Chris Woodcock

Don't think a lot of you realize if everyone just used the search feature, didn't ask questions then the traffic on this site would drop alot, if you don't like reading theses then don't reply on the threads. Its simple

I am irish and that's the first time I have heard that definition, then again I am a plastic paddy

Irish Diplomacy?

You are forgetting make up are artists! We are just a bunch of techies with thousands of pounds worth of electronics why should we get paid more?

To top it all off I crashed my car on that job too. Best example I can give is we were filming in a stationary car with the two actors speaking to each other, there is a running joke that the character has this big fancy car that hardly starts, so the director pulls a spark plug to make sure the engine never starts but during the scene you can't hear the lines over the sound of the engine trying to start and the actor fumbling with the keys in the ignition. Now you can't see any of this in shot, so I approach the first AD (who is talking to the director), who has gone on to ruin another job from what I hear. I tell them we can't see any of this and it needs to be mimed as the audience won't hear what's being said that the engine noise is a post job. To which the director blows up on me shouting down to me that he can do what ever he wants in post and that he needs the energy that the car makes when it does not start. I thinks its because I'm 25 people think I'm a student and I have no clue what I am talking about. So between that and the car crash it nearly stopped me from doing this as a career ........... and breath, rant over

On a job I did recently which was horrible the director and the AD had no clue about sound and it was going to sound awful I went to speak to the first AD about it, telling him about the issue we are having with sound his response was "Well it will look amazing" My blood boiled

What AA rechargeables do people recommend I bought £60 of Uniross batts and there were awful, any better recommendations?

Could some explain the tuna thing to me I think I missed the meeting on that topic

Not sure if this forum can run the plug in but on the p8ntballer website it had a feedback section on user profiles so people could see if there where good sellers or not. Here was mine http://p8ntballer-forums.com/members/cerberus.12174/

Sorry should of specified I meant for practical reasons not technical

Would you use this at the mic end or mixer end?

Dam I am in Ireland but I want one :-(

Think he was being sarcastic :-)

North Face Hedghogs I use them indoors on sets ects and then have a decent pair of hiking boots for tricky outdoor locations both are water proof and gortex which is essential and more important they comfortable

On a feature film last year we were filming the front of a shop blowing up (it gets hit by an rpg in the script) and the 788 just died after the turnover and as a result missed the explosion, luckly the mixer I was working for had the 744 recording backup so we didn't miss it, but it does happen

Long time reader just signed up tonight. Quick bio, So my name is Chris I am a sound mixer / boom operator based in N.Ireland been working professinally for over a year now, long term plans spend another year in N.Ireland and then maybe move to London or LA, have to see where I end up Anyway that is it, just saying hi and nice to meet you Chris Woodcock www.cw-sound.co.uk

I think that is a bit unfair, this is a new machine and it is expected there will teething problems, there will be 1000's of nomads out there and your only seeing the problemss that people put on the forums, you wont see all the good stories out there I am very happy I purchased one and have no regrets