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  1. Last September I was hired by a LA company; Beverly Boy Productions to work on an Industrial film for Roku. Roku had rented out an entire high end resort in Santa Fe NM where I live. Beverly Boy hired the crew and made the deals via their producer. Since I didn’t work much last year I was glad to have the job. I should have been more careful when the producer said if it was OK that Beverly Boy paid in 30 days.
    They didn’t pay. I did not have or did I ask for a deal memo. Beverly Boy has a good rep and has done many productions. I did have emails, text messages and a call sheet with my name on it and the producers contact numbers. I waited for a month after the 30 days to start contacting Beverly Boy for payment and was told at least three times that I would be paid before the Holidays. That came and went then it was next and next week again. They not only didn’t pay me but the entire local crew got stiffed. One crew member has filed in small claims court in NM and has since discovered that Beverly Boy has not paid many crews on other productions and a Lawyer has been hired to file a Class Action Lawsuit against them. I’m not a lawyer but this is fraud. Not only that they crossed state lines to commit this fraud but to my understanding that makes it racketeering. To my stupefaction they sent me a 1099 for the payment I did not receive. It would seem that they want to claim my none payment on their taxes possibly as a business deduction.
    It seems obvious now that the owner of the company Kael Beverly had no intention of paying the crew for the job. I don’t know if his producers got paid. You can look him and his company up online. I’ve been doing this a long time and this is the first time I have been ripped off so blatantly. This is a high profile company working for a huge company, this had to be planned by a real swindler. Hope it doesn’t happen to you.

  2. Thank you MIx for your Sound for Film and TV  online event. Several of the production mixers mentioned extensive use earwigs. It sounded like they had a bushel of the things. Enough to cover a whole orchestra or dance troupe. (It sounded like this will be the next wave sound reinforcement for directors to be able to be inside the actors heads). I used to carry 6 of the Phonaks but now I'm down to just 3.

    Does any one know what the preferred replacements are? I heard there is a range extender for the Roger system that makes them useable,

    (but still a sizable investment). Is anyone using the Blue Tooth ones?  Thanx David B

     

  3. I knew him, liked him, and as already said he was generous, kind and helpful to everyone who came into his shop.

    I went there the first week he was open. I still have a T-Shirt. He came along at exactly the right time.

    As I remember it he started Coffey Sound because he got side ways over equipment with the old Location Sound (was that Professional Sound) and had to open his shop to supply himself and friends. The competition with LSC helped bring many new things to the community.

    My condolences to his family. He deserves a Headphone marker on the Sound Mixers walk of fame.

     

     

  4. Richard H. Topham, 68, of Long Branch, died Friday, August 18th at Monmouth Medical Center.

    Rich was born in Augusta, GA. He graduated from Methacton High School and spent time in Long Branch shortly after. He married the love of his life Arlene Topham who he met in California, and they went on to raise four children in his grandfather's home on Kingsley. For over 20 years he owned and operated Professional Sound Services, New York. He was known to help many professionals in the TV/Film world start their Sound career and service their equipment. He later retired in 2016, where he spent most of his time at the Poconos cabin, deep sea fishing in Mexico and tanning in Hawaii.

    Rich enjoyed storytelling, skeet and trap shooting, gardening, fishing, reading and traveling the world. Most of all, he loved his wife and family, and was an adventurous father and grandfather. He will be sincerely missed by all who knew him.

    Rich is predeceased by his late wife Arlene Topham; he is survived by his four loving children Lauren Malapit and her husband Earl of HI, Justine Groeger of Long Branch, Kathleen Topham of Brooklyn, and Richard Topham III and his wife Fallon of Hazlet; sisters Debbie Martel of CA and Ruthann Morrison and her husband Mike of TX; his brother Martin Topham of CA; and grandchildren Jack and Max Groeger, Anela Malapit, and Meryn Topham.

    Richard has requested no official service or funeral. To share a favorite memory or send a message of condolence to Richard’s family, please visit his tribute page at www.woolleyboglioli.com.

  5. SoundWalkers 

    I'll be teaching a seminar for Local 480 members looking to  get into the Sound Department 

    Do you have suggestions for Apps that might be good to have for new Utilities?

