Video and Sound Production Project 1 / Audio Editing Exercises
04.2025 - .05.2025 ( Week 02 – Week 06)
ZHOU YUTONG / 0378676
VSP 60104/ Video and Sound Production / Bachelor of Design (Honours) in Creative Media
Project 1 / Audio Editing Exercises
TABLE OF CONTENT
Project Breakdown (Total 100%)
1. Project 1: Audio Editing (30%)
- Exercise 1: Sound Dubbing (15%)
* Use a clip from 'Everything Everywhere All at Once'
* Edit in Adobe Audition
* Headphones recommended (several models listed)
- Exercise 2: Sound Shaping (15%)
* Practice files available via Google Drive
2. Project 2: Video Shooting & Editing (30%)
- 10%: Video editing using provided footage
- 20%: Shooting and editing your own video
3. Final Project: Stop Motion & VFX (30%)
- 30-second stop motion animation
- Choose 3 videos (e.g., Zack King), analyze style and VFX
4. E-Portfolio: Documentation & Reflection (10%)
- Includes reflective writing and project documentation
Week 1 Tasks
- Watch 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' and analyze the clip for dubbing
- Start Exercise 1: Sound Dubbing
- Download and complete independent editing exercises
Lens Basics：
A movie consists of multiple shots, each of which should place the camera according to the needs of the narrative.
Shots are sequential images; they are combined to form a Scene, and multiple Scenes form a Sequence.
Shot Size：
Includes: extreme long shot, long shot, medium long shot, medium shot, medium close up, close up, close up, and close up.
Two advertisements, John Lewis and Unsung Hero, were viewed to practise shot recognition.
Lens angles：
Focused on 'Over the Shoulder' and its judgment criteria.
Depth of Field：
Learn the composition of the foreground, center, and background;
Master the difference and effect of deep depth of field and shallow depth of field.
180 Degree Rule
The camera must not cross the line arbitrarily, otherwise it will disrupt the viewer's sense of space.
Understand the continuity of “dynamic screen direction”.
Shooting Exercise：
Requires multiple shots with different compositions and angles, e.g., ¾ angle, low angle, eye level;
The video should be shot in landscape, daytime, with softened backgrounds, normal exposure, and with subtitles indicating the type of shot.
Editing Tasks：
Download the assigned footage for Premiere Pro editing practice, combined with watching tutorials to complete preliminary editing operations.
Step-by-step:
Watch the video and list each scene and the required sound effects in an Excel sheet.
Import the dialog and sound effects into the timeline, aligning them one by one.
There are three tracks for dialog (one for each person), four for sound effects, and three for ambient sounds.
Use Pitch Shifter to adjust tones (male to female, animal to child, etc.).
Volume recommendations:
Dialog: -6dB to -12dB
Ambient sounds: below -20dB
Other Sounds: Adjust as appropriate
INSTRUCTIONS
TASK
Record your own voice for 10 seconds for Project 1 Exercise 2 sound shaping.
- Voice of phone call.
- Voice coming from inside of the closet.
- Underground cave.
- Alien/ Orc voice
REFLECTION
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