Sound for documentary film is a skill where typically there are no “second chances.†If you are running after an interview or have a high profile person giving you five minutes of their valuable time and you’ve improperly recorded the audio, you may have blown a key moment from your film. The importance for great audio cannot be over stressed.
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Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Audio post is made up of several different elements. The simplest way to look at the various breakdowns is the D, M & E. This is the dialog material (D), the musical material (M) and the sound effects material (E). Within those three simple categories however is a whole lot of other stuff. For instance, [...]
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
EQ is an essential tool in a mixers’ bag of tricks. EQ was developed as a way to “equalize” differing sources to sound similar. It can alter the frequency characteristics of a recorded sound. It can enhance recordings by boosting, reducing or even removing certain frequencies. The simplest and most common EQ are what used [...]
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Tagged Allied Post Audio, audio post production, EQ, equalization, Geoffrey Woodhall, independant film, indie film, noise reduction, notch filter, pass filter, Woody Woodhall
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Thursday, September 11, 2008
OMF files are an essential component for audio post workflow.  OMF or Open Media Framework is a file format developed by Avid Technology as a way to more conveniently transfer digital data. It was originally released in 1990 and then updated in ’96 , it’s a standard and it’s a bit long in the tooth. [...]
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