Mick

"Sound in movies is constructed not captured. " For our movie bretheren's sake I'd like you to elaborate a little if you would.

I once heard of a technique that involved the placement of two identical mics, one for the desired sound and one pointed at the offending noise in order to phase it out. Theoretically possible I suppose gioven the time to experiment with placement and level balance.

So there we were outside the Staples Center, 11pm, streets blocked off, stunt drivers pumped and ready, microphones placed in optimum positions for stereo, the whole block lit up like a Xmas tree, crew safely esconced behind the appropriate barriers, cameras locked off and rolling, safety meeting details still fresh in our minds, (?) "Action" is called, the police car reverses at high speed into the villain's car and...a fart in a hurricane. I always rig up the maximum stereo potential in the hope that one of these days a car crash will actually sound like one of those that scream out of the movie screen, but alas it was not to be. Nothing but stereo porridge. I have in the past recorded some spectacular crashes that were just tweaked and supplemented in post with addidional glass and tortured metal sounds, but on this night banality prevailed and the adrenalin went unutilized. It's good to be back at work after a long and appreciated hiatus, mostly spent travelling and posting my short film, (still waiting for music). I've enjoyed reading the posts here and continue to appreciate the characters that haunt these virtual corridors. I went over and welcomed Mark McNabb(Ghost Whisperer) to the Universal neighborhood last week. Nice chap. Regards Mick