Sound Effects

We have just started adding sound effects to our thriller, no only to accentuate some important images but because the sound we recorded was not sufficient in some of the takes. We got our noises form soundtrack pro, another programme on the editing computers. After entering the programme you had to choose from a list of topics for the sound effects. For the door sound we went to the “people” button. It contained lots of different sounds including footsteps and coughing etc. After we located our desired sound we when back to final cut pro and imported a new file and made a new bin entitled “sound effects”. You then drag the sound down onto the part of the toolbar you want; if the sound appears to have a red bar above it you must render it. Rendering is done by pressing apple r; this tells the computer that the sound is allowed. It is quite difficult to input the sound at exactly the right moment because if it isn’t right it really looks very bad.