Editing

Using Soundtrack Pro, I edited the sound to the best of my ability.

Using the 'reduce noise' tool on Soundtrack Pro, I selected a section of the waveform before setting the noise print. I then selected the recording as a whole and reduced the noise using the panels shown above. I needed to ensure that the reduction wasn't at 100% as this made it sound muffled and as though it was under water. To test what noise I had removed, I ticked the 'noise only' box. This allowed me to listen to what had gone.

  Although this method wasn't 100% effective, I did the best I could with the quality of some of the recordings.

  For the opening sequence, I chose a song named Louisa/Slow Blues by Mount Carmel - A piece I found on freemusicarchive.org. This soundtrack really works with the piece, as it fits with the mood, tone and atmosphere of the studio. I overlaid this with sections of the interviews, atmos tracks and tattoo gun sounds to give the piece more depth, and so that it fit with the visuals. How I did this is represented in the screenshot above.

The screen shot above shows that my levels were of the correct broadcasting standard of '12'.

I left Leon to do much of the picture edit, and I am happy with how it turned out - particularly the opening sequence to which sections of the film are overlaid the 'forum' tracking shot. This sets up the film well.

Above is a copy of the notes I made when editing the sound, to ensure that I was organised.