Go- The sound edit

Above is the film GO that I had to edit sound for;

 For this task we were given a choice of six clips to place a soundtrack on using Avid. When I chose Go the footage was completely wiped of sound and we didn't even have a back story to go by. I recorded sounds such as footsteps, voices etc. However, I used freesound.org for most of my sounds. When editing sound together I found it easy and enjoyable. I chose The Beatles Song because I felt it fitted the atmosphere for the dance routine perfectly.

 I struggled to find a sound that fit small boxes hitting the floor. My teacher pointed this out that she liked that I covered every little sound as without these sounds the audience would notice and it would make you jump out of the film. I finally found the sound by using the sound of jumping in the snow. it worked really well.

 The only thing I would change next time is the footsteps and the heartbeat as the sound levels were wrong when it was played through the speakers. I would also place sounds of the actors rolling and throwing the food during the dance scene. 

The Infection script sample

 The Infection is a post apocalyptic short. There are three characters within this piece one of which isn't present. The main character (Maddie Stone) is creating a goodbye video. She persists to get a message out to the people about what the government are trying to keep from her even though she herself is dying. After being interrupted she tries to escape.  Below is a snippet from the script;

The Lord Of The Rings rough edit

Above is the rough edit of the fellowship of the ring scene in The Lord Of The Rings;

  We were given the instruction of edit it how we feel it should be and to not necessarily follow the script. Using Avid I accessed the footage, created and sorted my bins by character. As I began to play with the footage I was really unsure on what angle to go down. So I decided I would keep it close to the script but how I would have wanted the scene to go. I really enjoy editing and Using Avid it was really interesting to use something different. I managed to link different shots with the same sound and sync the footage up correctly to create fluidity.

 When it was shown to a group of people they really liked it. A few people in the group were shocked to find a Gandalf shot which I had found searching through the footage. The teacher pointed out on my timeline that I had carried the sound from one clip slightly to another. He stated that this was a good thing as it makes the scene flow more fluidly.

 If I were to do it again I would have chose a different direction in which to take the scene. I would have focused more on the metastrategy rather than how I remembered the actual edit that was used for the feature film. 

Lady Gaga

I created this cut out animation in college for an assignment.  I decided that I wanted to make it about Lady Gaga as I thought I had a good idea to represent her mind. I got some photos of Lady Gaga and her motorbike and cut them to make her mouth move.  I then drew a road on two pieces of black card I had stuck together.

 I used IStop Motion to film it. I then edited the sound on Garage band. I then used IMovie to create the titles and credits. Although it isn't the best cut out animation I feel that a little more time spend on it would have made it better and seem less.