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Michael P. Clark is a production sound mixer based out of Atlanta, and is currently mixing The Walking Dead. He's also done season two of Stranger Things, Good Eats (one of my personal favorite shows), Feasting on Asphalt (another personal fav), and many others. Here's the full video where we talk about working on these shows and other things. Thanks, Mike, for taking the time out of your weekend to do this with me. I really appreciate it!
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Here's a short preview of a video chat I did with Michael P. Clark, who mixes The Walking Dead, Stranger Things, and has done other shows such as Good Eats and Feasting on Asphalt. The longer video that this is from will be available soon.
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I'm starting a new video chat series with audio professionals, and this is my first one. Thanks to Jan McLaughlin for taking the time out of her busy day to sit down with me via video chat.
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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — The howling gale forces winds, whipped up by a potent atmospheric river, whistled through the railing grates of the Golden Gate Bridge, creating an eerie sound track for the storm as it ripped through the San Francisco Bay Area. [snip] Is it a hum? A ghostly wail? A Brian Eno-style soundtrack for the world’s most beautiful bridge? The noise is not easy to describe. Howell had been chasing the source since April. Rest of the story: https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2021/10/24/video-howling-atmospheric-river-winds-making-golden-gate-bridge-sing/ And from yesterday's storm:
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Dear Colleagues, i am an experienced production sound mixer from Berlin, Germany, just visiting LA for some days. While i use the time to visit your local sound equipment stores and rentals, to test newest technology and to find helpful gadgets which makes our life's on set easier, gadgets you may have here in Hollywood we may not know in Germany... I also would love to visit a working set to find out how you are working here on the bigger sets in Hollywood we may seldom have, to exchange experience and to learn new stuff. If you feel possible to offer, this would be great. My websites shows the projects i were working on, from feature film to documentary, both for ci…
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I thought that doing a movie in Huntsville AL at the space research center would be RF purgatory. Wrong. Block 21 has worked flawlessly for me for four weeks. Ninety percent if not more of this project has been on wires because of a combination of background noise and directorial style. Wide and tight all day long and huge turbines and air conditioners in the center have prevented the use of boom mics but we've done really well using the wires even in close ups. I don't know if my career will evolve from TV series to movies, I don't mind either way, but I do know that the more we succeed at providing production audio on wires that is on a par with larger diaphragm mic rec…
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If you work in sound or film, you will come to know the name Walter Murch by your colleagues' tone when they say it. This is the man responsible for movies you remember for the dance between sound and picture—he shaped them both—The Conversation, The English Patient, Apocalypse Now, Cold Mountain—and those are just a few of his picture editing and sound mixing credits. Read more here: http://transom.org/2005/walter-murch/
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When I first learned that William Friedkin of "Exorcist" and "French Connection" fame was to direct an episode of "CSI", I was intrigued and quite honestly excited. I also had some misgivings about how a movie director used to large budget productions would handle the physical, budgetary and time confines of episodic TV. I must confess to thoughts of long hours, endless setups and grandiose ideas that would be hard to justify on a TV show known for its economy of grandeur. What a pleasant surprise then, when he turns out to be a funny, energetic motivational seventy four year old with the attitude and enthusiasm of a guy half his age. He made the actors bring their "A" …
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https://www.revox.com/en/classics/tapes.html
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Interesting... WAV audio files are now being used to hide malicious code Steganography malware trend moving from PNG and JPG to WAV files. [a couple excerpts] The technique is known as steganography -- the art of hiding information in plain sight, in another data medium. The first of these two new malware campaigns abusing WAV files was reported back in June. Symantec security researchers said they spotted a Russian cyber-espionage group known as Waterbug (or Turla) using WAV files to hide and transfer malicious code from their server to already-infected victims. The second malware campaign was spotted this month by BlackBerry …
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Somewhat overlooked in the outrage over the 400 hours requirement are some other key aspects of the new contract. For anyone who doesn't know this already, Gary Dunham's comments, cross-posted below, sadly says it all: (my emphasis added) Provision in the new contract; On covered programs for original New Media rates and terms of employment are freely negotiable, except that union security, grievance and arbitration and no strike/no lockout provisions will apply. No mandatory staffing and full interchange of classifications will also apply. In what universe does a union agree to, and recommend ratification of, this language? It is clearly not a union at all.…
