Editing: Editing from Start to Finish, Part 4 of 4 (page 2)
SFX
Once you have the dialog and voice over tracks in top shape, the next step in sweetening is to look at your program in terms of how secondary sounds can help you tell your story. Let's say our family history video has a video section where dad is teaching Junior to drive. We have silent footage transferred to videotape from old 8mm film. Why not use the sound effect of a car starting over the title slide as an audio introduction into this section? Then as dad and son drive away at a responsible and stately pace, you could add a revving engine and screeching brakes for a humorous effect.
There are literally hundreds of sound effects libraries available online or via disc. Sometimes, just browsing through the index of available sounds can spark some new creative ideas on how you can add some new interest to your program. The point is that sound is a powerful communications tool that reaches far beyond the basic processes of capturing and reproducing dialog. …
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