LISTEN - Short Film Recap - Sound with Curtis Judd
Here’s a quick behinds the scenes interview on my work on the short film, “Listen.” This one focuses on the high-level lessons learned rather than the technical details of the production or post mix.
Oh, and about the start of the video, I was told to talk for a bit while they set the audio levels. Turns out our editor thought it would be funny to keep that part. I apologize for that. We were not sponsored by Goldfish crackers or the company which makes them.
If you haven’t seen Listen yet, you can see that here:
Sound for Video Session: Mixing a Commercial - Foley, Effects, Music
In this week's Sound for Video Session we have a quick look at a commercial mix I’m working on at the moment. We run through each sound effect/foley, and music track, the effects applied and talk briefly about fader automation.
Links to gear we discussed or used to record this session:
Presonus Faderport Motorized Fader and Control Surface:
Focal CMS 65 Near Field Monitors - Same as the 40s but with 6.5 inch woofers and bass response that reaches a little lower on the spectrum. These are on closeout so a good time to buy if you’re in the market.
Focal Shape 65 Near Field Monitors - These are the newer versions of the CMS. Will be included in our upcoming comparison
Electrovoice RE20 Dynamic Broadcast Microphone (this is the mic I used for this session)
Antelope Audio Orion Studio Audio Interface (This is what I used to record my sound for this session)
Copyright 2017 by Curtis Judd
Sound for Video Session: Sync, Blending Mics, Recorder Setup, Mouth Noise, Loudness, Multicam
In this week's Sound for Video Session we discuss some of your questions:
- How to fix audio that drifts out of sync
- I have several mics, how do I blend them? When should I use which?
- How should I set up my Zoom F4?
- How can I manage mount noises in voice overs?
- How do I (batch) fix clips which are not the same loudness?
- How do I send audio from my MixPre to three cameras for a multi-cam shoot?
Previous episodes referenced:
Booming a camera-top Shotgun Microphone:
Loudness Export Option in Premiere Pro:
Links to Gear Discussed and Used to Record This Session:
XLR Microphone Cable - Your basic 25 foot long XLR microphone cable
RODE VXLR 3.5mm to XLR Adapter - use this to adapt the RODELink receiver's 3.5mm output to XLR for input into your Zoom F4 recorder
Tascam DR-60DmkII Audio Recorder - Nice intro level audio recorder with 2 XLR inputs
RODE NT2A Large Diaphragm Condenser Microphone - nice option for voice over work if you're recording in a room that doesn't have a lot of reverberation issues
Electrovoide RE20 Dynamic Broadcast Microphone - Used to record me for this session. Better option if your room does have a lot of reverberation.
Copyright 2017 by Curtis Judd
The Beautiful Lies of Sound Design - Tasos Fratzolas
Tasos Fratzolas is a sound designer and sound effects creator originally from Greece. Here he gives a brilliant talk at TEDx on the beauty and meaning of sound. He covers a little bit on foley, reverb, and the meaning sound can convey. He also shows a brilliant example of how sound completely changes the meaning of a scene (with a video of a toddler's face and different sound effects).
I hope you find this as inspiring as I did.
You can find Tasos' sound library at Soundsnap.com.