Effective Audio
Film Featurette:
Instruction: Sound in iMovie '09- No Rubberbanding; export FQ to iMovie HD if you need that flexibility
- Three types of sound in iMovie '09
- Video Audio
- Volume
- Ducking
- Fade In/Out
- Normalize
- Background Music (a music bed the length of the video)
- Clip Trimmer
- Clip Adjustments
- Lasts only as long as the video if the music is longer than the video
- Sound Effects (can be music or any other sound)
- Same adjustments as Background Music
- Tied to a particular spot of a particular clip
- Audio sources
- Music and Sound Effects button
- iTunes
- GarageBand
- Drag from Finder
- "Pinned" Background Music
- Voice Over
- Click on Voiceover Button
- Choices
- Choose mic
- Set Input Level (as high as possible without red)
- Noise Reduction
- Voice Enhancement
- Play project audio while recording (use headphones)
- Click in Project Window where you want recording to go
- After countdown, record
- Spacebar to stop
- ⌘-Z to Undo and then try again
- Voiceover clips can be moved
- Edit > Detach Audio to break audio away from the video; can be moved
Breakout Sessions (Return by 5:15 for mic give-away)Effective Audio in iMovie Projects (Room 222)
Basics - port settings - headphones vs AV out
- closer to talent is better; still must control plosives, etc.
- headphones - always use
- use adaptor w/ mono mic if working in iMovie / velcrostrap
- mic power on/channel/batteries
- practice using equipment before shoot
Mic Types- Wireless Lapel Mics (placement/face down/rustling noises)
- Sony WCS-999 (included) ($100) - channel
- Sennheiser (some schools have purchased) (~$5-600)
- Boom Mics
- (3 available for checkout)
- xlr adptor
- cheap
- better
- Shotgun Mics - Rode Video Mic (some schools have purchased - different sets come with different pieces at different prices)
- USB Mics (voice overs) - system OS set to correct input)
- Logitech (severalavailable for checkout from district library)
- Snowball (available for checkout)
- Built-in camera Mics
Other Resources
Free Music Resources (Computer Lab) - FreePlay Music (even if you have the 7 GBs we provide, there's much more)
- MIDI > GarageBand > iMovie in 5 minutes or less; I'll give you more than 100 pieces you can use legally and they sound fantastic
- Other Free Resources
- Remember that "Royalty Free" does not mean you can use it
- If it says it's free and you can use it, OK
- If it's covered by Creative Commons you're probably OK
- Public Domain is OK
- Always give attribution in the credits or somewhere appropriate regardless of source
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