    I have LectroRM, Wingman, FreqFinder 

  6. I'm looking for suggestions about how to handle multiple, (3) actors in full body robot like costumes. They need to have full duplex
    coms with each other and the director. The production said do you have comteks for the actors. Yes, but do you understand that the actors own dialogue need to be iso'd (is that a word) from their comtek feed otherwise it will feed back to them and cause a distracting echo that will likely be too much for their own intelligibility. Another problem is the 2 way coms I'm familiar with like the HME systems that the camera departments use; have a large headset and boom mics which probably wouldn't work in a full body enclosed costume. Any other 2 way coms that would require a "Push To Talk" are obviously out of the question because the actors can't physically do it. I have easily done 2 way phone conversations with 2 separate comtek transmitters and a mix minus on the actors iso outputs. I have 3 comtek transmitters and 4 Lectro IFB's which I could conceivably make into 3 separate actor feeds and still have IFB's for everybody else; like the director, the crowd (which I call the Video Village audience) the booming and utility and maybe camera department (which could be operators and assistants), still need to take care of AD's and possible effects crew and PA's. There sure are a lot of crew out there that need to follow along. Any of your suggestions and observations would be appreciated. Say a prayer for us here in New Mexico this year it our turn for our state to burn.

     

  7. I know this may have been covered many times before; but is there a definitive source for the term MOS?

    "Mit Out Sound" isn't a german phrase and "minus optical track" doesn't make any sense.

     

     

     

  8. I have mic'd many helmets and found that any mic near the mouth or even in any area below the eye line can lead to trouble.

    I have had the best luck and most natural sound putting a cos-11 in the top forehead area near the brim of the helmet. This goes for all helmets

    sports, military, construction and space. This seems to open the mic up like any overhead or boom mic. Lower down can lead to all kinds of sound 

    anomalies, proximitiy effects, overloading and other problems. The main problem would be if you can't hide the mic lead. 

    I have also put the whole transmitter in the helmet to avoid that.

  9. Does anyone know if Films are still "Bonded" In other words is there an Insurance Policy taken out on a Production to cover the Investors

    if the film can not be completed?  Do studios (like Netflix) self Insure. I know Actors need to have Physicals before they start 

    shooting and are Insured by some companies.  In the Insurance Industry there is a person called an Actuary who analysis the risk

    taken by an Insurance policy. Anybody know anyone in the Film Insurance business who has heard if this is still happening for films?

    Or is it all about just following the Virus Guidelines and we all go back to work? 

  10. Does anyone know if the mini headphone jack on the IFBR1B can be repaired in the field?

    My biggest problem with the Lectro IFB's is the headphone jack wearing out or being damaged.

    I am guessing that you'll need at least 1 extra rechargeable battery with every unit, how many batteries will they come with?

     

  11. Is there a way to get the Sound Report from the HD on a 788? 

    When you create the report, it saves it to the HD and the CF card.

    When you back up the Folder on the HD with the report in it, it does not

    copy over the report to whatever your backing up to, or so it seems.

    It only copies the Report over the one time you create it to the CF card.

     

     

     

  12. The 2 person sound crew is making a comeback thanks to the International.

    "Comeback Trail" (no joke) staring Robert DeNiro, Morgan Freeman and Tommy Lee Jones is coming to New Mexico

    to start shooting next week. Producers have figured out they can come to NM and by-pass the ASA contract

    and sign "One Off's". Not only do they get reduced crew at reduced rates they also get the local rebates.

    There are eleven producers listed on iMDB, no downsizing there. 

    This is the second time I know of a major production doing this. The other film was Hell or High Water.

    Now that the International has made this a standard for "One Off's " why would any other producer allow for more than a 2 person crew?

    Does anyone know of other departments that producers can restrict the number of crew? 

    Is there anyone at 695 aware of this change in crew staffing? 

    Concerned and pissed off that major film can get away this, who signs these contracts at the International?

    Frantically (spell check)  and Sororally 

    David Brownlow

     

     

  13. This is the quietest practical fire apparatus I have ever worked with. The flame is nearly completely silent.

    It belongs to Prop Master Randy Moore. The first time I worked with it was on Cosmos season 3. We had a scene 

    with a line of fire pits that the host had to walk past. The flame was at least 2 - 3 feet high coming out of caldrons. 

    Not a sound except for an occasional snap from the flame in the wind. Because the gas is allowed to come out of

    so many holes there is no pressure driving the flame causing the hissing sound. 

  14. Hello LA and NYC brothers and sisters there's a rumor going around out in here in the rain starved desert about the IA signing off on some sort of 14 hour day rule.

    Is this for 600 only or is it another overly optimistic hearsay. Is it April already?  Cheers and good luck for a prosperous year. 

  15. Has anyone tried any of the many external mics available for the iPhone 7 with the Lightning connector?

    I found a very simple audio recording app called VoiceRecorder. I like the Old School interface that looks like a cassette recorder.

    Do you have one that you use?

     

     

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