Final Film Editing Process
The first issue I faced while doing this film was basically the background noise, which was a reaaaally loud ventilator that is located near the shop. I didn’t really like how the audio sound like as the white noise is kinda loud, and went to find ways to reduce the background noise. Thus, I did some research and found out about this new software, Adobe Audition!! To mention again… it’s my first time using Premiere Pro and I was nearly dying and wanted to go back to my iMove. So, by adding a new software and having to finish editing in a week, it’s kinda an overkill. But!! Apparently it was quite easy to use, thanks to Youtube.
So basically it’s really cool as you just have to click the audio and select “Edit in Audition CC”, and it will bring you to the software itself. The best part is, when you’ve edited the audio in Audition, you don’t have to save it as another file, simply save it on the software and Premiere Pro will update the audio!! So this is how I edited and lower the background noise:
As you can see, the noise level was relatively reduced. You can’t really reduce it to its lowest because it will create this weird screeching hum while throughout the audio. So the background noise can still be heard but it’s slightly better. Here are two examples!
Original Audio
Edited Audio
I might have edited this a little too much as you can hear a kind of weird hum in the background, but it’s ok! I’ve sort of “cheated” abit by adding a background noise in another layer, that plays throughout the entire video so that there will be a consistency in the white noise.
Overall, besides learning two new softwares which is gonna be really useful for me in the future, I felt that I’ve sort of learnt how to make do with the footage that I have and work around it, be it not having the audio or the scene I want. Because in the end, there will be a way to edit it and make it work!
Difficulties Faced
The thing about my film is that I felt I’ve toooo much content that I’ve filmed but of course… the more the merrier as that gave me more options to choose from. However, the issue I faced was that there’s so much content that I don’t really know what to put in my video.
So for my first edit, I ended up overlaying too much conversation audio that even I myself felt it was too much and too distracting from the visuals. Of course I had to consult someone, so credits to Crystal who is much more experienced with film-making, she mentioned that I should give my film some breathing space and not add too much talking in it. Sometimes, quiet is always better so that the audience will be able to focus on the visuals instead.
A Breath of Fresh Air
As it’s my first time doing a documentary style kinda film, I had difficulty of not knowing which scene to use and which audio to overlay it. I guess it’s a try and error thing? Another thing that frustrates me the most would be the inconsistency of the audio as the background noise would be softer or louder at some point of time and it too me really long to tweak it till my liking!
All in all, I am really happy with my final product as I guess it’s a new thing for me and I’m really satisfied with the results! 🙂 Who knows I might fall in love with filming? (which is something that I never thought I would do)
