ILavLA Posted May 15, 2010 Report Share Posted May 15, 2010 Need Sound Mixer and Boom, PAY. 5/22 (Chatsworth) Date: 2010-05-14, 4:04PM PDT Reply to: gigs-mpgfg-1741376625@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?] Looking for a 2 person sound team, mixer and boom. It's a one day shoot in an amazing house in chatsworth for a cooking show pilot. You must own your top notch equipment, be respectful to the location and obviously have chops in your work. The pay is $300 flat, both for you and your boom op (i'll leave it to you to figure out the money distribution). Probably a 10 hour shoot, daytime only. I can't stress enough how important the sound is on this production, this is a legit pilot with network interest that could very well get picked up! I need the cleanest, sharpest sound to cut with. Serious people only! We shoot next Saturday 5/22. Please send in some examples (must have), your equipment (i'm familiar with sound eq) to my email: jonsydneyc@gmail.com Cheers, Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hemmerlinj Posted May 15, 2010 Report Share Posted May 15, 2010 Food show and cleanest sharpest sound rarely occur at the same time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berniebeaudry Posted May 15, 2010 Report Share Posted May 15, 2010 Booming a cooking show would be a nightmare. Never mind the low pay! Bernie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProSound Posted May 15, 2010 Report Share Posted May 15, 2010 Every cooking show I have done is Lav only and the pay is bad. I use to do a cooking show for the food network until one day they informed me that I would have to use rental gear, boom and mix for $375.00 for 13 ( 1 hour off the clock lunch) I declined of course occasionally they will call me to fill in and every time The same producer pretends we have never spoken and offers me the same deal and I give the same answer no and I provide my normal rate. They then always tell me they will get back with me. Within the hour they call back and tell me they found someone at 375.00 but they will pay me 385.00 it is like ground hog day every time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hemmerlinj Posted May 15, 2010 Report Share Posted May 15, 2010 @Whiteny Ince Would that have been a Follow Productions job? If I'm not mistaken you live and work in the Southeast. If so, I've done the same job as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILavLA Posted May 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2010 I have no idea who the production co is. I just saw the ad on craigslist, which I only look at for laughs. I did not and would not do one of these jobs posted on craigslist. They are insulting to say the least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Steigerwald Posted May 15, 2010 Report Share Posted May 15, 2010 There's just so many things wrong with that ad, I don't even know where to start... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bondelev Posted May 16, 2010 Report Share Posted May 16, 2010 "I can't stress enough how important the sound is on this production†Obviously not or you would be paying more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studiomprd Posted May 16, 2010 Report Share Posted May 16, 2010 " this is a legit pilot " only in the poster's mind... real pilots have real budgets! " with network interest " define "network interest", please... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco Lopez Posted May 16, 2010 Report Share Posted May 16, 2010 Booming a cooking show would be a nightmare. Never mind the low pay! Bernie You're absolutely right. It's a total mess! I just finisihed a commercial and one location was in a big kitchen with lots of cacerols on fire with boiling water in it(director wanted the effect of the steam) and actors having the dialogue around it. I couldn't get any good sound under these conditions(boiling water, fire, etc) so I talked to the director and he understood the situation and my concerns (I guess he saw my frustration). So we ended up boiling the water right before every shot in a kettle and we got a clean sound. So, beside the low pay will you be able to get a clean sound under the pressure of finishing the episode? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studiomprd Posted May 16, 2010 Report Share Posted May 16, 2010 moviemaking is a lot of problem solving: dry ice in water makes great looking steam! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPSharman Posted May 16, 2010 Report Share Posted May 16, 2010 moviemaking is a lot of problem solving: dry ice in water makes great looking steam! Yes, but not good for cooking pasta! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco Lopez Posted May 16, 2010 Report Share Posted May 16, 2010 moviemaking is a lot of problem solving: dry ice in water makes great looking steam! Didn't know that. Thanks for the tip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael P Clark Posted May 17, 2010 Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 Staying OT here, moviemaking is a lot of problem solving: dry ice in water makes great looking steam! Didn't know that. Thanks for the tip Dry Ice in water makes the same noise as boiling water in a pot, with it's own noise characteristic that a boiling pot of water never makes. Such as squeeks and clanks in the pot from the dry ice melting. Especially if it's in a pot that would normally boil water. They both bubble, so why go through the trouble? Keep it simple. If the pot's not in the shot, take it from the set or turn it off, and get the dialog clean. Wild track the pot and let post smooth it all out. If the pot is in the shot just roll with it in the shot, working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ken Mantlo Posted May 17, 2010 Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 moviemaking is a lot of problem solving: dry ice in water makes great looking steam! Dry ice looks like dry ice. Steam rises and dry ice sinks and puddles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco Lopez Posted May 17, 2010 Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 Dry Ice in water makes the same noise as boiling water in a pot, with it's own noise characteristic that a boiling pot of water never makes. Keep it simple. If the pot's not in the shot, take it from the set or turn it off, and get the dialog clean... Thanks Michael, so dry ice it's not a good solution. That's what I also did. Every pot that was not in the CU or Medium shot I turned it off. The ones that they were the art dep would add only boiled water with the fire off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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