersey for over 400 years it was named after queen Elizabeth. The castle during world war 2 was taken over by the Nazis and used for costal deafens the Nazis built bunkers and air defence on the castle and had heavy guns scattered around the castle
plan
what me and my two other partners will be doing is tying to get our to footage to look like a documentary we also be trying to get cinematic shots of the castle, what’s going on in the castle and the castle has changed over time we also be looking into the history of the castle and the historical importance. Now obviously the the footage might not be the best however we will do the best we can, when making the film we probably wont be adding photos and most likely only use video footage.
what we are story will be is going to the castle then having a voice over, over the footage and talking about the historical importance of the castle and what we did then we will go to the war tunnels and then have a voice over on the occupation of jersey and talking about the history of the war tunnels.
