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"Hello, Dolly..." Sorry, I couldn't resist... I spent a good part of yesterday barking, growling and howling, more fodder fo my unseen monster's voice, and ripping various types of cloth. Today I have to figure out what it's footsteps sound like.

Did You Have Fun Today? I hope that you did! We get so wrapped up in the technical aspects and the business, financial and other problems of indie filmmaking that we often forget why we do it. We do it because we love it. We do it because it fulfills us. We do it because it's fun. How many...

A huge problem I see all of the time is people who spend $2,500.00 ($5k, $10k?) on a camera and then want to get away cheap on sound. Without great sound your visuals are just a bunch of pretty pictures. Poor sound has killed more otherwise decent indie projects than anything else. You spent...

DAT = Digital Audio Tape. DAT recorders are being used less and less in favor of digital recorders like the Fostex FR-2. Most manufacturers no longer make DATs, and it's getting harder to get replacement parts and the tapes are getting more expensive. You can find decent ones used in the...

No, it is not a battery powered field recorder, you'll need reliable AC wherever you are. Try something like this: http://cgi.ebay.com/Tascam-DA-P1-Portable-DAT-Digital-Audio-Recorder_W0QQitemZ300074182826QQihZ020QQcategoryZ3278QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Be damned sure that it is...

You may wish to retain a professional production sound crew. One of my mantras is Steven Spielbergs "Sound is half the experience." As most of your talent will probably not have any experience with ADR, which will make the sessions very expensive and time consuming, then an experienced pro...

Sound effects for large budget productions like LOTR are custom made for the project. Check out this link about creating the sound effects for "King Kong". http://www.filmsound.org/kingkong/ There are dozens of sound effects libraries on the market from General, Sony, Turner, 20th Century...

There are a bunch of film groups on MeetUp.com if you are looking to network or work on no budget projects.

Wireless mics/lavs are great for hiding on the set. I've put one in a cereal box and cut a small hole for the mic. Actually two cereal boxes, one for each camera angle. Also in vases, tucked under the cushions of a chair or couch, in a light fixture, etc. Used incorrectly a boom/shotgun can...

Try this on for size http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3fBWUfh5c8 Yes, these sessions actually happen like this. Happy Holdays

http://www.sonomic.com/ http://www.sounddogs.com/ Pay by the sound.

You should have gotten the EK100G2 receiver which can be mounted on the camera and is approximately the same price. It will run on 2 AA batteries. You should see if you can exchange your current receiver for the EK100G2. Where did you buy it? You should have made your usage requirements...

The problems with having two transmitters on the same channel are myriad, the primary being phase cancellation. With two lavs on separate frequencies you could put one mic on each channel of the camera. Which Sennheiser Evolution set did you buy? A little more info will help us help you.

Hi end microphones capture more extended frequency ranges than their less expensive counterparts. Therefore they are able to capture more in the way of subtleties. If you are recording direct to a camera that limits and/or compresses the audio data (most of them do to compensate for having...

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Uncle Bobs standard advice, I've posted it a thousand times - Be sure to capture quality location sound!!! The lower your budget the less you will spend on audio post. "Sound is half the experience" - Steven Spielberg Audiences will forgive a lot visually if you have great sound, but they...

Hi All! Please excuse me for doing a little boasting. On Monday I received an invitation to attend the NYC premiere of the indie feature "Johnny Montana" which happens tonight 11/16/06. "Johnny Montana" was the first indie feature on which I did the sound design, audio post and mix...

Every project on which I have worked so far was a one camera shoot. "Johnny Montana" just received the Silver Spotlight Award for Best Debut Feature at the 2006 Australian International Film Festival, and also was shown at the 2005 Telluride Film Festival, the 2005 Boston International Film...

First you need an encyclopedic knowledge of all types of music, here's a partial list: Gregorian Chant, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, 20th Century, Folk (all types), Blues (all types), Jazz (all types), Rock (all types), Pop (all types), R&B (all types), Country (all types), Third World (all...

I've used the Rode NTG-2 ($250.00) and it's okay for the price, I like it a lot better than the Rode NTG-1. I've heard that the Audix UEM-81s ($250.00) is pretty good, but I've never used it. The same goes for the Audio-Technica AT897 ($270.00), I've heard good things but never used one...