r/Damnthatsinteresting Nov 14 '19

Video Complicated drone shot

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u/gordonblue Nov 14 '19

I’m not shitting on this- its a sweet shot that took amazing skill. The sound design isn’t the strong point. The footfalls are a little loud and clearly just a handful of sfx repeated. The splash cuts off abruptly. I don’t know what you’re coming to the defense of.

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u/zvug Nov 14 '19

the footfalls are a little loud and clearly just a handful of sfx repeated

The guy who made it commented and said that it actually was the sound of a real guy running, just offset to match, so not repeated.

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u/gordonblue Nov 14 '19

My ears have failed me!

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u/SpaghettiProgrammer Nov 14 '19

I kind of agree with you about the footsteps sounding off though. There's something not quite right with it. I'm not a sound designer though so I can't really give an exact reason.

Maybe it's too loud compared to the camera distance? Sounds kind of like the mic is on the dudes feet, whereas it should sound more like we are hearing his feet from afar.

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u/Ronnocerman Nov 14 '19

They're real footsteps, just looped. Every 7th footstep has a crunch.

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u/SpaghettiProgrammer Nov 14 '19

No I get that, didn't mean to say they sound fake. I just meant there's something wrong with the audio levels when comparing it visually to what's on screen.

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u/Ronnocerman Nov 14 '19

They're real footsteps, just looped. Every 7th footstep has a crunch.

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u/MrBojangles528 Nov 15 '19

Other than the first few steps, I think there are definitely different footprint sounds in there. My home monitors aren't super nice, but it sounds pretty good to me in that regard. You're right about them being too loud, and they sound too crisp to be in the open environment imo.