The Editing Process (audio)

Thursday February 26, 2026

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My choices in the audio of my project were heavily decided on what I did with the visuals. I wanted them to go hand in hand, providing a balance between them both. My main goal was to make the visuals match the audio. One thing that I did to try to communicate this was taking the song that I chose, Metamorphosis by Your Arms Are My Cocoon, and making it muffled in some of the present day and sad flashback scenes. 

Making it feel like that is what the character is hearing; they are both sort of "blocking out" the song in an attempt to make them feel better. Even though the music is very much non-diegetic, that little bit of symbolism makes the music mean so much more to the characters because that was their song. 

Now i'm not going to have barely any dialogue, however, I do want to utilize some sounds other than the music. I created a foley gasp sound for when Violet wakes up from her dream sequence, creating more of an impact instead of just seeing it visually. As well as including a ringing sound that is typically heard when a character receives terrible news or gets into an accident, I want it to communicate how Violet sort of lost all of her senses when she found Lee dead. She lost touch with reality and that feeling is hard to replicate, especially through a screen, but I think that the mix of the muffled music, ringing, and the visuals will really convey that sheer emotion to the audience, creating a hard hitting moment.

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I am utilizing a bunch of different cuts within the music to put the distortion where it needs to be, as well as creating fade in and outs for the other audio elements, creating a smooth transition between all of them. Making it sound cohesive, instead of choppy. Even tho the audio elements that I am using are fairly easy to edit with, it makes it that much for important to mess them up. So I am taking everything into consideration; things like the volume levels and time duration are huge in making or breaking the sound as a whole. I just mainly want the audio to fit perfectly with the visuals, it will take a bit more editing and working for it to get to exactly where I want it, but I know that I can do it!

At this point in time I am close to having all of the overall shots and sound where I want them, then I will take the time to thoroughly go through each section to make sure that I didn't miss anything. Like i said in my last post, every move that I make regarding this project is for a reason. I want there to be intention behind every single thing that I do and as of right now, it is turning out in my favor. I think that my film is unfolding beautifully, exactly how I wanted.

 It tells a story that I hold close to my heart and I want to execute it in a way that does it justice. I have all of my thoughts and ideas in my head and as I am getting closer to the end, everything is starting to take shape just the way that I saw it. I can't wait to wrap up my editing process and share my film!