Audio Editing and Changes

During our final production, our sound man, Tom Hurst, made some final adjustments to the audio for the film opening, as there were faults with how it sounded during its last screening, as we had originally edited it for a stereo system in order to have Red's voice coming through one ear, and the Wolf's voice coming through the other ear. Yet, during the screening, this effect was completely ruined, as one of the speakers had broken, causing the audience to only be able to hear one voice.

In order to maintain the stereo effect, which was an integral element for our film opening, Tom set about making some changes to enable the audience to be able to experience the stereo element, whilst also making sure that the effect was not ruined with just one speaker. In order to do this, he changed the left/right balance on the track containing the Wolf's dialogue, (recorded by me), from -100 to -75 and the track containing Red's dialogue, (recorded by Amber), from 100 to 75.

Changing the audio in this way meant that both tracks could be heard if one speaker is broken, by allowing them some crossover, but there was not too much of a crossover that would have otheriwse have ruined the stereo effect.


Since Tom's last edit of the audio, I recorded another short piece of dialogue from the wolf, to add in at the very end of the two minute opening. Yet, due to it being poistioned at the end, Tom had not spotted that it had not been given edited suitably to match the other pieces of dialogue; in order to make the audio in the Final Cut consistent, Tom added a reverb effect to the recording, like he had done previously to the othe recordings.

Yet, as this recording stood on its own at the end, without a contrasting recording of Amber, Tom decided to keep it neutral in terms of left/right balance, as having it play through one ear would have no effect.