The Effect Of Audio.

How sound effects a video

    In todays lesson we went out and recorded sounds in which we would include to our silent film, we made a list of sounds we intended to record, these included things such as footsteps, the noise of doors etc.
  We then went out to record these, insuring to get enough sound effects in which we could use in an effective way. After recording all the audio required I uploaded the audio to my computer and began to use Adobe Premiere to edit the audio in. To do this meant I had to alter the level and volume the clips so they did not go over or on top of other clips. Below is the video with the added audio, you can hear the door shutting as well as footsteps.



         



 In relation to audio and films in general, by adding audio and sound effects ( foley) you can change the whole video clip. You can make some sounds harsher than others which can change the meaning and intentions of the film, little details can also be added, for example the sound of walking, doors opening, glass smashing etc. On the contrary to this in larger films and productions sounds like horses running, chains and cars crashing, is all made up of multiple audio clips to add effects such as drama and tension. In relation to this, films in which are the genre of horror can build up tension and worry through sound effects and different audio.
   Foley is when sound effects are created and added to a film post-production in order to enhance the audio quality. By doing this, you add a sense of reality and make the film come to life, which is what we tried to do to our silent films.


   Overall I think we recorded enough audio to cover our film, being that it was only short we didn't have a lot of space for multiple different sound effects, however what we did record produced a short film that now has sound effects. On the other hand, audio that was humorous ( noise of people talking / falling over) could have been downloaded and added in order to add to the humour of the film, despite this I do think the film flows nicely without this added feature because our film wasn't necessarily humorous, nor did it include a lot of visible humour so in a way I think it fits better without it.