LO4: Recording Sound Elements and Post-Producing Sound Elements

I recorded the original heartbeat effect (pre-editing) by tapping against a thick jacket. To make it sound how I wanted, I cut it to the correct length, looped it and added some effects. The first effect I added was 'lowpass' which makes the audio sound muffled. Next, I added the 'Studio Reverb' effect to create an echo.

The next effect I added was a heavy, slowed down breathing in the background. I did this by breathing heavily into the microphone and then applying the 'Studio Reverb' to add a generic echo effect and the 'Surround Reverb' to add an echo that replicates a large room. I also wanted for this breathing effect to seem slightly off in order to reflect Ethan's mental state in this scene, to do this, I slowed it down to 75% speed.

I also added some copyright free effects that I would've been unable to create myself. These include: a high pitch noise, a 'whooshing' drum noise to announce the title of the film and some interrogation room ambience/ room tone.

The next bit of foley is the sound of Warwick picking up a paper folder. To create this foley, I set up a shotgun microphone and moved around paper in different ways.

After balancing the audio levels and layering the different aspects of foley together, this is the finished shot:

In the interrogation room with Ava and Warwick, there is a shot where Warwick picks up a chair and moves it into place so he can sit down. To create for this, I had to record a number of different sounds and layer them. For picking up the chair, I recorded: a quick sound of the chair dragging on the floor, and the chair being lifted off the floor. For placing the chair down, I simply recorded the sound of the chair hitting the ground in the same pattern that it was placed visually.

After recording the individual sound effects, I simply cut the excess clip away and timed the impact noises to match the visuals. After doing so, I got the final result:

The final piece of foley I had to record was the gun falling to the ground, to create this, I dropped a metal tool onto the ground sideways, and adjusted the volume and reverb until it sounded how I wanted it to.