503 - Editing and Sound

The editing of the animation was very simple as I had already composited and colour graded everything. All I had to do was put it together and cut it at the right time. To help with the cuts I created a blink effect using a feathered mask, but other than that there was no real editing needed, other than timing things out.

The main bulk of my time was spent on the sound. Collating sound effects was time consuming as my internet has been really bad, and I find searching for sounds very difficult. I'm also very much a perfectionist, so I spent ages just tweaking the sound tiny amounts. The main aspect I found challenging with the actual sound editing was the volume. In previous animations I've always made the volume way too low, so for this one I turned my headphone volume down and focused more on the audio bar on the timeline. Also there are a lot of layered sounds, with the heavy breathing and BG city noises being continuous throughout, therefore it was difficult making sure everything could be heard and was at the right volume.

Sound is one of the things I find most difficult about the animation pipeline, and I'm aware that it's not the best and appears lackluster in some areas (specifically in the end and the bedroom scene), however I think the overall effect is good and it created the right feel for the film, so I'm happy with it.