Alyssa Masterhouse's Blog

When creating commercials, it is important to gear them towards all audiences. For the hearing-impaired or visually-impaired, there are sound effects or captions one could add in order to help them better understand what is happening in the commercials.  Walt Disney World Commercial  What a surprise, I decided to do something Disney related again. Here I decided to take a look at this commercial and see how accessible it is to hearing and visually impaired viewers.  For the Visually-Impaired  This commercial does a decent job of being accessible to the visually-impaired audience. They include sound effects such as twinkling, which adds a sense of "magic" and a howling wolf, which portrays the haunted mansion. The commercial also includes a narration, which is beneficial because it explains the purpose of the commercial, which is the year of a million dreams event occurring at Disney parks. However, the commercial also includes a dog barking, which is...

For my still image video project, I talked about how to plan a trip to Disney World. Sound effects can enhance your video and make the listeners further understand what is happening. There are three types of sound effects I will be including, which are:  -ambient audio, which is essentially background noise. -sound effect of a thing -sound effect of "not" a thing, which will be an object used to create the sound of something else. Ambient Audio  In Disney, there are a lot of crowds, therefore you can always hear people talking in the background. This audio is taken from a video I took inside Be Our Guest Restaurant, so you can hear chattering as well as subtle music.   Sound Effect of a Thing  Disney World is an amusement park, so you will hear the sounds of rides. I decided to add the sound effect of a rollercoaster. I could not find any good clips online so I decided to use my own audio from Space Mountain.  Sound Effect of a "...

Still Image Video  For  my project, I decided to make an informative video of how to plan a trip to Disney World. I have a passion for Disney and have been there several times, so I thought I'd share some tips with all of you! Enjoy. 

Audition When recording audio, unnecessary sounds can get in the way. Using Adobe Audition, effects can be added in order to remove these intruding parts of the audio. Effects can also be added in order to enhance or set a mood that we want to portray to our listeners. These effects can be added to a entire track or to specific clips, and the edits are non-destructive if used in the effects rack. There are so many options to use in order to create a clear and creative piece!  Still Image Video   For my still image video, I talked about how to plan a trip to Disney World. Audio is never completely perfect when you record, so you can use effects to help it sound better. Here are some ideas of effects I could add to my audio:  Effect #1: Noise Reduction  In my room I have a fan that is very loud. You can hear it in the background of my audio, which is distracting when the important part is what I am saying. In order to remove this a...

Fair Use  When using copyrighted material, it is important to give credit to the owner. There are certain instances that protect our rights and allow us to use copyrighted material, which is known as fair use. One instance, which is what allowed me to create this video, is creating an entirely new work using pieces of copyright material.  Video  To create this mashup between The Lion King and The Dark Knight Rises, I used Premiere to edit the two together. I used the audio from The Dark Knight, and the video from The Lion King. I listened to the audio and marked places where someone spoke, and found clips in The Lion King where characters spoke to match the audio. This was my first time using premiere, so there are a couple of parts of the trailer that could be better. For instance, there was only one woman speaking in the audio and there was only one very short clip of Nala speaking so I had to repeat the clip multiple times, which could have looked better. Howe...

Introduction   Last night I interviewed my friend Trent. He decided to tell me the story of how he discovered he had a learning disability and how he was able to work through it. Throughout his story, Trent paused, used filler words such as "um", and gave too much detail in some parts, therefore I had to cut these things out for the final audio.  Audition  Audition allows you to create multitrack sessions in order to edit audio without destroying the files. So to begin editing, I created a multitrack session and dragged my audio files into it. My original audio of Trent telling his story was located in track one, and the edited audio track was located in track two. I used the razor tool to cut portions of the original audio out and dragged them into track two, and then used fades to blend the sound between the clips. In my final audio, there were parts where the fades are not as smooth as they could be, but since this is my first time usi...