Last Friday I booked Foley Studios, which I used to record the sound of my final project. Before I go to the studio to record, I have to do some preparation. The first thing was to write down the sounds I might need on paper. The second is to use Markers to mark the sounds in ProTools (when footsteps start/when the doors open). After that, I also did some knowledge and experience about dubbing.
“As a side note, always keep an eye on the overall pace of the moving images. Let’s not forget that sound and audio are means to an end: they are supposed to create, enhance and improve a film’s storytelling in order to achieve a seamless transition between scenes.”
-Medium. 2019. A Closer Look at Sound Design: The Atmosphere. [online] Available at: <https://enhancedmedia.medium.com/a-closer-look-at-sound-design-the-atmosphere-680bbe2b9b2f> [Accessed 1 November 2021].
I also found that the voice of pinching cabbage can be used to simulate eating apples, which I think is very interesting. Maybe I can complete dubbing with some similar voices without real actions. Therefore, in order to better dub, I prepared some items that I thought could be used in advance, such as clothes, plastic bags, and sticks.
I used the 416 microphones and recorded the dubbing process recording equipment. The dubbing process is very interesting. Especially when I try to see if the sound matches the picture. I think I gained a lot of experience.
I think the hardest thing for me was matching footsteps. First, you have to follow the character’s movements, and second, you have to listen to see if my footsteps make sense. In the clip I chose there are two different sounds of footsteps, the first is the sound of footsteps on the wooden floor and the other is the sound of footsteps on the grass. In the process of dubbing, I will think about how to express only two voices walking on completely different materials.