Petal Child Post Production

The process for Petal Child was different to All Ribbons End. The main reasons being it was a lot longer duration of film. I also had aid, or had a small team to work with. However this sometimes proved very difficult. This film was a part of the multi cam (FTV) module, and they had a designated sound person. The reason this was difficult was because he had very limited knowledge of sound. I also worked with Sid, his knowledge and experience working on film sound was also very limited. Therefore i had to be a leader and kind of tell the others how to do certain things. This took quite a lot of time and effort on my behalf, and outweighed the benefits of having an extra couple of hands in the project.

Regarding post production, my job was to supervise the post-production process, dialouge edit and mix/balance the film. Sid and Shaun were in charge of foley, and Sid was in charge of sound design and music.

The edit was given to us rather late and gave us just over a week to complete the 40 minute film (on top of the other film I had to edit.) Therefore my research was very limited at this stage. I had to use the knowledge and skills I had developed from the previous film to complete this one. I found that the speaker at home (KRKs) are purposed for music and don’t sound great from film editing. However i was limited to wear I could edit, as the sound there and mini sound there was fully booked. I did however book an audio edit suit for most days of that week. However the rooms sound very ‘roomy’ and the speakers are very bassy This meant forced to edit and mix the majority of the film in headphones, and referenced when i could grab an opportunity when the mini sound there was free.

Due to the problems with location sound, the dialouge editing was a massive challenge that took most of the time i had.

Once the dialogue edit had been completely I met up with Sid to get his sound design, music and foley stems, however some of hem were not yet completed. Due to being very close to the deadline Sid carried on finalising the music and atmospheres while i edited the foley and added in various sound effects that were needed throughout the film.

i then had no choice but to balance and mix the film using roughly the same levels as from the last film, whilst referencing through the speakers.

We then met with the director and went though the film scene by scene. the director seemed very happy with the film and only little bits and bobs needed changing. (mainly adding a few sound effects.)

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