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.
Filed in Audio Post, Sessions
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Also tagged Allied Post Audio, audio, audio post production, documentary, filmmaking, Geoffrey Woodhall, microphones, recording sound, sound design, sound recording, Woody Woodhall
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Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Sandy Gendler has worked in just about every aspect of audio post production – from effects editor to Foley and ADR editor to sound designer and supervising sound editor. His career includes many well known Hollywood features such as “Independence Day”, “U-571″, and Paul Haggis’s Oscar winning “Crash” . He has been twice BAFTA nominated [...]
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, [...]
This post is for those who are out there looking for work and are not having any luck. I read a lot of resumes and have interviewed, hired and overseen many employees. A lot of this advice is, what I consider to be, simple, common sense. It’s simply my experience and point of view so [...]
Jeff Toyne is a composer whose oeuvre includes feature films, many shorts — including two nominated for Academy Awards, composer for “The Two Coreys†on A&E and is renowned for his extensive orchestrations for Hollywood features such as District 9 and Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. He splits his time between Vancouver and [...]
Owner of the newly formed company, Hear It – Clear It Music Supervision, Dominique Preyer, is an experienced music supervisor with a background in music publishing and songwriting. As head of the music department, he has music supervised over 35 films as well as serving as executive producer and producer on two short films. Dominique [...]
Filed in Interviews, Sessions
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Also tagged Allied Post Audio, audio post, audio post production, Dominique Preyer, Geoffrey Woodhall, independent film, music clearance, music licensing, music publishing, music supervision, Music supervisor, sync rights, Woody Woodhall
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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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Also tagged Allied Post Audio, audio post production, EQ, equalization, Geoffrey Woodhall, independant film, noise reduction, notch filter, pass filter, Woody Woodhall
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Thursday, November 6, 2008
Ho hum – audio restoration …another audio tool to spend money on that isn’t a bright, shiny, fun toy. But if you have some severely compromised audio tracks you will be looking for a solution. iZotope’s RX is an excellent one. I was recently mixing a broadcast project with some serious audio issues. These production [...]
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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Also tagged Allied Ppost Audio, audio post production, Avid, Final Cut Pro, Geoffrey Woodhall, independant film, OMF, sound design, sound editing, Woody Woodhall
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Todd Sklar, writer and director of “Box Elder” has just wrapped the first leg of his nationwide tour for the film. The tag line for his movie “Box Elder” seems to sum up what it’s all about best – “On the the road to nowhere, these guys call shotgun.” Todd took time out from scheduling [...]