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Article Written by Fred Ginsburg, CAS, Ph.D. Above production still taken by Kim Edward Welch, StudentFilmmakers Magazine. Calling for the roll: FILM SHOOT. See further down in article for instructions if shooting on video/electronic cinema. Before the shooting sequence begins, the sound mixer has recorded a HEADER ID at the beginning of the sound roll,… …
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ON-CAMERA AUDIO Award-Winning Filmmaker/Producer Carey Missler Talks Beachtek Interview conducted by Jody Michelle Solis StudentFilmmakers Magazine catches up with Carey Missler, certified, licensed drone pilot and award-winning filmmaker/producer at DCD Productions. (www.dcdproductions.ca). What differentiates Beachtek from other similar on-camera sound devices? Carey Missler: I have been using Beachtek products for about 5 years for audio… …
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DOCUMENTARY Audio Techniques for Documentary How to Capture Good Location Sound By David Appleby As with all recording, good audio demands that you keep your subject’s volume as strong as possible (signal) while keeping any competing sounds (noise) to a minimum. What’s different about documentary production is that you will need to accomplish this… …
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(Article published in StudentFilmmakers Magazine.) What Audio Format to Use and Why? Working with Music By Daniel LeBlanc Audio formats can be very confusing at the best of times. Here’s my take. MP3, WAV, AIFF, MP4, AAC, etc. are all excellent audio formats. Within all formats, a producer can decide on the quality and size… …
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Should You Care About The Genre Of Your Production Music? How To Pick Your Next Tracks By Daniel LeBlanc Having worked as a composer for over two decades, I’ve written music in most every genre and have a couple of viewpoints that might be helpful in picking your next track. Be open minded I’ve… …
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YouTuber and proprietor of Two Tails Media, Jeremy Ying, shared a review of the Azden SMX-30 microphone. In the video, Jeremy puts the microphone through its paces, taking it out to the busy city of Toronto and recording plenty of sound examples in various scenarios. He also goes over the microphone’s features, pros and cons,… …
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Say you heard it from StudentFilmmakers.com & StudentFilmmakers Magazine! Amazing Music That Will Make Your Personal YouTube Videos Come Alive! Browse and sample music from this 33 Genre/Category Hot Lists. They’re hand picked from the 16 royalty free music libraries of CSS Music. Or if you like, pull down, search and select from over 250… …
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Pictured: The Beachtek DXA-RED at the StudentFilmmakers Magazine exhibit booth @ 2019 NAB Show, Las Vegas, Nevada The new standard for recording audio on RED cameras Super compact and easily mountable Dual XLR Adapter with low-noise preamplifiers for RED DSMC2 cameras. Can also be used on any other cinema or DSLR camera with a 3.5mm… …
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Written by Kristen Baum Finding a composer is often one of the last items on the filmmakers list. So how do you do choose a composer for your project? Here are two things to consider when making your selection. What to Look for in a Composer You may love the film music of John Williams… …
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Article Written By David Kaminski As pros note, audio is 50% of your film, and when the dialogue cuts out, or cannot be heard, it’s a sign your film will never make it to a festival or to distribution without a lot of time or money spent on ADR. It’s your duty to know and… …
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Lots of my students ask me to give them some examples of what kind of sound package they would need for their senior films (or for their equipment budgeting exercise). So I have gone ahead and put together what I would consider to be a good, general purpose, starting package. Of course, your final… …
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If you’re like most filmmakers or videographers we’ve talked to, you’re probably willing to admit you don’t understand audio as well as you should. So it’s probably not a stretch to assume at some point in your career you tried to connect some audio equipment together and it didn’t work as expected. Maybe you got… …
