Final Film

Using Adobe Audition, I created soundscapes for our Elizabeth Castle film, one with sound of the sea and the other with sounds you may have heard in the bunkers during the German Occupation including a german radio.

I made these using the multitrack function, adding and editing different audio files to make the soundscape sound the best it can.

All the different audio files used are stored in the files section or the “bin”, then being dragged over to the mixer to create the soundscape.

To change audio volume and add effects to each sound file I used Parametric Equalizer (PEQ) and Convolution Reverb, I did this especially in the bunker soundscape to make it more eerie and echoed.

Images

Edits from Lightroom

Lightroom:

To edit all of our photos, we used Lightroom where we could enhance all of the features to create a mood within each image. We also used Lightroom to resize the images for adobe premiere.

Adobe Premiere:

Premiere Pro is designed for a video editor’s post-production workflow. It’s equipped with a suite of powerful editing tools for content creators and filmmakers to organize and edit video files as well as to enhance and fine-tune audio and image quality.

Due to out short film only being still images, I started by importing all of the final edits into Adobe Premiere Pro. II created sub folders for my images so it would be easier to find my images.

When importing all of the images into Adobe Premiere, each image was zoomed in, therefore we had to scale every image to the right size. we could also use the scale to crop out part of the image we do not want in the short film.

I created transitions between each image to allow all the photos to flow together. I did this by adding key frames. I opened up the top bar and on each image a would add four key frames. The first two would be on a inclining angle where as the last two would be on a declining angle, this creates a fade between each frame.

Adobe Audition:

During the lesson where we were being taught how to use adobe audition, we learnt how to cancel out background noise and add in sound effects. the audio was collected from our visit to Elizabeth castle. My aim is to enhance the audio to make it clear while ensuring it fits in with the Nazi Occupation theme.

For our Film on Elizabeth castle I took on the role of producing the audio. I did this by using Adobe Audition and taking online sounds from various websites such as

https://freesound.org
https://www.zapsplat.com
https://sound-effects.bbcrewind.co.uk
https://soundbible.com
https://www.freesoundeffects.com

First of all I combined 4 different sounds together and adjusted them for when I wanted them to appear on the audio.

To adjust the frequency of the different sounds I went on to filter and EQ and then pressed Parametric equalizer.

Which I was then able to change the sharpness and dullness of the different areas on each track

When I was happy with the results I went onto Multitrack, Mixdown session to new file and then entire session.

This then merges all of the tracks into one consistent audio.

When I was finally happy and finished with the results I exported the audio onto my video data drive and made a new folder called “Edited audio”

For our film I made 3 Different audios with a variety of sounds that consisted of war sounds, metal chains, waves, screams and others. In overview at first I was concerned about doing the audio as I was new to the app and had no experience creating different sounds. After Sam came in for the second time to explain the app in more detail I eventually became more comfortable with it and overall enjoyed experimenting within the app and adding different tracks to produce a singular audio.