EDITING MY RADIO DRAMA SANDRA AGGREY ADOBE PREMIER
EDITING MY RADIO DRAMA SANDRA AGGREY
ADOBE PREMIER ELEMENTS 8. 0 � � This software was easy to access on my computer and enabled me to edit my radio drama effectively to produce a fluid sounding drama. My reservations before using this software was whether it would be successful in letting me alter the many mishaps and mistakes in my radio drama.
DIFFICULTIES � At times it proved quite difficult to make use of the software as it was relatively new to me. However after being guided through on how to get to grips with the technical aspects of it, everything from the cutting and placing of sounds in post-production proved more manageable.
EDITING PROCESS � One of the things which came to my attention when hearing my radio drama in full on adobe premier elements for the first time, was how low the sound was. This could have been due to the recording device or the actors not projecting their voices accurately. � I accessed a tool which allowed me to add audio gain (up to any percentage) on the whole of my drama. Also when it came to specific parts which needed to be heightened (to depict the emotion of angry/ shouting) or lowered, i did so by using the pin point tool to specify each point on the volume line and raising or lowering it.
EDITING PROCESS � Where there happened to be a line mistake or any background noise that disrupted the narrative order and sound quality, I used the cutting tool to remove it. � This proved to be the most time-consuming part of the whole editing process as it had to be done with the highest level of care as to not cut out important sections or make the narrative sound disjointed as it played. The audience could not be aware that any editing had taken place.
SOUND EFFECTS � This was the final part of the editing process done in post-production before producing that perfect radio drama I envisioned at the start. � I imported all my sound effects onto the editing software through connecting the recording device onto the computer and saving them into file from which they could be imported from. This was quite unproblematic and effective. � Once in adobe premier, I was able to put each sound effect in its correct place in the narrative. I took care to place the sound effects on a different layer from where the speech was present as it proved more straightforward. Consequently I could work on both editing the sound effects and speech separately. � I had to make sure the sound effects merged in well with the speech. At first the sound seemed to over power some of the narrative but after lowering the volume line on these sections, the balance between the two were just right.
CHANGES TO THE NARRATIVE � The first thing I was aware of was the time length of my radio drama which was substantially over the limit. � This worried me as I knew that I didn't want to get rid of any parts of the drama as I had worked hard on recording it and it may confuse the narrative. � In the end one of the big changes which had to be cut of my drama was the flashback scene surrounding the back-story of Louie giving her daughter up for adoption. � Although it proved very difficult for me to cut and let go of this particular scene, I knew that other parts of my drama had to be kept in and in the end it encoded a sense of enigma to the audience as they can decode their meaning as to what caused Louie to give her daughter up for adoption.
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