Rough Cut Pt.2

Meeting Shot - Bad Audio

Another issue that came up during the rough cut was with the audio in the meeting scene. We filmed this shot outdoors, and although we had hoped the wind wouldn't be an issue, it seemed like the audio quality didn't match the rest of the footage. The noise of the wind was overpowering, and it didn't blend well with the cleaner audio from the indoor scenes. We had originally thought the audio would be fine in the moment, but seeing the footage all together made us realize it didn't look smooth.

Initially, we wanted to reshoot the scene with our main actress who plays Eva to get better audio. However, our actress wasn't available to shoot again before the project's deadline, so we had to come up with another solution. We decided that the two main actors could record voice memos of their lines and send them to our editor. We could then add these voice memos as a voiceover to the scene. 

This idea worked especially well for the stalker because his face isn't visible in the shot, so there's no issue with matching his lips to dialogue. But with Eva, the situation is different. In the meeting scene, we see her face clearly since it's an over-the-shoulder shot focusing on her face. With this shot, we'll have to be careful to match the voiceover to her lip movements. Our plan is to have the actors send the voice memos and see how the final scene looks when we add the new audio. If it works, we'll keep it, but if it doesn't match well, we may need to get creative with post-production editing to make it fit.