LO3: Linking audio to visuals and applying audio effects

Evidence of added audio effects and linked to visuals in Climate Crisis Documentary

Example 1: Increasing/decreasing audio gain 
This screenshot demonstrates the audio gain added to clips, in many cases I had to decrease or increase the audio gain on clips. This being due to factors such as two clips playing at once and one clip had priority and had to be increased or when a clip recorded had been too loud this needing a decrease in audio gain. I accessed the ability to differ the audio gain by ctrl+clicking on the audio clip, as you can see on the screenshot this particular clip had been decreased by -15 db, this being due to the voice over taking priority over the soundtrack and therefore had to be the loudest audio heard to attract the audiences attention.
Later on in editing I had to use this tool again due to the actual recording of the audio being too close to the source of sound and therefore clipping in the audio level bar, this meant I had to decrease the level to make it enjoyable for the audience and not overly loud.

Example 2:  Matching audio to the visuals 

In this screenshot I am demonstrating how I have matched my audio to the visuals of the film, by having the audio matched up to the visuals this means my documentary can follow basic conventions of all short films/documentaries.

As you can see I have two lines of audio nearly constantly throughout the documentary, this being bedding music and audio from voice overs and interviewees, the two lines are very clearly divided and was always organised very clearly toe s

ensure no audios were lost or mixed.

Example 3: Adding Dehummer effect

In editing my audio, one of the biggest changes i had to make was to the interview section of the documentary, the recording of the audio had been taken too close to the interviewee and therefore there was a loud hum that accompanied the audio. To remove this hum I searched 'Dehummer' in the editing tools section and once I had it selected I then continued to drag and drop this onto the clips which then were a lot clearer and the hum was a lot less prominent throughout.  It was important that the dehummer was added as this allowed the quality of the audio to be more professional and crisp, this making the documentary more enjoyable to watch and the focus can be on the content of what Mathew is saying rather then the quality.