Editing/Sound Editing

In the Process of editing the sound i have spoken to the Editor and i have also spoken to the Director so that i can get an understanding of what they want me to do in terms of editing the sound.

Before i begin  to edit the sound i need to get to grips with using soundtrack pro again so i played around with it for a couple of hours to familiarize myself with it. 

Sound list 


Interview 
The interview will narrate the documentary.

Wild Track Atmos/Cars
This will play part in creating atmos. 

Seagulls 
Seagulls will be used to set the scene of being beside the sea.


Boat Horn 
A boat horn will also be used to set the scene. 

People Talking
People talking will be good for background atmos. 

Liverpool Chinatown

I've started researching about Chinatown and looking at the history and what is actually in Chinatown. This is something i need to look at so that we can set a plan out when we go to Chinatown and we can use our time efficiently and get all the sounds and shots we need. 
On the website i has a lot of information about all aspects of Chinatown as shown below. 

Supersize Me

Now that we have decided to do about Chinatown in Liverpool and that we are also doing about the food, i thought i would look at a documentary that revolves around food, i found that Supersize me was a good to look at due to the way it looks at food and looks at McDonalds in an almost negative way.  Although we were planning on taking a positive look at food this was good to see the other side of it. I find that we could also get some good tips from this documentary. 

Panorama

This is another documentary and is in a different style of Louis Theroux, i find it very useful to watch a variety of different documentaries, this means i can take different tips from the different documentaries. I like the different ways in which the documentaries are presented as Louis Theroux has a very unique way of interviewing people. I believe that the way that people interview is going to be helpful in Liverpool as we want to get the best answers possible.

Documentaries

This is a Louis Theroux documentary, i watched this documentary so that i could get ideas for the documentary that we will be shooting in Liverpool, although i am doing sound editing i feel it is important that i look at documentaries at a whole, this means i am watching it for its narrative, structure, imagery and even the sound. 

Due to documentaries appearing very off the cuff, it is found that you pick up a lot of background sound, this can have good points and bad as some of the sounds you pick can be very useful to the documentary although other sounds can make the sound become unusable. 

Sound Editing Tips

I took a look at this video about sound editing tips, the reason for this was so i could perhaps found out something i hadn't already learnt. In this video he speaks about how hard it is to get crystal clear sound on location, this is something i had to take into consideration when heading to Liverpool. This also meant that when in Liverpool i have to speak to the sound recorder all the time to make sure they were getting the best possible sound so that when im editing it makes it a less painful job. This also gives me a role in production as well as post.

Soundtrack Pro

I have been chosen as the sound editor on our documentary project. This means i have to become more familiar with soundtrack pro, to start off with im going to have a look at a brief overview of soundtrack pro so i can re-jog my memory of using it previously.

I found this overview helpful as it was very brief and concise.