Camera Slates: How To Slate Cameras Correctly Knowing how to slate a camera is an essential skill to ensure what’s captured during production is easy for the editor in post to know what each take is and to ensure sync between cameras and sound. While there there are...
Recording Sound for Short Films or Narrative Features Recording quality audio for a narrative production, whether a short film or feature length movie, has a lot of challenges. No matter what budget or production scale you are working at from indie short films to...
Lavalier Technique: Rigging A Button Hole Rigging a lavalier with the capsule popping out from just behind a button is one of my favorite lav micing techniques. Because the capsule is actually exposed, it has virtually no clothing noise and a much more natural...
Tips On Recording Production Sound For Comedy Specials [rank_math_rich_snippet] Recording the production sound for a comedy special can pose a number of challenges not seen on typical video shoots. Not only do you need to capture the comedian’s dialog...
7+ Tips To Improve Audio for Indie Filmmakers & Youtubers I'll say something that may not be a popular opinion in the video production world: Audio Quality Matters More Than Video Quality, so don't f*** up your audio! Audio Quality is just as Important, if not...
Always a pleasure to talk shop with other production sound mixers, this time chatting with Michael Helms (Michael the Sound Guy) on his podcast 'The Location Sound Podcast'. I've been listening to this podcast for quite a while and really enjoy it. Great way to pass...
Choosing The RIght Microphone For Every Scenario One of the things that made the biggest differences in the quality of recordings I do is knowing how to choose an appropriate a microphone for every scenario I encounter. Being able to play to each types strengths, and...
What is 2-Pop and how is it used? 2-Pop is a term for a 1 kHz (1000 Hz) tone that lasts 1 frame inserted 2 seconds before the start of the program. Originally established as part of the SMPTE “Universal Leader”, it’s still widely used today. It’s used as a simple...
Delivery to Audio Post-Production Delivery of the audio assets is the very first stage of Audio Post-Production. It starts with the Video Editor preparing the project for export. Getting your project ready to send off to the audio post can be a little confusing for...
BOOM Library Releases Urban USA 3D Surround Ambiences Boom Library releases massive 102 GB high quality 3D Surround Ambience Library of Urban Locations throughout the United States. This 96khs Ambience Library is available as both 8 Channel 3D Surround Files and also...