fieldmixer Posted September 11, 2014 Report Share Posted September 11, 2014 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 anything, nobody goes and tells the projectionist. But if the sound goes out, there is a riot in the theater, right? But if the picture sucks, or if you had to run because the police are after you, and the camera is jiggling all over the place, the audience is not going, “Hey, why is that camera jiggling? Hey, stop the camera jiggling!" Let's say you didn't shoot something entirely in focus, you had to shoot it really quickly. The audience doesn't care -- IF the story is strong, AND they can hear it. That's what they're paying attention to. Don't cheat on the sound. Don't be cheap with the sound. It's so important, the sound, when making a documentary." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadoStefanov Posted September 11, 2014 Report Share Posted September 11, 2014 regardless of what people think about Michael Moore , he is a good successful story teller. And naming sound as the most important part of the story telling earns my respect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonG Posted September 11, 2014 Report Share Posted September 11, 2014 Agreed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old school Posted September 11, 2014 Report Share Posted September 11, 2014 Sadly many people turn off or close their mind once they hear his name. I'd add a 14th rule. Don't become the subject. CrewC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karlw Posted September 11, 2014 Report Share Posted September 11, 2014 Amen! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hartonjohn Posted September 23, 2014 Report Share Posted September 23, 2014 Agreed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Reilly Posted September 28, 2014 Report Share Posted September 28, 2014 To prove this point, look (or listen) no further than radio... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Gilchrist Posted October 10, 2014 Report Share Posted October 10, 2014 A gig I did with Mike 20 years ago that might have saved me some cash: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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