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Graphics In Commercials Communicating with a hearing-impaired audience can be difficult. This means you must communicate solely through visuals. Sub titles are a good way to communicate with this particular audience. In the commercial I chose, they are promoting a brand called Education Connection. If you watch it muted, there is enough written dialogue that the viewer would be able to read and know what the commercial is selling. I also thought the commercial was good at communicating visually because they had the woman doing things that lead the viewer to understanding what product is being sold. For example, she starts off in a waitress costume hinting that the commercial is for people who are working for hourly wages. As the commercial progresses, she uses props like a computer and a college degree so you can tell it is selling online college courses. Improving The Visuals Even More This commercial could be more affective to a hearing-impaired audience if they added more titles...

Sound Effects In a Still Image project, adding sound effects makes the video seem much more realistic. My Still Image Video project was about the food at the farmers market here on campus. Ambient Audio The first sound effect I captured was ambient audio. This is supposed to serve as a background noise, so I went to farmers and recorded the natural sound taking place during lunch time. Next, I got a sound effect that was of a an object that was appropriate to my story. Some of the ingredients I mentioned in my project had to be purchased from the C-store. So, I added the sound of a cash register, as if you were actually there purchasing these ingredients. Lastly, I created a sound just for fun. I took a glass bottle and tried to re-create the sound of a boat leaving. It is a classic trick that people use all the time.

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Audition Effects When recording audio, things can get in the way and ruin your recording. Or, you may want to intensify your story by adding some elements that make the audio sound more like the mood of what is being told in the story. This can all be done by using effects in Audition. Some effects I found helpful when editing my audio recording for my still image are: 1. Stereo Imagery: Stereo Imagery was a helpful tool when editing because I was able to separate certain sounds that were recorded at the same time. For example, if there was music playing in the background of my recording, I am able to remove the frequencies of the music so that just the voice is being heard. 2. Stretch and Pitch Effect: This effect is helpful if the the voice in the audio talks too fast or too slow. By using this, you can slow down speech without the voice becoming lower or sounding different from the rest of the dialogue.  3. Delay and Echo: To intensify a word or last phrase, using ...

Lion King and Bat Man Mashup I took the visuals from different parts of the classic Disney film The Lion King to create this trailer. Using Premiere, I incorporated the audio from the third Bat Man movie, The Dark Knight Rises. I tried to make it as though the characters in The Lion King looked like they were saying most of the words from the Bat Man audio. I was able to do this by cropping parts where the animals spoke and placing them exactly where the audio had dialogue. I also cropped out parts where the animals mouths were moving and there was no dialogue, and replaced it with different scenes so the trailer was more believable. Fair Use When using material that you did not originally create, it is important to address that this is copyright,  so that there are no legal issues. Fair use helps avoid any confusion as to where the audio and video are coming from, and the owner receives the credit needed. Bat King Movie Trailer

Drownin' Jules This is a story about a girl who is forever scared of anything involving water or swimming because of a traumatizing experience she had in the ocean. She was on a cruise with her family, enjoying the Caribbean when a massive wave hit her arm and caused her to have nerve damage. She still to this day is terrified of the ocean and the incident ruined the family vacation. The Star of this Tragedy  Julianne Reid is my former roommate. We lived together Freshman year, and have been close friends ever since. I call her Jules for short. I always wondered why during spring breaks, pool parties, and beach trips she did not engage in water activities. Now, we know why. Audition: To edit this, I first took out any information that was less relevant so that I could cut down as much time as possible to fit the 1 minute limit using the razor tool. I then looked closer and took out big pauses and words like "um" or "uh". I added some fades between audio cli...