You may need to buy DV toolkit for Protools. I don't know if Logic does that for free! It's worth the money.
Husqvarna: TV commercial, Audio post production
1) Open the 'finished' project. Take note of the volume automation, see how the music dips under the voice over. Take note of the bussing. Bus 1 feeds the mix.
2) Open up the 'No Automation' mix and do your own mix. (You'll need to put the mix track on input.) Make sure that PaseScope on the mix channels stay below 0 VU. See how loud you can make it go without going over 0 VU. Experiment with the compressor on the Voice.
3) Start with an empty session and import all the elements and do your mix.
Audio Jigsaw_Nortel: Corporate image piece, sound effects editing and sound design
1) Import and listen to the QuickTime movie 'Intro_v1_Full1.mov' into a session. I've put all the individual WAV files in the Audio Files folder. Rebuild the project the way it sounds in the QuickTime. (Hint: the music tracks will be in beat if you start them at exactly the same time. One off the files doesn't belong)
2) Rearrange the pieces to suit your taste. Or even better, use the REDRUM (.drp) patch called "PhoneFun.drp" and make your own music. You may need help Reason find the samples (they are in the PhoneFun folder). Add a delay to spice up your rhythm. I found some nice pizzicato strings in Xpand, a great free plug in from Protools.
3) Use the wooshmaker.xwv (Malstrom) patch and make your own whooshes. Experiment with the various parameters to make each one different . (Attack and release, the blue shift knob on OSC A or pitch knob on MOD A.) How can manipulating the parameters in real time help make the sound effects better hit the movement in the movie? Experiment with recording automation of these parameters to make it all sound just right. I've included cheat protools and reason files to show how I did it.
John and Kate plus 8: Audio Post for a TV show
1) Open up the 'Finished' file and examine the mix.Examine; Start at the bottom of the Edit window. There are the stem mixes as well as the main mix. Following the audi path backward and examine the bussing and processing as well as the volume automation on the source tracks. Notice the volume automation on the Music_Dip buss. You'll need to put the MIX channel in record input to hear any changes that you make.
2) Open up 'FreshStart' and do your own mix. I've simplified the bussing so that you only have to worry about the main mix. You'll need to put the MIX channel in record input again to hear your mix.