Sound

Reflecting back on the process of how I would do the sound for the platform scene at the very beginning of my video, I looked at many different avenues for which I could sort it out.

The problem with the audio captured by the camera when we were recording was that there was too much white noise captured from the background. It meant the audio for this section of the film would not be suitable and so I needed to find a way around the problem.

I thought about going and recording the sound on a different day on the platform with a better microphone and audio software, however I did not have the necessary equipment compatible to do this.
I then considered using a preset sound file on my video editing software to use instead. Having imported it into the video however, I found the file was way to 'busy' to be suited for the empty platform shown in the video and looked weird to my eye, hearing so many voices and goings on with nothing happening in the video, meaning this file was unsuitable also.
I then decided to completely mute the diegetic sound on the video as nothing was suitable and could not be replaced. Instead, I decided to record my own music piece to place over the top of the video, which I later decided to continue onto the rest of the video. I recorded it using Midi devices and the final product can be heard on the video.






Screen shot of Midi recording, using Garageband on Mac. 
Total tracks: 6