Creative Digital Media Production Unit 12: Audio Editing

- Lesson 1

Which sectors require audio to be edited?

Games, video, film, games, TV, apps, websites, animation

What are the reasons for audio editing?

To add extra sounds.

To shorten or extend an audio clip so that it will fit with the images appropriately.
To remove unwanted material.
To maintain continuity.
To fit audio to agreed running time.
To change the meaning by deliberately editing out sounds or dialogue.
To convey a different view to the one intended.
To prioritise news stories, prior to radio broadcast, where a fixed programme time
is available.