Production - Editing Sounds (#35)

     Ever wonder how fun but stressful editing a film is? Take Media Studies and you'll understand. 😔 Jokes but today I will be sharing how I edited sound in my film, using non-diegetic sounds to make the film feel more scary. I won't add a video until I'm done editing everything, so you guys can see the final product once. However, I will be adding pictures as I'm talking about editing on CapCut. Yes, CapCut is working again!! When I had that problem a few blogs ago, it was down due to maintenance, plus it was at like 9:30 at night so 🤷 but now it is working again so I'm ready! 

Editing: 

    So the first thing I did was look for music for the whole film. I went on my trusty website, FreeSound, and search for suspenseful music. After looking around for a little bit, I found one that is very suspenseful and gives tension to the film. 

    The next thing I did was add low sound effects to emphasize some scenes. For example, a few sounds of a page flipping, small chatter to mimic watching TV, and etc. I wanted to add these sounds so the music isn't there by itself and to add a realism to the film.

    I downloaded CapCut on my computer, because I was better than working on the website. As you can see, I have added sound effects through out to add to the tension and eeriness of the film. I'm glad I choose to refilm completely because it makes sense and gives me more to work with. A comment that my mom had while helping me was that, I was going to fast. I agree with this statement, because I think I was in my head about "I need to be done with this," so I was rushing through it but after I took a breathe I slowed down and now it makes sense and looks better. 

Credits of Sounds:

Darkest Thursday – A Haunting Electronic Masterpiece by kjartan_abel -- https://freesound.org/s/558271/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

Curtians opening and closing.  Recorded with a Zoom H6 and stereo microphone (rode NTG2). OWI..wav by Khanyisile56 -- https://freesound.org/s/707481/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

Sound effects from CapCut

Dad Joke of the Day:

    What did one hat day to the other?

          Wait here, I'm going on ahead.

Me now that I'm almost done editing