Sound Effects

• Hits and Impact Sound Effects

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  Jordan Claverie - Wed, 05/15/2013 - 10:53am

  

  TV and movies aren't reality, regardless of what they tell you. Enhanced reality might be a little closer to the truth, or not.

• Matching Action Cuts Like the Pros

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  One thing that separates amateur videos from professional videos is shooting a scene from multiple angles and cutting on the action. Cutting on the action is an editing technique where the editor cuts from one angle of a shot to another, while maintaining the continuity of the action in the scene. In this segment, we'll show you how we cut four different camera angles together to form one continuous scene.

• Audio Location Scouting

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  Jordan Claverie - Tue, 02/26/2013 - 11:21am

  

  Here’s the scenario: You recently replied to an audio gig posted on craigslist. It’s set to shoot next Tuesday and the producers just hired you. In your email information packet, they list three locations and the addresses. One is indoors, one is an urban downtown setting and the last is on a wooded walking trail just outside of town. A quick look at Google Maps verifies the locations and now you’re wondering what challenges each will bring, and how to deliver the very best quality audio. You need to do a location scout, only this time it’s for audio.

• Sound Effects Every Audio Editor Should Know

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  mhageman - Wed, 10/31/2012 - 9:06am

  

  Using a simple audio effects software in your video editing program, every audio editor can learn a few simple filters and effects to match even the best sound effects library. These four will get you started.

• DIY Sci-Fi Sound Effects

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  Anonymous (not verified) - Sun, 04/01/2012 - 12:00am

  

  Whether it's Star Trek sound effects, Star Wars sound effects or the many others you hear in the movies and on TV, making sci-fi sound effects is a fun, creative process that everyone should try at least once.

• Free Sound Effects

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  Anonymous (not verified) - Sun, 01/01/2012 - 12:00am

  

  It happens when you least expect it - you suddenly realize you need some sound effects for your project but you have no budget. Now what?

• Find the Best Equipment and Set-up for your Video Studio

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  Whether you want to build themes and variations for large-scale productions or as signature music for your promotional videos, make catchy music beds for 30-second spots or produce ambient music with subtle mood-fitting changes for wedding videos, the following looping music production tutorial gives you the basic tools to get you started.

  Read the article Using Loops to Create Original Music.

• Select Tripod, Microphone and Camera for Web Video Production.

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  Yes, you can use a web cam to produce a choppy online video with horrible sound, but you're likely to lose credibility in the first few seconds. You can get a big edge over the average video blogger by choosing a good tripod, microphone and camera for the web.

• How to get Hit by a Car

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  This shows 2 methods for faking a person being hit by a car. One uses Adobe Photoshop and editing software, requiring time & effort to add realistic detail. The other method uses camera angles to imply the collision.

• How to Simulate an Earthquake for Video

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  Some simple tips on re-creating an earthquake.

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