Need Help With Audio Mix

Y

young_fast_&_scientific

Active member
Hey guys,

So I'm currently finishing up post on a short horror film I shot last fall called 'Colore Non Vedenti (Colour Blind)'. Everything is pretty much set EXCEPT for audio. The tough thing is we had a very tiny crew of friends and I'm currently feeling a little overwhelmed by the mixing/design process. Overall, I'd say the dialogue is quite clean; but there is a scene that could use a little help in terms of noise.

I'm hoping that there might be a few audio guys or girls out there that might be interested in taking part in this project and stretching their mixing legs in exchange for a credit. Just to give you an idea of what we're working with, here's a trailer for the project:

http://vimeo.com/2690888?pg=embed&sec=

And the production blog: http://www.colorenonvedenti.blogspot.com/

If you think you might be interested in helping out or if you have any questions, please contact me at jcheel@cogeco.ca.

Thanks for your time!

Jay Cheel
www.jaycheel.com
 
if you put up a link to the audio file for the scene in question i'm sure a couple of us will find the time to download it and give it a try to see if it is something that is easily fixable...

matthew
 
Jay,

The good thing about a trailer, though you say you hate to cut them, is that it gives a sense of the quality of the work. Not always, I've seen great trailers for junk and visa versa but you can almost always spot rank amateur work. So good job. It looks like a well done film, actors feel like they know what they are doing and the story as much as one can gather seems intriguing and the look and feel are professional.
Now what you want for sound needs to live up to the rest. So you want a full on sound job not a bit of clean up. What you have going for you is that if you can produce something that looks like it had a budget and was produced by professionals then you might have a future. A sound person won't do it because of the "credit" because it's kind of meaningless on an indi, not that I wouldn't want a credit but it's not going to get me jobs. And festival exposure is also pretty meaningless for the sound dept. What is meaningful is that if you move up and have a decent budget the next time around your sound person might actually get paid and if you have a lot of success and keep the same sound person it can be a career move. The Coen brothers are still using the guy that did BLOOD SIMPLE on every film. Quick quiz, can anyone (with out looking it up) name him? Probably not. Sound guys don't get famous as a rule.

Back OT.

You can get someone to do a really good job and it looks like you have a film that deserves it. Don't settle for a little cleanup.

Cheers
SK
 
Thanks for the responses guys. I have received some personal emails and it seems as though I may have a something worked out for this project, so we'll see how that goes.

Noiz2: I totally agree with everything you've said. In the future, sound will be budgeted for and given appropriate attention. With this project....things just started off as a five minute short for a website and slowly grew. There were no plans to spend the months we've spent on it. At this point I just want something that I can comfortably enter into some festivals and use as a calling card for a bigger project. The total budget on this thing was about $900 (food and gas mostly) and the costs for a professional mix would just be 1. out of our current range, and 2. unusually unproportionate to the rest of the project. I do not argue with the importance of a professional sound mix. I just think this film is a good opportunity for somebody to, like myself, build on their skills in a fun, semi-professional way.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top