Fellow group member, Cody, was having some difficulties in getting the audio in his chapter sounding good. And understandably so. Locationwise, this scene was the most difficult, as it was by a cliffside overlooking a beach. The sock over the boom mic, and the hidden lapels weren’t enough to fight off the strong winds that morning, and so the audio sounds absolutely terrible. Our only saving grace was the wild lines that we recorded in the car after the shoot. The only problem is that they have the ambience of a car interior.

So, I decided to help out with the equalizing and all. Looking over it, I decided that the lines could be paced a little differently in accordance with the video, so the first thing I did, was get rid of all the sound in the original rough cut, which I then replaced with the wild lines only, and fit them all in as best as I possibly could. After that, I got rid of the harsh frequencies and noises via Audition, and added some filters to make it sound more outdoorsy. I then layered over some ambience noises and foley tracks that I recorded in my backyard, which I also equalized and filtered in the same way.

It’s not perfect, but its definitely not bad. I think the best thing to do is look at the challenges faced in the making of this chapter as a steep learning curve.