Linking Audio to Visuals and Applying Effects P4 (d)

Replacing The Audio

Firstly, the audio had to be added, which I have shown in a previous post.

There were two ways in which I could have separated the audio to produce the final music video.
My preferred method was to import the track into Audio 1, giving me the best view of all the waveform and timings of the music video. Furthermore, I would have all the video footage audio in Audio 2 and 3.


After this, I simply mute all other audio tracks, leaving Audio 1, which will simply play coinciding with the footage. Below shows the other audio tracks that have been muted. Then I have used Audio 5 to add a guitar feedback sound effect for the music video. I favoured this method of linking the audio as it was quick and effective, playing the audio track over the video footage.

The second possible method would simply be to unlink the audio from individual clips, then deleting the unused or unneeded audio. This is shown in the images below.

Below you can see the waveforms within the song. I observed these to assure my cutting was on time and efficient. Using regular quick cutting techniques meant I could maintain the pace of the song, as well as producing a more entertaining music video for the audience. 

As well as simply linking the audio to the video footage, for every chorus I included a lip-sync clip, therefore it was then essential to match the footage with the audio once again. However the lip-syncing process took more time and accuracy to ensure the audio matched the video, to show the singer, miming the words coinciding with the lyrics heard.

 Although a reasonably simple process, I was keen to match the audio as close as possible to produce the most professional looking, aesthetically pleasing music video. Once recording the video footage, which involved playing the track for the singer to 'mime', providing me with perfect lip-synced footage, including the correct timings.  After this I had to import the clips to Adobe Premiere Pro, and match the footage, removing the original audio, resulting in the high quality audio of 'Livin' In The City' replacing it, providing me with correctly synced footage.

Furthermore, I included typography in the chorus of the song, meaning not only did I have to match the lip-syncing, but the text seen on screen as well. Above shows the individual words used in the creation of typography. It has been matched with the audio and lip-syncing to emphasise the lyrics, which is the most captivating part of the song. 

Other than the song's audio, I included one additional piece of audio which is seen to be diegetic. At the beginning of the music video, before the song begins, the footage shows a guitar being plugged in. This simple sound effect was recorded whilst filming the rest of the instrumental footage, and therefore I simply had to add this in post production to achieve the highest quality sound.