GC: Editing post

GC: Editing post

• To futher develop our footage, we cut down even more clips to ensure a high cutting rate. Because of the amount of cutting we did, the overall opening sequence got reduced by a drastic 30 seconds. This meant we had to drag and drop more footage such as filler shots of the surrounding scene and different angles of the two characters on to the timeline in order to make up this time.
• Once this high cutting rate was achieved, we downloaded the soundtrack from videopilot schoolsound CD. After that, we imported it to Premiere and simply dragged it on to the timeline. First, we got the right mix of sound levels: we used the yellow mixing bar located on the timeline to raise the sound level of the backing soundtrack so the original audio would be barely audiable. We wanted to keep the original sound because we felt a good mix of the two would work best. Once this was done, we were ready to add the sound fx.
• We now needed found fx which we downloaded for free from copyright free website Freesound.org. The effects we chose included: white noise, classic screechy horror build up, electronic distortion, and subtle thud. Once these were saved to the hard drive, we imported them to Premiere elements 9.0.
• From there, we used the Audio 2 level on the timeline to add the sound effects over the top of our existing soundtrack. We played around more with the audio mixing bar to get the right balance.