Broadcast news sounds?

New_Zealand

New_Zealand

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Broadcast sounds. Like you see in some films that deals with the apocalypse world. News being broadcast, radio dispatch etc.... I did find a couple off the Audio Block but not enough to cover the beginning credits of a film. Any feed backs? Thanks
 
Can you describe what you need a little more?
do you mean like the sound of newscasters talking? Multiple news broadcasts together like hearing 5 different broadcasts all at once?
or do you mean a sound effect like data transmission?
 
Yes, it's not clear what you are wanting. Perhaps what you mean by sound is the equalization; i.e. a radio dispatch would have the high's and lows cut off to give that two-way radio sound. Maybe you want some squeeks and squawks as the sound of tuning in a station as in the old days?
 
Sorry guys I should have been more to the point. DPStweart you got it "sound of newscasters talking? Multiple news broadcasts together like hearing 5 different broadcasts all at once" I will post a sample of what I have tonight when I get home.
 
New_Zealand said:
Sorry guys I should have been more to the point. DPStweart you got it "sound of newscasters talking? Multiple news broadcasts together like hearing 5 different broadcasts all at once" I will post a sample of what I have tonight when I get home.
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You're better off creating your own. Typically, when newscasts are included in the production, the stories being read are directly related to the film's plot. You won't find that on any SFX directory. Write your own copy, cast a few voices (or on-screen talent, if you need to show any of the newscasts), and record them individually.
 
Yes, I can concur this is actually created and there is no real "stock" stuff like this in a sound effects library because it tends to be so specific. The bigger the budget, the higher profile you can get, and big budget movies use real newscasters for this stuff. The new Batman Vs. Superman trailer has this at the beginning as VO, and they have some heavy hitters in there. I was actually impressed.
 
Actually there are some in libraries. There is a kind of generic weather/ road report we used to use some times.

But everyone else is right that you should just create them. You can't use real ones since they are all copyrighted and it's not really hard to make your own. Plus you can make them relate to your plot which is pretty much always the point of a bunch of overlapping ones. They are usually diferent stations reporting on the same thing.
 
Yeah, I have a bunch of generic ones in my sfx library, and in many different languages - I often get tempted to use them but then I think: "what if they are saying something really inappropriate!". Ha! Yikes. That would NOT be good.

New_Zealand - I could send you a bunch no problem, but they never seem to be saying exactly what is correct for the situation.
 
As long as you have someone doing the vocals you might want to do a few "ads" at the same time. They really come in useful at times and it is another thing you wont find in a library.
 
You might be surprised how many real news people might be willing to sit in front of your camera to record these for you, as long as their contract with their station allows for outside work. Bet a lot of people would be cheap too. get the people that are not on the news desk yet, but want to be on the desk. The other good side to this is that they are professional writers, give them the bones of the story you want and ask them if they would write it for you. Make sure to allow them to use anything for their personal reel if possible, it's always good for them to have other stuff on their reel when it's job hunting time.

You might also find rental rates at news stations pretty reasonable as long as you are willing to work around their schedules. Lights and background are all ready, set up camera and mics and record. The smaller the market, the more reasonable the rates and more flexible the people.

Also many journalism colleges might have what you want for location and people, rates can be cheap to impossible depending on the school.
 
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