I learned a lot more about sound editing in part because I am in Intro to Editing... and it just so happened that this assignment was occurring the same week we had to use Lynda for sound design in that class.
So Lynda helped me with the tools of Premiere, but in another sense, I discovered just how much sound happens around me every moment that I don't even realize. On top of that, I learned that geographical distance of sound also plays a huge role in ambient noise, or something as simple as the noise of someone walking away.
I learned that my classmates are über-talented with sound design; especially in making the ordinary into eerie/creepy. So many of the soundscapes sounded like they belonged in a Hitchcock revival!
I especially find the sound of instruments playing backwards, or on repeat to be particularly fascinating. Even when you don't think that two or three sounds would fit together, a way could still be found somehow through editing the sound together...
I learned that sound needs editing so much more than video! There are so many fields to create, whereas with video, what you get is there, and you have to cut and glue what/where the pieces of your mind find them according.
I like rhythms and syncopation, so that was my goal. Each time I attempt to create/visualize/edit anything, I realize more and more that I lean towards music videos. I used to be a dancer, so I think that might be why I enjoy coordination and choreography of the visual elements combined with the audio elements.
This class is turning out differently than I thought it would, and it's even better.
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