Gaby de Haan CAS Posted November 16, 2016 Report Share Posted November 16, 2016 Hello, Here's is something I would like to share with you all. Sometimes when one is recording a sound-take for a feature, drama etc, there is a soundbite in the track that is a worth mentioning in the soundreport. Church bells, door slam, whatever. It even doesn't have to be for the current production, just a nice sound in general. Nowadays we use the metadata in the sound files to make a remark of this. The postproduction sound studio can easily search for keywords in the metadata corresponding with these sound files. Is it an idea to have of a keyword, that's not a common word, but a word we can use in the metadata for soundbites like this. For example the word "gift". If one search on the word gift in all the metadata of the entire production, all these nice soundbites popping in one list... Cheers, Gaby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Immoral Mr Teas Posted November 22, 2016 Report Share Posted November 22, 2016 BONUS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Wielage Posted November 22, 2016 Report Share Posted November 22, 2016 Gee, "SFX" might work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaby de Haan CAS Posted November 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2016 I also thought about SFX, but that is maybe to much a common word. BONUS looks like a simple good one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Rose Posted November 25, 2016 Report Share Posted November 25, 2016 ExtraPFX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Blankenship Posted November 25, 2016 Report Share Posted November 25, 2016 I think simply: XTRA. It's just four letters -- it's obvious what it means -- and it's not easily confused with any of our other nomenclature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaby de Haan CAS Posted December 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2016 XTRA, Even better! SFX is already a widely used term, and this one fits nicely into my list of comments in the sound report. thanks everyone! greetings from the Netherlands! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wandering Ear Posted December 10, 2016 Report Share Posted December 10, 2016 I often use PFX. I like XTRA too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Perkins Posted December 10, 2016 Report Share Posted December 10, 2016 PFX is something I as a postie understand w/o needing it defined for me....I vote for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikewest Posted December 11, 2016 Report Share Posted December 11, 2016 I use W/T / or VO / or ATMOS and a description in the notes of the 644 Also you can can add a verbal at the time to relate to scene number(s) mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaby de Haan CAS Posted December 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2016 What does PFX stands for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VASI Posted December 13, 2016 Report Share Posted December 13, 2016 Production Sound Effects? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniel Posted December 13, 2016 Report Share Posted December 13, 2016 Does PFX apply if the source is on screen or not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wandering Ear Posted December 13, 2016 Report Share Posted December 13, 2016 I think "production effects" apply to any unique noise that is recorded cleanly and is useful to post for sound design. In post I often create seperate PFX tracks during a dialog edit, which aids in M&E creation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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