We just finished our audio editing unit in class, and will soon be moving into video. So, I wanted to take some time to reflect on the audio unit and see how the skills we've learned there will help as we move into video, and that's what this post will be about.
I can't say that I felt that I learned a lot of new material this unit, but it certainly did give me a lot of much needed practice with audio, because you need a lot of practice to be good at it even though it seems simple enough. Though I definitely still need more practice, I think I got much better at timing, which is incredibly important. This article lists other tips and tricks, and I think that these assignments really did help me get the hang of how to use different tools and methods, many of which are listed in the article. It also emphasizes understanding how different effects on the audio clips affect each other. I definitely had to pay attention to that, especially while working on the audio book project, so I think that the practice was very valuable. Now the question is, how valuable will it be moving into the video unit? Obviously the two are very closely related as seen in the abbreviation A/V. This article on common mistakes in video editing makes it seem like many of the basic principles are the same. It emphasizes finding cohesiveness, focusing on transitions, and trying to keep things as clean and clear as possible. In fact, two of the tips are even focused on audio. However, this also raises the point that in video editing you have to focus on two different sense coming together. You're still very focused on the audio, but now it also has to match a picture on the screen rather than just the picture in your audience's brains. This makes timing again incredibly important, as well as cohesiveness. Basically though it just seems like adding another layer on top of what we just learned, so I think in the end audio editing principles will be very valuable in this next unit.
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