For this part of the module, I will be using 4 Software: Unreal 4.25, Premier Pro, Audacity and After Effects

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Firstly, I used my basic knowledge of splicing and editing videos together. For this part, I used Edith Finch: House Grounds. At first I set up the cameras in Unreal, from last year’s work with performance animation I set up cameras through the sequencer and applied the same general knowledge of moving the cameras through the scene. I then rendered and exported the scene into multiple PNG images into my selected directory and imported those images into Premier Pro. I exported it into a MP4 and imported that file into After Effects where the editing can finally begin.

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I moved them slowly to get a more dramatic effect. The First scene was the camera moving through the marsh and slowly descending to get a better look at the pond. The scene after was simply the camera moving through the tall grass and trees to zoom in at a blue truck. The third scene was the camera moving slowly inside the mouth of what looks like a model of a giant wooden alligator. The third scene was simply panning from right to left through the tree but kept focused on the house. And the final scene was simply moving through a creek and slowly turning left to look up at tower.

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Since this project involves audio, I added simple nighttime SFX to the video. I found appropriate SFX using the BBC Sound Effects Website which provided me the right sound for the right moment when editing the video using After Effects. For all the scenes I used a multitude of sounds that deemed perfect when spliced together. I reused the same SFX for some scenes but cut them appropriately so it doesn’t give a constant effect – letting the viewer know that it is a different scene with the audio cut.

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For the first scene I used a cricket and forest sound effect and moreporks owls SFX, while keeping the swamp chirping at a very low volume. Whilst the camera comes closer to the pond the swamp chirping SFX will grow louder. The second scene with the blue truck I used the same cricket chirping sound as well as a simple truck engine running noise. I kept the volume for the truck engine running relatively low and increased it as the camera came closer, much like the swamp chirping sound from the previous scene.

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The third scene was the same SFX from the first scene however, I kept the volume lower for the cricket chirping and kept the morepork owls consistent along with the swamp chirping noises. In addition to the same SFX from the first scene, I added water flowing SFX to emphasise the water on the pond more. The fourth scene was the simplest to do with little SFX I added A different cricket chirping noise variant while adding howling coyotes very faintly in the background as well as cracking tree branches. The final scene was the same cricket chirping noise from the previous scene to keep the video consistent, this is due to the fact that the camera was placed relatively the same spot as the previous scene, therefore I kept the same SFX for this one. However, to draw emphasis on the distance between the previous and the final scene, I reduced the volume by a miniscule. I added more SFX that seemed appropriate this one; a bird can be heard calling faintly for the scene as well.

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The audio tracks didn’t come as they were originally, I edited these using a simple software called Audacity. It gave me a chance to cut the unnecessary noise that only causes distraction and break immersion to the scenes by reducing some background noise as well as the residue. It also gave me the ability to add effects like reverb to give the scene the feeling of more “room”.

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Finally, once all the audio files and video are compiled, edited and cut, it is now time to render through the Media Encoder once again. The final result can be seen below.