Finishing Sound

Following the sound editing process, my partner and I inserted background chatter into the interior store scene to create a public ambiance and changed the sound of the door. Adjusting with the volume of the sound, my partner and I were playing with layering and arranging the intensity of certain sounds to enhance focus on certain objects that synchronized with the visuals on the screen. Creating fluidity between cuts and scenes, capcut allowed users to modify and regulate with fade in and fade out system. This helps introduce a new scene or location that requires various completely different features of background sounds. For example, transitioning from outdoors to indoors, we faded out the traffic, bird, and wind sound to ventilator AC sounds and people chattering to fulfill an overall environment within closed doors. 

Incorporating class practice and prior knowledge gained in class, we fabricated foley sounds from the heels, bag zipper, and sneaker walking. Marching on a concrete floor, my partner put her heels on and paced around in circles while I recorded her. Following the rhythm and movements of the actor on the scene, we attempted to match and synchronize the image with the auditory. Dropping her heel on the floor, my partner mimicked the movements and actions of the character. As for the foley sounds of the zipper, we used our wallet and tightly recorded the zipper sound produced, matching time length, and speed. Instead of recording a male voice announcing a prayer, we decided it best to add a church choir sound in the background since we believe it is too overpowering to add two different voices overlapping and intertwining. Since the main focus was the female voice reciting the monologue, we put the prayer aside and added the element of the funeral through sorrowful religious music. Adapting to the film opening, our final conclusion assured the church choir sounds would play for the entire necessary time because playing it only during the funeral scene was seriously not ideal. Sounded pretty terrible...

The most challenging was ensuring the sounds and visuals were convoluted and interlaced finely together. Not only ensuring synchronization but enforcing materials used for the foley and the sound effects are similar to the actions and props visually performed. Guaranteeing the sound perspective is realistic, production must be representative of life reality.