VFX Week 3: Audio Workshop Part 2

This afternoon we then went deeper into learning about audio and how to properly use it, and also using our newly learned Premiere skills as well. We set up our Premiere file to run at DV - PAL 48kHz and downloaded some pre-made file that included audio and video files already. We then added in the video into Premiere and started to watch it with the audio that it came with, but we wanted to be able to change this, so instead we put an audio track over the top and separated the original track from the video.

After we had a little play around with this clip, we had a brief look at the Digital Broadcast Signal, which is the long beep and the colour bars that were used during terrestrial TV times. The long beeping noise is also at the standard -12dB, which is the highest a noise should be when in film, also if you are trying to get a film or TV series actually made they will not accept it if it is any different. The colour bar that is present is also still used in production nowadays to ensure that the colours on a telly are correctly calibrated and the right colours.

We then quickly went over key framing again, like we did in our first Premiere induction, and adding in some basic key frame points onto the audio and the film itself. Key framing can also be used if you need to cut out small sections of audio or video, e.g. if a door opens and closes while recording sound; you can very quickly cut it out.

We then took the first 5 or 6 seconds of footage of a car passing down a street. We took away all audio and use sound tracks that we have been given to add over the top. Over the street shot we added in a simple bird tweeting with no other noise - as there is nothing else in the scene, and then we added the noise of the car passing by, with some simple music over the top, to show it is a nice peaceful countryside village.