Seems we are nearing the end of the post production stage I thought an evaluation of how it went would be appropriate. I felt we worked extremely well together and feel that this shows in the work we have produced. To start the process Gaz created a template session to start of the process. This was a mixture of dialogue, spot, foley and music sections each having particular characters/scene tracks and all going to separate subs and then to master subs. This was very useful when it came to pulling in the location audio and when it came to the mix down process. I felt this was definitely an effective way of working.
During the process we did a lot of foley, which we have all got quite good at through this process. We now know exactly what it takes to make the sounds we are after. Sometimes this included using recordings taken from our time on location and sometimes we had to go out and get sounds we couldn’t achieve in the foley room. We all took it in turns taking part in foley and recording. This was also the case when it came to editing; we all edited our fair share of atmosphere sounds, footsteps, birds, cars, crying (there is a lot of crying in this film). One of my particular favourite parts of post production was creating the woods dream scene. This gave us a chance to really experiment with sound as it was a dream. A favourite aspect of mine was what Gaz achieved with the alarm clock sound coming into consciousness as George woke up. As we went along we balanced the sounds together such as atmosphere sounds making sure they all fitted together, this made the mix down process simpler.
When it came to the mix down process Gaz took the lead and did a very good job. He balanced everything up to BBC broadcast standards whilst checking for any panning and phase issues. I have to admit I do not know a lot about phase issues when it comes to mixing down, however this is where our teamwork payed of. I learnt a lot from what Gaz was doing and now feel with a little bit of research for my next project this is something I could do well. By the end of the process it felt like routine, each taking turns in editing and mixing (we also pretty much lived in the sound theatre for about a month). For the final mix down we have done a final mix which we will all go and listen to through different mediums and then alter anything we feel is necessary. This is to try and ensure we haven’t missed anything and that the levels are all balanced to there best standard throughout the film. Also to make sure there is no vast changes in levels through scenes. All in all I feel that the post sound process has gone really well and we have worked as an effective team whilst learning from each over.