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An often overlooked frightening provision in the new proposed contract: â€�On covered programs for original New Media rates and terms of employment are freely negotiable, except that union security, grievance and arbitration and no strike/no lockout provisions will apply. No mandatory staffing and full interchange of classifications will also apply.â€� In what universe does a union agree to, and recommend ratification of, this language? It is clearly not a union at all. It is a self-serving, cabal of hypocrites interested in only one thing... their bloated salaries. The term "union security" does not mean security for the members; it means security for the orga…
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SARAMONIC SR-WM4C WIRELESS MICROPHONE REVIEW We received a wireless microphone from Saramonic. It’s the SR-WM4C. The wireless microphone costs $90, which is surprisingly cheap compared to my Senheizer G3 set of $630. So we took the Saramonic mic to the test and listed all the pro’s and cons in this video. Rest of review (if for some masochistic reason you care...I only made it through 30 seconds of the video above...but thought I'd share :-/) http://www.cinecom.net/reviews/saramonic-sr-wm4c-wireless-microphone-review/
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Very pleased to see Larry Fisher here --- Welcome! As for R.A.M.P.S. party at NAB becoming JWSOUND.NET party, this is something I would not like to see. The R.A.M.P.S. tradition should go on even as the R.A.M.P.S. usenet group loses some of its luster. That said, this year I will be unable to make it to NAB --- working on a movie that won't wrap until late April. - Jeff Wexler
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I used to try and welcome new members to JWSOUND, right after they had signed up, but I have stopped doing that for two reasons: one is that we have a whole lot more people signing up everyday, way more than we used to; and two, so many people sign up without using their own names (and in some instances, display names that don't even seem like names). It just doesn't seem right to welcome "headpooch23" (no offense to the real headpooch, you're not the only one). So, I would encourage, again, that people sign up their names. Fortunately, they often find the long running thread "Who I Am Today" and then we get to know who they are (and welcome them). I guess it's not re…
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Welcome also to one of our latest members: the great Moe Chamberlain, brother to our very own legendary Crew Chamberlain.
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Welcome to Jay Rose who has just joined our Group. I am very pleased to see you here.
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Location sound mixing is out of the question. I can barely walk. Missed some serious work. ): Anybody else ever had herniated discs?
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Wet work
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I seem to be somewhat of a magnet for classic sound crew anecdotal occurences lately. Monday morning, a little chilly, north Hollywood location, no big deal. Elderly well respected actress charming the crew and doing as well as can be expected given her age and fragility. We do all her coverage and then turn around. Ten minutes later a p.a. strolls gingerly up to the sound cart where I am busy doing the L.A. Times weekend crossword. She is holding the aforementioned actress's transmitter by the very tip of the antenna in a rubber gloved hand. This is clue number one that this is probably not good. With an apologetic smile she says... "Ms ----- dropped this." "Where?"…
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Not for the faint of heart. This is WFO to me, as in a full throttle Adrenalin fix.
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Is there anyone who works at WGN who can explain this? The audio suddenly goes out on their morning news show.
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Working now on "Hitchcock, The Making of Psycho". Soon we have stage scenes with equipment and crew filming the psycho movie. Does anyone know what type of microphone would be of that vintage? Would they have used a fisher boom or a mole Richardson boom? Also, is there a male boom operator (only because in those times there were no females) out there that knows how to use this piece of equipment proficiently that is also a member of sag? Let me know...Thanks
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Let me set the scene: Commercial/Promo shoot. Small to medium size crew. Pretty standard morning, 1 to 2 talent, wireless and boom, audio and TC to red camera, back up on 744t, transcription record as well, feed to VTR, comtek feeds, etc... We're waiting during a change over while the grips set up a green screen. The Director decides to make a joke and announces aloud to the crew in the room: "Hey guys, what do you think is easier, VTR or Sound?" ...Mostly silence ensues. No one chimes in. I look over at the VTR (good guy BTW) who I've worked with on a number of shoots and sort of shrug my shoulders in a "what a douche bag" sort of way. I don't say anyth…
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Saw this video doing the rounds on 'the book and enjoyed it... thought some here might like it too http://youtu.be/8nif01WZ9aI Reminds me of how lucky I am to be doing something I enjoy, and earning a decent dollar too
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