Recording Sound for Film — How to Get Pristine Audio for Film

L and gentlemen start your engines films are made up of sequences sequences are made up of scenes and scenes are made up of shots in previous episodes we discussed composition animation and production sound in this episode we will delve deeper into the sound recording process can I have some quiet on the [Music]

R this is episode 17 of the short list production sound part two before sound speeds don't forget to subscribe to Studio binder and enable notifications to stay up toate on all our videos now quiet on set well hello col mother last time we looked at the physics of sound which is defined as a

disturbance that creates an acoustic wave through an elastic medium like a liquid gas or solid we also looked at various terms that recur in the sound Department along with a plethora of equipment that is needed and finally we went through the various production sound positions that are available on set today we'll look closer at what the

sound crew does on set and how they adapt to different [Music] environments let's begin with a general rules for recording sound on set the sound Department's work on set starts long before the recorder starts rolling though a sound mixer was likely present during the tech Scout for they will begin to look for potential

noise issues that could arise on set if they spot anything they will communicate them to the locations Department the team will also watch rehearsals in order to get a better sense of how to mic the scene all to you cheers far more than my wages amount to Cheers ideally they will be able to

position the shotgun so that it's no more than 3 feet away from a subject they can also add plant mics microphones that are hidden on set to capture the sounds that the shotgun may miss here's the mic right here in the bush yeah now you talk towards it once more it is the mixer's job to vocalize