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M.I.5.
by Guest Mick- 1 reply
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I'm a member of A.T.A.S. and as such receive quite a few DVDs each year that I watch and vote for in their respective categories. A couple of years ago I watched an episode of a British show called M.I.5. (Spooks in the U.K.) and was immensely impressed with it. Great stories, powerful acting and innovative directing and camera work. I'm guessing that "24" took at least a significant leaf out of their work book, having made judicious use of split screen editing and lots of hand-held cameras. The sound of this show is first rate, having an intense mix of dialogue, music and FX and I wondered if the production mixer was known to anyone in the forum, or even if he/she is a c…
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Hello - I am curious about experiences / experiments with the version 2.0 of SoundDevices 744T software.... I read that it will record, simultaneously, to 1) Internal Hard Drive 2) CF Cards and 3) external DVD-RAM, via USB.... For starters, is this working well for anyone out there - all 3 simultaneously ? Has anyone tried a SECOND DVD-RAM simultaneous mirror via USB ? (Loopthru or Powered Hub ? ) I am curious if the machine could handle it.... I am very used to the removable drive concept, having been onboard with Deva 2 for many years... it seems that the alternative recorders out there have skipped over this aspect of design ..... in favor of 80+ g…
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I have a friend in LA that needs some help editing a script readthrough to put on cd. Anyone interested? Larry
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Old/New school
by Guest Mick- 14 replies
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I haven't been in the film biz as long as some of you but I'm old school enough to remember mono Nagras being the cutting edge and VHF the latest in wireless. I used to own Vega and Micron systems until Lectro came out with their VHF quad box, but I'm "new school" enough to really appreciate non linear technology, UHF wireless and the envelope pushing that Zaxcom has done for our industry along with using monitors for cueing and just for the heck of being able to "record to picture". I don't lament the passing of old tried and true technology and I adopt and endorse any new advances that allow us to keep abreast of the times. The only "old school" aspect of the job I miss…
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I'm wondering if there is a good way to find UPMs or Production Coordinators in LA? I am returning to feature work in April, and after that I will be back in freelance after 22 months of a network gig. If anyone knows of someone that they enjoyed working for, I would appreciate their contact info, or a good way to look them up? Thanks, Tom
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  http://electricsheep.org/ This is an interesting project for a collaborative screensaver that David Brownlow turned me on to. I'm ready to post my first sheep, just waiting on a password. I wish I understood fractal images better. anyhoo check it out. Larry http://electricsheep.org/
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from a popular Mac website: One of the most exciting announcements I've seen in the run up to Macworld Expo and CES (who's the genius that scheduled these over each other anyway?) is the Solid State Disk or "SSD." SanDisk has announced a 32GB Ultra ATA 5000 1.8-inch SSD "drive" (it's really flash memory). Look for these bad boys to appear in computers "in the first half of 2007." Hmmm, time to revive the thin MacBook Pro/iTablet rumors? Regards, Jeff Wexler
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Your Christmas Gift...OT
by Guest Jeff Colon- 5 replies
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http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ Hello All, Although having nothing to do with recording audio, this is one of my fave-o-rite stops on the interweb. A Big Thank You to those who have helped and contributed here and on ramps...Thanks to Jeff Wexler for running a fine,respectable establishment. May we find the spirit of the season in our lives every day... Merry Christmas, JeffC
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by Guest GreyGross- 8 replies
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Last reply by Jeff Wexler, -
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Hello everyone, happy holidays! I am heading to Romania in early Feb of 07' for a 60 day shoot and I am in need of a Boom Op. Production would like me to hire someone from Europe. I know there has to be some great guys in London or Prague, I just don't know how to get ahold of them. Any help would greatly be appreciated! Warm regards, Keith Garcia, C.A.S.
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Recently I upgraded to a Deva V, which I am now wondering why I waited so long,but now comes the question of what to do with my Deva II, I am getting the impression that FAT 16 is becoming either obsolete or at least something that creates havoc at Post houses. I also got the feeling from some earlier posts somewhwere that newer Fostex DV40's can not read FAT 16, is this correct ? I was thinking of doing away with a DAT back-up which I do out of habit and use the Deva II as a backup. Though I have never lost audio with either Deva, hard drives do fail and I do feel the need to have a second machine on the cart. It seems using FAT 16 as a backup when everything was recor…
Last reply by Steve Eagle, -
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Working as a news/eng mixer is a good part of my work besides my traveling reality show work. Most of the news stuff is ABC & NBC stories, talking heads and newsmag shows. I work with a variety of shooters whom some are good and some are not so good. My question in this post is how to deal with the not so good. How do you deal with a shooter that has lousy lighting skills ? What do I do when I can light the interview better than he can? and often have to step in to do so to save the shoot for a panicking producer. I have 8 years experience in the Network News world, and I know what they expect as far as the look of the interview. I feel that part of my rep…
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Union Blues?
