Editing Digest - Audio Envelopes

When filming, we didn't have the budget nor the compatible camera for an external microphone or boom to boost sound quality and sensitivity. This meant that some wind and background noise was picked up during some scenes. To fix this we used the audio enveloping feature in Final Cut - though it can also be done in most other major editors - and masked this with a creepy soundscape over the top. The effect is that you can choose exactly when the volume is heightened or lowered throughout the clip. In the picture to the right you can see that some nodes are higher than others; this signifies the volume being louder or quieter at that segment of the clip.