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I'm sure this must have been asked before, but what does everyone charge for working Christmas and Boxing day in the UK for freelance sound? Double? Triple?
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Probably before most here were born.........................
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Getting decent pay on a reality show but the turn around has been 8 to 9 hours every night after 14-16 hour days. Have any of you quit a good paying job due to circumstances like these?
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Or rather, how to avoid doing so. I have a client that I kind of started out working for, as in, some of my first jobs in the industry. When they found out I knew audio (my career story is a bit confusing and would require an entire other post to explain it all) they asked if I could mix for them. Seeing as I knew I could get it done, I took it as an opportunity to learn as much as I could (plus they were paying me! a lot! well, for someone working retail). I didn't have any gear, and they supplied a pretty mediocre kit. I learned a lot about rapid troubleshooting dealing with their shitty equipment. And so we had our arrangement over the past 2 years. I would…
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I started this thread as a response to the "" thread posted in this same General Discussion topic. I believe that a possible solution to increasing rates across the board is by educating mixers on basic selling strategies so that they can up-sell their professional services and thus justify why they can't work for cheap. So, please share any tips you may have to help others tackle that initial call from the Producer. I'll go first: "The first one to talk loses". This is an old saying taught in basic sales training courses. I can go on and on about this but thankfully a google search resulted with a blog post that explains this best. I've had many calls…
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Intriguing video from New Zealand musician Nigel Stanford visualizing audio frequencies: http://wimp.com/seesound
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http://blog.rfvenue.com/leasing-spectrum?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=14835293&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9fma3NND4tCf_jSxrAqNY1BKSL1P-KhtPvARIm_azKc-9Dy8Js6o9kFgfnkeFJ1VbvcRp51vxVSBLZvO3U7AJTMA2Oow&_hsmi=14835293
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I'm curious to know when/why people prefer cabled poles vs uncabled. I've seen some posts here say for ENG they like cabled and narrative work they prefer uncabled. To me a coiled cabled pole is always easier to deal with (out of sight, out of mind perhaps?) Ktek have designed great bases to plug right into while other companies have the flow through base options for cabling as well. However to me it seems like a constant headache having all the extra cable (from an uncabled pole and from a flow through straight cabled pole) to deal with. I have my boom op plugged into a sound devices MM1 and with that I feel less cable the better as they plug a 2' coiled cable from …
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I need to rent 4 Soundfield SPS200 mics for a shoot on 11/21. If you have one, or know someone who does who would be willing to rent, please let me know. Thanks!
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This is my first post on this forum , so I apologize if this subject has been discussed before. I’m a DP who often records sound on the camera, when shooting interviews. Traditionally I use both a lav and overhead mic on a fixed stand. The majority of my clients want the lav hidden. I use either a Sanken COS-11R, Tram or Rode Pin lavaliere. I own all the bits and pieces needed to hide a lav… and over the years, sound recordists have kindly shown me how to do it. When I’ve ask editors after post, which sound track was used… 95 percent tell me the overhead and the others use a blend. So, on my shoots the lav appears to be, just a rarely used safety track. …
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More and more often, I am encountering producers who tell me that they've "never heard of a two person sound crew (let alone a 3 person one with a utility) and what do I mean that narrative shoots need a boom operator? Am I not talented enough to do my job?" etc. etc. etc. Are other people encountering this? What do you do in a situation like this? How do you let them know about the importance of a boom operator-- and unfortunately no, the AC analogy doesn't work.
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This is closely discussed in another thread about how to or wanting to seperate labor monies paid on an invoice vs gear rental paid on an invoice, but what wasn't addressed is why: Why is it necessary to seperate these? Is being taxed on gear rental much better than being taxed on labor? Yes I get my labor taxed and my gear is non taxed... but doing taxes at the end of the year are there any benefits... and if I do will it not be suspicious to the irs if I start reflecting that starting this year? Thanks.
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“Steadicam Operator Walked Backwards 7 Miles a Day for 10 Days to Film the First 24-Hour Music Video” http://petapixel.com/2014/11/13/steadicam-operator-shares-took-film-worlds-first-24-hour-music-video/
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Interesting http://www.iflscience.com/space/rosetta-s-comet-sounds-lot-predator Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ngf_L1LHzAk Thought some folks here might find this entertaining...I sure did Ken
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Just got word about an hour ago that I'm travelling from Toronto to Barcelona on Sunday for a shoot. Pretty last minute. Suggestions on where I should look for rentals would be much appreciated! Thanks!
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or is this just a Dutch thing?
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Remind you of anyone you know? 2:10 of pretentious silliness.
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Hello! I'm going to work in Las Vegas for a week. Do you know which LectroSonics Bloc should I use? I have: 2 x bloc 21 1 x bloc 22 2 x bloc 26 Thank you
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Well, i´m new in this forum so i´m sure there are lots of threads i haven't read, but so far this is the one i like the most! View From The Office: Which one is your favourite? Cheers!
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It is not long I frequent this place, but I just really liked that many great professionals here are very helpful to anyone with a problem or a question. This does not happen in Italy. Every professional, more or less important, it seems to be locked up in his ivory tower and does not show your willingness never the same. All this is bad, because in this way the figure of the location sound recordist is not highly regarded in the indie film or in low/no budget film, as opposed to the director or the director of photography. Sergio.
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He guys, I met a really great guy at TIFF this year, he is a director from Australia ( native from Greece ) and wants to make a film here in Montreal. He has been trying to contact an actor in the past but with no success. The actor name is Elias Koteas. He is a Canadian born actor and he's UTA Union. I'm trying to give him a hand, any ideas on how to get in touch with him? Thanks Pascal
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http://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine#.UwwwZV4weF4
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I recently received a call from a production company I've worked for in the past that is starting a new project to record sound for the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset. Typically the Oculus Rift is used for 3D/360 gaming, but this project intends to record 360 video either doc style or narrative. The example of the first scenario they want to capture is inside of a locker room with a coach talking to players. Being that this is fairly uncharted territory for video production, these producers have asked me if I have any thoughts on how to best record audio for this type of shooting situation. I've looked into binaural recording, however this would only work for o…
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