Sound for Film and Television Vol II

How about a section dedicated to the picture department turnovers (to post sound)? A lot of what I deal with is teaching picture assistants how to do specific things in the Avid/Premiere/Final Cut Pro and FCPX. I think it's an invaluable topic that makes the production sound and post sound guys an encyclopedia from start to finish. For post production sound, I would talk about assemblies, conforming, EDLs, change notes, etc.

Additional topics: Pull-up and pull-down workflows and when to use it or not!
 
I'd love to see wireless options for narrative, different mic's like the Sanken 11D for feature use etc, and how to best use them in conjunction with a boom on more complicated scenes. The first Sound for TV and Film touched on the systems individually, but would love to see how professionals use multiple systems throughout a scene, and how to use those various sound files in post to achieve the best sound across the board.

Best practices for a production too in terms of director having wireless audio, importance and use of slate for post and maybe how to use that slate too.

Other than that you guys rocked on the first edition of the video, I'm sure the 2nd version all be amazing!
 
So . . .

We're looking at doing a similar format to the first Sound DVD, with instruction, comedy, cinematic parodies, but also following sound professionals (with some pretty impressive credits to their names) from pre-production all the way through production, post, and delivery on an original film project, touching on most, if not all, of the topic mentioned above, plus more. So, it'll be encyclopedic when it needs to be, and practical and immersive, too.

Nothing is set in stone, but how does that sound?
 
I'd love to see something about post dialogue mixing. I've seen programs like Vocal rider, but how one can replicate that kind of effect using expanders, limiters and compression. That would be awfully handy.
 
Over the next few days, we'll be talking to industry pros about their involvement in this project, and the feasibility of it overall. If you have any other suggestions, please let me know!
 
The fix it in post segment had to be one of the funniest teaching videos I have ever watched. I hope you include something like that again.
 
How about including a behind the scenes look at the
filming of the production of this video.
 
Forgive me if any of this has already been covered in the first volume (I still have been meaning to buy a copy!)

I would love to know more about manipulating vocals to get certain kinds of results, say, if my movie had some kind of crazy monster and I needed to warp a human voice to make it sound otherworldy, scary, gruff, etc.

Convolution reverb? Any cheap hack type ways to achieve this?

I'm especially interested in post production audio, Foley, and sound effects work, how to record them and how to edit them.
 
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Forgive me if any of this has already been covered in the first volume (I still have been meaning to buy a copy!)
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There's no time like the present! :)

I would love to know more about manipulating vocals to get certain kinds of results, say, if my movie had some kind of crazy monster and I needed to warp a human voice to make it sound otherworldy, scary, gruff, etc.

Convolution reverb? Any cheap hack type ways to achieve this?

I'm especially interested in post production audio, Foley, and sound effects work, how to record them and how to edit them.
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This sort of thing is not covered on the first volume, but we're looking at it for Vol II.
 
Believe it's been said but just want to say for myself:

I don't understand filters, really... like that daunting list of 20+ filters that do things to the audio in all post production. Thus, I don't really know how to match audio in post. To fix audio in post. To tune or tweak audio in post. I would love to see instruction on this. I would love to look at a list of audio filters and just "get it".

AND - that said - at the crux of that is the science behind it - I don't really understand audio fundamentally. I mean, I understand pick up patterns from mics and all that. I understand at a basic level. But not at a deeper level. Thus I believe if you taught the principles of audio (like I know what frequencies ARE... and stuff... but I don't understand WHY there are so to speak, how they came to be... I would explain this better but the point is, I don't really know... ha).

But with this sort of understanding, the practices would make more sense. That is to say, if I really understood audio more and how it worked, the production AND production techniques, gear, filters, etc. would all fit into this understanding, and a more intuitive knowing and understanding would flow from that. I don't want to just know at a surface level what I should use certain filters for, I want to understand what is actually wrong with the audio, where in the pipeline it broke down and why, and how I am changing it, modifying it, etc. And with that, I want to know how to artistically tweak, modify, and manipulate audio for desired creative effect both in production and in post-production.

Oh yeah, and definitely tricks on how to get the best out of less, when you know what you SHOULD do but simply can't.
 
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Unlike light, sound is a magical mystery to me.

The Vol I DVD, did help me a bit - but understanding how you can bring recordings (ADR, foley etc.) into a sound mix and create a cohesive whole, would be a big help.

I'd also love to learn about what 'breaks' sound recording. Why do things pop or hiss, an explanation of what can go wrong between the soundwaves hitting the mic and then reaching the recorder (and what can be done to combat those problems) would be invaluable!
 
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I'd also love to learn about what 'breaks' sound recording. Why do things pop or hiss, an explanation of what can go wrong between the soundwaves hitting the mic and then reaching the recorder (and what can be done to combat those problems) would be invaluable!
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yeah!
 
In the first series (both light and sound), I really liked the "if you do this part right, it will get you 80% of the way there" approach. Clear, straight to the point...lots of bang-for-the-buck information.

I would very much like to see this approach used for volume 2, when applicable/feasible.
 
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