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Mr. Foley: A Man Stalked By A Personal Soundtrack Team

Posted on April 16, 2012 in Audio, Sound Design | No Comments

Mr Foley is an award winning short film directed by Dublin directing duo Mike Ahern & Enda Loughman aka D.A.D.D.Y. It’s a darkly funny but nightmarish scenario, a man wakes up in hospital with a group of sound artists soundtracking his life.

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Sound: Which Mic Should I Buy?

Posted on February 10, 2012 in Audio | 3 Comments

Tim Cash, The Oregon Filmmaker tackles the audio question looking at four different microphones and how they’re used in production.

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How to Record Field Audio in a Car

Posted on January 5, 2012 in Audio | No Comments

A car is no place for a boom mic… here’s Clinton Harn to share some tips and techniques for capturing clean audio in car scenes.

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Use An iPhone To Record High Quality Audio For Your Videos

Posted on December 15, 2011 in Audio | 2 Comments

In this video by FStoppers Lee Morris explains how to use an iphone as a replacement for a lav or boom mic to get high quality audio for a video.

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Basic Best Practices For Capturing Quality Audio

Posted on November 21, 2011 in Audio | 1 Comment

Robert from JuicedLink guides Olivia Speranza through his top 3 suggested best practices for capturing quality audio.

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Sound, a Short Film on how sound connects us to the world

Posted on October 20, 2011 in Audio, Music, Sound Design | 1 Comment

“Sound” is a short film on how sound connects us to the world, featuring musicians and sound experts Moby, Imogen Heap, and others. The video was created by the audio sharing platform SoundCloud.

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ADR Quality on Set

Posted on October 18, 2011 in Audio | No Comments

Automated dialogue replacement (ADR) is the process of re-recording the original dialogue after filming for the purpose of obtaining a cleaner, more intelligible dialogue track. This video by Neumann Films offers some tips for creating great ADR on set.

Additional Tips:
- Give yourself a little room while placing the mic, you want your subject to have [...]

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Producing Great Sound on Location

Posted on October 7, 2011 in Audio | 1 Comment

In this video tutorial, Jonah Guelzo with Audiotuts+ shows you some of the the basics on creating great sound on location.

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Recording Audio Room Tone & Ambience

Posted on August 19, 2011 in Audio | No Comments

This video by Stephen Niebauer discuses often overlooked, yet crucial role of film and video making– recording the presence, or tone, of the room.

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Audio advice from a frustrated boom op

Posted on July 1, 2011 in Audio | 4 Comments

I hope this post comes out informative, but there is a high risk that it will turn into a rant. I’ve been very frustrated lately that I’ve been working with multiple directors, DPs, and producers lately all of which have been in the industry for over 15 years…and yet still know absolutely nothing about the world of sound.

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Shootout of the Mini Shotgun Microphones!

Posted on June 8, 2011 in Audio | 1 Comment

Here’s a little shootout Chad Johnson did between 4 miniature shotguns. The Sennheiser MKE400, Rode VideoMic Pro, the Que Audio Micro Shotgun, and the Rode VideoMic. Who sounds best? Who has the best side rejection? Listen and you decide.

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How To Capture Quality Audio

Posted on June 7, 2011 in Audio | 2 Comments

Olivia Speranza shows you one of the ways that they capture audio and sync it up in post for her OliviaTech video. You can use cheaper equipment to get similar results.

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25 DIY Tutorials for Video & Music Audio

Posted on May 23, 2011 in Audio, Featured, Sound Design | No Comments

Audio is one of the most important aspects of you film. Some may say it is even more important than video. Unfortunately if on a small budget you may not be able to afford for all the expensive equipment required for great sound. With that in mind, we created this list of25 DIY Audio Tutorials to help stretch that budget.

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Basics of Audio Recording for Video

Posted on May 4, 2011 in Audio | 2 Comments

YouTube creator EOS Television serves up a good basic introduction to recording audio for Video: including most widely used types of microphones for Video and Film Production, Windscreens, camera inputs, Audio channels, VHF, UHF wireless, and wired systems.

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Using MacBook for Audio With the 7D

Posted on April 22, 2011 in Audio | No Comments

This is a quick video showing you how to use a MacBook to record separate audio that can sync in post with the 7D footage.

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