Audio project summary

New audio techniques for Version 2

Redubbing - where you speak over an existing voiceover to try and mimic its speed while changing the script.

Sound effects - i will use sound effects for comedy e.g. when i say “...sci-fi you think of lasers and explosions” i will add a laser sound effect and a explosion sound effect.

Background music - i will add this into my new version because i didn't have enough time to implement it in my previous project

Documentary comparison

I made some marked improvements in my new documentary, some of these i feel are personal gripes with the previous project but i still see them as improvements. I was unable to change the visual appearance of my project because of technical issues (you can't change animations in premier.)

The big improvement i made was the inclusion of a soundtrack into the whole piece and the use of sound effects to go along with this. I feel the sound effects gave the project a bit of humor and flare e.g. the “i am a robot” SFX i imported from a royalty free site. Furthermore the comical sounds contrast with my more formal commentary and i think this juxtaposition is quite funny. However i also feel these comical sound effects clash a bit with the calmer background music so perhaps this wasn't a good idea.

In my new voiceover i corrected some of the mistakes i made in the previous version. However because i couldn't change the visual appearance of my work my options were limited since i had to follow the speed and length of my previous script to the letter. In the actual script i edited out parts i felt weren't necessary, e.g. rather than “questions like will we all become cyborgs?” i changed the script to “questions like where will our technology take us?” because it sounded less ridiculous and fitted more with the feel of a documentary. These changes were minor but i felt they made a big difference to the quality of the video - though the new script and my voiceover had it’s own problems despite the fact that i repeated the recording it four times.

I feel the background music helped with the aesthetic of the documentary and made it flow better.