Sound Editing

Maddie had worked on the sound design for the documentary. Most of it sounded a lot better than what we had before. Especially the interview we recorded with Sam De Saulles was much clearer. There were a few things that I think still need correcting:

• Sam's introductory vocals still have quite a fair amount of background noise as we recorded it near a park play area
• At 00:58 the soundtrack fades back in, which makes it difficult to hear the end of Sam's point. I think this should be changed so that the volume just increases after Sam has made his point as, following the beat of the song, as we had edited a small sequence to match
• As Sam discusses his introverted personality you can hear the sound of birds chirping. I couldn't tell if this was from the recorded interview or if Maddie added this in as an extra, but either way I don't think it works. I think that if Sam is talking about how it's an isolated sport
• At 01:40 there is a slight gap where the audio goes quiet. Maybe this could be edited with the sound of wind in that place.
• There is a point when Sam says "people don't always hear what skaters get up to ... it's quite a discreet sport". At this time you can hear the sound of children playing in the background, which slightly contrasts to what he's saying
• When Sam talks about how he got into drugs I think it would have a more dramatic effect if there weren't any additional sound effect
• We could include the use of urban sounds such as cars and sirens, at the point when Sam talks about not wanting to conform to societal norms. This would fit with the cutaway footage we filmed in London
• The interview with Sam Giuseppe sounds really strange, as if it has been recorded in another room. This is weird because Maddie recorded it on the marantz, therefore it should be clearer. This will need to be re-edited
• At 3:26 the soundtrack fades in I think it would be more effective if it didn't