overview of film/video audio process

Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2001 1:47 am

Hi all im a location sound guy and former music studio engineer.IM looking to find some detailed information on the complete audio/video/film process from syncing up dailies etc thru to exporting omfs etc right down to layback. If any one has any links or book references or could be bothered doing a 101 for me that would be appreciated...I do have 12 years location and studio experiance and about 40 music for film/video score composing credits so maybe a its a 102 explanation im after.Also are there any newsgroups like rec.arts .movies sound. prodution for post production audio
thanks Ant Nevison

Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2001 2:59 am

For some entertaining reading, you could try Yewdalls "The Practical Art of Motion Picture Sound"... really amusing read, filled with personal stories.For some more technical and applied glossaries and descriptions of different post-production scenarios:http://www.henninger.com/resourcecenter/A very exhaustive try at explaining various methods of synchronization in post-production:http://www.magic-marmot.com/html/PSM_sync.htmProbably you already know this one, but if not, a more general resource site for film sound is:http://www.filmsound.org/A really really good discussion group about location & post film sound is:http://www.recordingartsforum.com/(Actually that last one is a MUST, because it mixes a great crow of both location & post crews, and they always bounce back and forth ideas and topics).OK, hope this helps a bit, if you have specific questions about some areas, feel free to come back and ask, but really for a 101 or 102 a book is not enough Smile

.Cheers,
Andrei

Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2001 12:04 am

thnks for your reply andrei the rec arts forum
was one i was unaware of, so thanks for that.. im going to sit in on some post sessions of a doco ive just finished and also on a feature tracklay so ill bug the post guys for a bit of info and probably be back here in a while to bug you all as well Smile

ant

Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2002 4:18 pm

This is very useful info I found buried in the forum.
Smile

--Rick

Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2002 9:47 am

Rick, thanks a bunch for popping this back to the top - I had missed it too, and need all the sources I can find... Steve

Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2002 9:59 am

Quote:

Originally posted by knightfly:
"If you don't need to learn more, you're either lying or you're dead."

Hey Steve!... "Or you're very good at both"
--Rick

Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2002 10:08 am

Aw, Rick, ya caught me - Not only do I lie about everything (in fact, I'm lying about lying) but I'm so freakin' old, I have the morning paper delivered right to my bedside table - If I can't find my name in the Obit column, I figger it's OK to get outa bed - otherwise, why bother... Steve

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