Audition: Mixing a Short Film

Discover how filmmakers and audio engineers import, edit, mix, and export the dialogue, sound effects, and music for a short film to provide the best audio impact for the story.

Introduction

• Welcome
• What you should know before watching this course
• Using the exercise files

1. Getting Started

• The Audition workflow
• Initial setup and views
• Exporting audio and video from Premiere Pro

2. Editing Dialogue and Location Sound

• First steps
• Editing dialogue: Part one
• Editing dialogue: Part two
• Fixing hum problems
• Fixing broadband noise problems

3. Working with SFX and Music

• Synchronizing SFX
• Printing FX
• Working with music tracks
• Using background ambience

4. Mixing to Picture

• Automating volume
• Using EQ to enhance your mix
• Automating plugins
• Printing final stems
• Marrying the audio mix back to picture

Conclusion

• Next steps