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Sound Reasoning: Techniques to Improve Your Audio

Editing is the art of manipulating your video images so that you can present them in any order you wish. But editing alone will not correct an image that is too red or too dark. To correct such problems, you employ special techniques. Proper white balancing and good lighting will help while shooting, and you can use signal processing amplifiers in the studio for further corrections.

Many beginning videomakers do not realize that there are techniques and equipment available to correct and improve your audio as well. You can learn to use special techniques with equipment that will give your audio a sound that complements the images on your video. In this article, we'll follow One-take Bob as he shoots and edits his latest horror classic. We'll observe what he does as he encounters different audio problems along the way.

On the Set
We're at the dungeon set One-take Bob has built in his basement. He's getting ready to shoot a scene with a Mad Scientist and his assistant as they mix chemicals at a table and discuss the monster they're about t…

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