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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhdkAB1mqT0#t=56
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http://www.6moons.com/industryfeatures/roadtournagra/1.html
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Today was media day in Charlotte, NC for ACC basketball and just about every basketball coach was at the Westin for rounds of sit-down interviews with various media outlets. Per client's request as part of my kit I brought along two Lectros, blocks 21 and 22. I knew there was gonna be other sound folks present so did scans periodically and walked around to even meet them if I could to make sure we weren't stepping on each other. Happy to report how cooperative everyone was! Guys from all over, different media companies, freelance, etc. were super cool about sharing what blocks and frequencies they were using, so we all got along great with minimal issues. We were all ther…
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http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/future-film-vfx-legend-douglas-729041
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http://deadline.com/2014/10/sarah-jones-set-safety-app-midnight-rider-845624/
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Michael Moore's keynote address at the Toronto International Film Festival doc conference today. http://www.indiewire.com/article/michael-moores-13-rules-for-making-documentary-films-20140910?utm_source=iwAlerts_newsletter&utm_medium=sailthru_newsletter The last one was nice to hear. " #13. Finally... Sound is more important than picture. Pay your sound woman or sound man the same as you pay the DP, especially now with documentaries. Sound carries the story. It's true in a fiction film, too. You've been in a movie theater where it's been out of focus just a little bit or maybe the frame is spilling over onto the curtain. Nobody gets up, nobody says an…
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Robbery suspect dead after shooting at Wendy's; 'Cops' TV show crewman wounded http://www.omaha.com/news/crime/robbery-suspect-dead-after-shooting-at-wendy-s-cops-tv/article_a919c242-2d98-11e4-9cee-001a4bcf6878.html
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In a first deal of its kind, Netflix and the Weinstein Company said Monday that they planned to release next year’s sequel to the movie “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” simultaneously across the globe on Netflix and a select number of Imax theaters. The film, a follow-up to Ang Lee’s Academy Award-winning martial arts drama, is the first major motion picture to make its debut on the streaming service and in movie theaters at the same time. It will be available on Aug. 28 at no additional fee to Netflix subscribers and is the first of several films that Netflix is backing that will follow this new model for release. Only Imax is involved; other theater chains will not …
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It is ask stupid questions day... Who invented water ?? (I'll bet it wasn't a fish!)
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http://soundworkscollection.com/videos/Mix-Magazine-Immersive-Sound-Conference
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One of the other offshoots of the digital video era is the facility that DP's now have to shoot 'cross coverage" thereby making it tough for boom men to do a good job when two cameras are facing in opposite directions, sometimes on opposite sides of the line (another directing trend). If the actors are two far apart to cue then it's either two booms or a boom and a wire, neither of which is a problem, but it seems to me to be another step away from camera/sound co-operation. No longer is there a discussion about shooting wide and tight or even a good humored apology. It's taken for granted that we "deal with it". Again, no real problem, but it exemplifies the rapidly chan…
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If an atom gets excited in a laboratory, does it make a sound? Turns out that it absolutely does, albeit it's the softest sound that scientists say is physically possible. Researchers at Columbia University and Sweden's Chalmers University of Technology say that they have, for the first time, "captured" the sound a single atom makes when it moves around—a single "phonon," as it were. It's an achievement that could eventually be used as the basic science for new quantum computing devices. Like everyone is taught in elementary school, anytime something moves or vibrates, it makes a sound. Scientists now know for sure that that principle extends down to the lowly ato…
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The Institute of Professional Sound, The Association of Motion Picture Sound & The Association of Professional Recording Services are once more jointly promoting SoundPRO 2014, which this year has moved into west London, to an easily accessible venue ~ with great tube and rail links ~ is on many bus routes ~ and has good local parking and facilities. Visiting SoundPRO 2104 is FREE if you pre-register at http://soundpro2014.eventbrite.com/?aff=jwsg It is the same popular professional business and networking event with an Expo area where many manufacturers, distributors, dealers and service providers will display their equipment service offerings and meet users…
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I was outside stage 5 at Paramount between set ups and saw a young man pushing a sound cart between stages. I introduced myself to Devendra Cleary who was filling in for Phil Palmer on Glee. The thing that struck me over and above how nice he was, was the great looking sound cart he was pushing. If he posts here I'd love to know what type it was, or if anyone else knows I'd appreciate it. Thanks Mick
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So pleased that we have someone who replies to everybody's posts! What a blessing for this site. So often the answers are so concise, so economical in the choice of words, so helpful. I have been archiving these answers, hoping someday to publish a reference work "Words of Wisdom from JWSOUNDGROUP". Chapter One: "Yes" followed by Chapter Two: "It Depends", Chapter Three: "Read the Effin' Manual", "Do a Search", and on and on.
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Analog Tape Trivia How much do you remember about recording to analog tape? Is the old-school way of recording still familiar to you? Find out with this quiz. Created By Scott Johnson on September 5, 2014 TAKE THE QUIZ
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Or more precisely, the Geogian era. More here: http://boingboing.net/2014/09/10/icons-adriana-duques-17th-c.html
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12 - 16 September 2014 Exhibition http://www.ibc.org Final design and specifications for Aaton Cantar X3 will be introduced. Who will be attend this year?
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NAGRA has a new website. http://www.nagraaudio.com
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A peaceful, non laborious and quiet (if you like quiet) day to all sound laborers everywhere. phil p
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http://www.neomatica.com/2014/08/27/designed-metasurface-thin-near-perfect-acoustic-absorber/ Maybe some of y'all saw this one already. But some scientists at Hong Kong University have created a type of sound absorption technology that relies on a metasurface suspended over a pocket of gas and a small weighted platelet that can be tuned to dampen a particular frequency nearly 100%. It also generates a small amount of energy. The down side is each membrane can only be tuned to absorb one frequency. But there is interesting potential Tl;dr Smart people have made super sound blankets
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Another aspect of current shooting protocol is the lack of rehearsal, the prospect of which at first didn't thrill me at all. Having cut my teeth in the film world like so many of us I was initially appalled when the first scene was blocked by second team and then we were informed by the AD's that there would be no rehearsal. But as the day went on I found the concept both challenging and exciting, instilling in me a sense of anticipation when I had six wires, multiple crosses, overlaps and of course the ubiquitous simultaneous wide and tight shots. It was fun! I now am sitting comfortably in the certainty that no rehearsal is a good thing for directors, in this genre any…
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Not so much...
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An important topic that concerns the Swiss film industry at the moment is the country’s exclusion from MEDIA support, which came about as a result of the national referendum “against mass immigration”, which took place in February this year. Measures such as the reintroduction of quotas and caps for the immigration of foreigners are not reconcilable with the free movement of people within the EU. For this reason, Switzerland can no longer participate in the MEDIA Programme. According to Ivo Kummer, head of the film department at the Federal Office of Culture, Swiss films run the risk of disappearing completely from cinemas in EU countries. This issue was discussed at …
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