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AUDIO EDIT

WARNING

Some viewers may find the following content disturbing.

Viewers discretion is advised.

DESCRIPTION

Jenny Keller's story of her encounter with an online predator, under the screen name of Captain Howdy, who enjoys bringing "enlightenment" through ritual pain (spiritual transcendence through painful rites). The story is set in the late 90's, Jenny is 16 and everyone her age communicates through various categories of online chatrooms. 

INTERVIEWEES AND OTHER ATTRIBUTIONS

PHOTO

Logan Fuelling..............Captain Howdy

Kyla Horak....................Jenny Keller

Jaimee Wishon..............Muffled Crying

Emma Skordoulis

Emma Torres

The cover photo is an original photo of myself, taken and edited by myself. 

*THE STITCHES ARE FAKE

MUSIC/SOUND EFFECTS

Horror Ambience: Ultimate Game Music/FireFox

Jump Scare: YouTube Audio Library

Woman Screams/Crying: Klankbeeld

Mouse Click/Keyboard: Sound Bible

Heartbeat: Sound Bible

Footsteps: AMBIOSIS

Torture Screams and Moans: Klankbeeld

Water Drops/Spooky Chains: Daniel Simon

9mm Gun Shot: Sound Bible

Cop Sirens/Dispatch: Sound Bible

ORIGINAL SOUNDS

- Pen writing on paper/dropping pen on table

- Gun falling to the floor

THANKS FOR LISTENING

EFFECTS

Volume: I used Match Clip Loudness on all my dialogue clips to equalize all the levels. The volume is turned down on every piece of ambience and background music, I did use a few key frames during high strung sections of specific tracks to turn down the levels even more, to keep your ears from bleeding, you're welcome. I faded the beginning and ends of ambient music and sound effects such as the police sirens and dispatch signals. I also faded in a heartbeat sound effect to get progressively louder as Jenny enters the house and realizes she's in trouble.

Pan: During "Pain is a uniquely...and it must leave a mark" I panned the dialogue and footsteps sound effect from the middle, to the right, the left, then back to the middle to try and create the illusion that he is walking around you. It's tough to hear with all the other sounds going on but on the Torture Screams and Moans track, I panned from the right (100) to the center (50L 50R) to create the effect of Jenny entering the torture room. The police dispatch is panned mostly to the left because there's where I imagine them being in relation to Jenny's position in the room. At the end when Jenny drops the gun I panned that clip mostly to the right, because she would've been holding the gun in her right hand and that's where it would've fallen on the ground.

I used the Graphic Equalizer on the crying sound effect to create a muffled sound (around the time he says "I must continue my practice").

For the cop car sirens, I panned from left to right and added a Studio Reverb to make it sound distant.

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© Kyla Horak 

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