LO4 Evidence of sound and final product

 Evidence of creating sound 

To record my audio I used a microphone which connected to a Mac the  mic stand ensured stability, this improved the quality of the recording since the stand prevented it from wobbling around. Furthermore the sound dampening panel situated behind prevented background audio being picked up in my recording.

Editing

I imported all of my raw audio into premier as well as music I sourced from the internet. My first step was to cut out any unnecessary audio that I didn't need, leaving me with the correct length voice overs and narration for my video clips. on all of my audio clips there was a faint buzzing caused by the microphone and background audio the sound dampening panel didn't prevent, to fix this I opened the essential sound panel and selected the dialogue pre-set, I then expanded the repair tab and ticket the 'reduce noise' box which removed the buzzing sound.

 This screenshot shows all my edited audio, the blue audio at the top is the original audio of the videos I used however about 80 percent of it I either enhanced the volume drastically or just completed removed it all together because of reasons such as poor quality or it just wasn't necessary, The green audio seen at the bottom was effects and music I added during editing which are things such as questions for interviews, football noises, narration etc.

 These screenshots show the exponential fade audio transition and  the constant gain audio transition, both which I used a number of times throughout to either fade music in or out depending on multiple things like scene changes or audio changes. These effects help the documentary to flow better without having sudden jumps between parts and makes it feel more interlinked as a whole.

Edited sound clip

Link to sound clip

Sound Evaluation

I feel that my documentary follows documentary conventions firstly by using a structured voice over style presentation,  in order to set out the main body of information in a clear and effective way. I aimed to present the documentary in such a way that it would guide viewers through my topic without being too heavy or overloading, but still containing enough information so that they were left feeling  informed. 

Final Documentary with sound and video

Are Footballers Heading for trouble Final

Final Evaluation

Much of the style of my documentary was question posing with the aim of provoking further discussion and debate. I very much tried not to preach my own views staying unbiased throughout as the presenter, whilst still highlighting both sides of the story and setting the scene to some extent.

 In order to give a balanced of information I used a range of sources such a sport science research, which included factual findings from past studies, alongside archived footage and clips from previous documentaries, as well as interviews offering personal views and opinions. 

To offer interest and meaning to my documentary I included football match footage as well as intercutting editing to link each scene, established shots and close up to offer greater impact. 

The purpose of the documentary was firstly to inform and potentially educate to some degree as well as to offer entertainment through the use of footage and relevant audios, however the central intention from my perspective was to encourage further discussion to make people explore the topic further to perhaps do their own reading and research to enable them to be better informed and draw their own opinions.