If you’re looking to build a career in post-production sound (sound for picture like television, film, web) there’s two primary routes: Work for yourself Work for a facility that specializes in post-production sound There’s advantages and disadvantages to both. If you don’t have a lot of experience, working for yourself could mean high competition for … Read More
We covered why you might want to work for a studio in Different Jobs at a Post-Production Sound Studio. Now we’re going to talk about how to land a studio job. 1. Get a recommendation from a connection A lot of studios do not post job listings online and hire by word of mouth instead. Sometimes … Read More
When you have a degree, Pro Tools chops, or job experience it may seem like a step back to start as an intern or PA at a studio. Why does it work this way? Studios need employees they can trust. If a studio can’t trust you to make a lunch order without errors and pick … Read More
Adobe Premiere Pro is known among sound editors and mixers to be problematic when receiving audio by AAF (or OMF). There’s bugs, features that aren’t compatible with the AAF/OMF formats, and very little information from Adobe about any of it. I’ll refer to two types of AAFs: “Embedded” and “link to source” (in Pro Tools terms); … Read More
Any time you’re working on a mix that’s going to broadcast, it’s important to ask for specs. Specs are essentially a set of rules for each broadcaster, such as: How loud content can be (overall average and peak levels) What format to deliver (files – including file type and bit depth; or tape) Specific mix … Read More
NEW: 10-part dialog editing blog found here! Different types of sound editing Sound editing for picture can be broken into different elements (and job titles): Dialog editing (dialog editor) Music editing (music editor) Sound FX editing/sound design (sound designer, sound fx editor) Foley editing (Foley editor) These roles could be different people or it could … Read More
One of the technical challenges in post-production is sharing media between video and audio. Here’s a basic overview of how it works. Audio on the Picture Side – what is the workflow? After a production shoot, video (from each camera) and all of the audio mics (captured to a recorder or the camera) are ingested/imported … Read More
Meet Yuki, one of my cats. She’s a tiny, feisty tabby. In 2015, we learned that Yuki (6 years old at the time) had gone deaf after having normal hearing most of her life. She probably lost her hearing gradually but it wasn’t obvious until one day when I was vacuuming right next to her … Read More