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"Awesome Sound Design on a Tight Budget"


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No disrespect for this guy, but I had some problems with the article. At times it read like a brand-specific prosumer equipment pitch. And room tone "with noone else there" wont help you cut DX very well.

For all of his other impressive credits:

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Plantec

I dont see much for movie-sound

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087597/reviews-72?mode=desktop

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Steven

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atheisticmystic..love the name....If you actually read my article...you probably have some good points to make.  I have sound design and engineering experience and I was the OM at a WAMU in Washington DC.  But my real experience is working with young film makers.  I would appreciate if you would make comments at the bottom of the article.  I yield to your far more vast experience and if you make useful comments we all learn.  Seriously, if this sound rude...it is not ment that way.  And Honestly, I have no connection with any of the people or products mentioned.  I just know they work well and are reasonably priced.  I found the young composer on line and he is talented and works cheap...i like his film music.  Other than that I have no connection with him...wait...he recently friended me on FB.  I hope this answers some of your questions Bondelev...I see you are fellow Coloradan. I live up in the Aspenish area.  Don't hold it against me...I've been her since before you had to be a millionaire.

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I admire the effort the author put into a large complex subject to distill it into a simplified overview for the beginner class film makers. My biggest problem with articles like this is that it perpetuates the myth of the one man band able to do it all. It really is a collaborative art form when done right. My advice sound wise would be to forget the prosumer toys and hire the best real sound man you can find and afford and listen to what he has to offer and help him get you good production dialog. In post, bring on a guy/gal who knows their way around post sound and design and let them work behind & beside the picture editor. One person can't do it all well IMO. It takes a team. Any story worth telling will cost in time & money. Why do it half ass?  Raise the money it will take before you to make a film is the lesson most need to learn. 

CrewC

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I admire the effort the author put into a large complex subject to distill it into a simplified overview for the beginner class film makers. My biggest problem with articles like this is that it perpetuates the myth of the one man band able to do it all. It really is a collaborative art form when done right. 

 

That is absolutely right. I go nuts whenever I deal with a wanna-be who's trying to produce, edit, direct, edit, and mix their film... because they think they can. The right answer to give to them is: "go raise more money and hire people who are better than you are."

 

The sad reality for a lot of these people is that if they're lucky to get a meeting with a distributor, the guy's gonna get 10 minutes into the film and say, "I'm sorry... the sound kinda sucks and you're going to need a lot of fixes before this is ready for release." (And this is beyond story, acting, and all the other artistic considerations.) And most distributors will not pay for this kind of work.

 

The other thing that makes me crazy is when I encounter people who believe because they own one piece of software (or a software suite) they can handle every aspect of cutting picture, sound, VFX, color, and titles. The truth is, you frequently need different software -- even multiple pieces of software -- for all of these things. There is no Swiss Army Knife that does it all. And trying to cut and mix feature or TV-series sound within a picture editing program is fraught with problems. 

 

Young sound mixers need to know the value of what CrewC says above: that filmmaking is a collaborative effort -- particularly in post -- and you need to find specialists who know more about editing, sound mixing, visual effects, and color than they do. I get if they don't have a lot of money, but again, the answer is... find more money, or at least find people who can work within a reasonable budget.

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