29. Major Task - Sound

Without sound, or at least without good quality sound, any movie could be an unpleasant experience to watch. In order for your short film/trailers/documentary to be complete, you need to make sure your sound is as good as it can be: the voices of actors are well heard, all sounds are synchronised and any particular ones are emphasised if needed.

FOLEY

At this stage you can also recreate sounds if needed - for example footsteps, breaking something, using props, breath of a character if it needs to be well heard to emphasise his/her state of mind, etc. Take inspiration from foley artists and create some sounds yourself.

MUSIC

Then, you can also look online for sounds and music you need.

In the end, after gathering all the sounds you need, reflect and analyse:

- Why are those appropriate for the genre of your work and the shots you have?

Add them to your raw montage and see how your work becomes more alive.

For Music Video

Obviously, the sound part is covered by the song itself, but still you could make use of foley to add some parts throughout the music video, that can add realism - for ex. in a narrative msuic video you could have even characters' voices being heard at some point, music stops and lets the story unfold along with the naturally occuring sounds in that particular part.