by Guest Mick- 2 replies
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For years now I have paid my union dues, enjoyed the benefits of membership in local 695 and appreciated the health care program and pension potential on behalf of my family and me. I read with interest the direction that the "695 streaming video" post took after its initial posting by Crew. I've never taken an interest in union meetings because I've had a laissez-faire attitude to what I considered to be an area of concern but not of influence, which of course is totally misguided. Over the years I've listened to stories, rumours and even direct propaganda from union reps who were just self-serving and as transparent as Paris Hilton's blouse, but to my shame I've had a "…
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Hi guys i am from the pal world... If i am doing a double system on a DAT recorder, what film rate should i set to? The camera is a HD camera... Shouold i still record at 25 FPS or 29.97NDF?
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Here's a quote from Zaxcom's description of the ZFR100: "Zaxcom's new system also features special software that eliminates the problem of flash memory burnout due to the continuous writing of the flash card directory as if it were a hard drive." Is this a real problem? Any other flash card users experience this? I'm exploring investing in one of the compact recorders and don't have any experience with them yet. Thanks, Greg
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I'm wondering what people's reactions to the Zaxcom products showcased in LA yesterday are? I wasn't able to make it to Coffey.
Last reply by old school, -
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Hello, Today an incident occured while filming that inspired this post. The scene is; a woman helps an injured police officer into his car (passanger seat), runs around to the drivers side and peals out. Simple right? Sure! The kind of scene that both my Boom Op and I agree that a "flag pole" solution is the thing to do (play it safe with reflections) So the only problem is that as soon as she hits the gas, she also turns on the siren ripping our heads off. Ouch! I ripp of my headphones, franticly pull the fader to 0 turn around still in severe shock and find the peanut gallery at video village laughing their tails off. "how was that for sound, ha ha" Now l…
Last reply by Mike Borlace, -
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tried asking this question over on ramps, but got few responses... can anyone tell me generally what type of cloth/clothing makes the least amount of noise? or maybe the most amount of noise? for a small project coming up i need to rely heavily on lavs and the director asked me if i could recommend what kinds of fabric the actors should wear. i told him cottons are generally pretty good, especially if they are on the thicker side. any advice? -greg-
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Last reply by John Blankenship, -
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Ok, i will admit it. I'm a huge Star Trek fan. I've always been one, and I always will be one. So, when i saw that on Star Trek.com, they had a new interview with Bill Shatner, i decided to take a look. Well, the interview wasn't the most ensightful (althoug it was a little amusing) somewhere near the end, i hear the farmiliar sound of a cell phone interfering with the signal. I thought at first it was my phone affecting my computer speakers, but in the interview, the reporter realises his phone was ringing, and Bill Shatner decides to answer for him. A funny moment that only a sound person could truly appreciate. http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/arti…
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Hey! I'm in Mnesota and working on a show that required me to pull TC from a varicam. I own a 744 with th eversion 2.03 software. I am experiancing a sort of a prblem. The 744 frezzes when I atempt to change the scene name 50% of the time. SD staff and David Cerra in particular have been really great at helping me with this problem. The varicam is running at 23.98 and the 744 is set to 29.97nd ext TC rec run. has anyone have problems pulling TC from th Varicam and using other recorders. Love to hear from you. Bartek
Last reply by Philip Perkins, -
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Hi all, Thanks again for starter package equipment advice last week. I've been asked to do a corporate/industrial shoot ; 10-15 full days spread over 3 months. The business part is new to me so any "rate" advice will be highly apreciated. I'm in Toronto, Canada. Here's what they need from me for their 1 or 2 camera shoots: 4 CH ENG mixer Shotgun and Hyper on boom 4 Wireless rigs All additional basic gear:cabling, power, etc. Backup audio to my Tascam HD-P2 I can handle pricing a basic setup, but how do I quote on 4 wireless units? Do I do a basic rate quote for typical gear including 1 wireless, and quote an additional rate for each additional wireless?…
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Sounds interesting. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6129460.stm
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Hi everyone ! I know that this subject has been covered on the RAMPS portal but I would like to discuss this a little further. Today I did a sitdown interview with a very soft spoken woman. I had placed an MKH-50 over her head approx. 2 feet away. On my mixer I had my trim set to 4 oclock and my fader between 1-3 oclock. No excessive system noise, just more ambient present. This seems like quite a bit of gain, and I can hear the heads on an older Betacam. To compensate for the loudness I often then turn my headphone volume down to a comfortable monitoring volume. (which may be the wrong thing to do) (Note: typically I try to peak at +6dbu or more on the mixers met…
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