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Book Review - Producing Great Sound for Film
and Video by Jay Rose
Reviewed by Mark Shapiro
Capturing and
recording good sounding audio for video and
film projects is often the most difficult
aspect of production. They will overlook
mistakes in color balance, jump cuts, shaky
footage but the ear will catch every little
discrepancy in the soundtrack.
If you are
just starting out in video/film production,
you will find this book to be lifesaver.
If you have been working for a while in the
business you will manage to pick up a lot of
good tips and tricks to perfect your
techniques as well as saying, yep, I have
had that problem before. I found myself
saying "how come I didn't read this
book before I started shooting my
productions? It would have saved me a
lot of pain and agony.
"Producing
Great Sound for Film and Video" adroitly
integrates technical background of why audio
does what it does - the differences between
digital and analog, and various other
technical subjects. It is also filled with
wonderful real world guidance that, if
followed, will make your shows sound a heck
of a lot better and save you lots of time
and money trying to fix your audio mistakes.
The bundled
audio CD includes a nice assortment of audio
tests, demonstrations and tutorials that
complement the book's subject matter.
Make your film or video project sound as
good as it looks with this complete training
course by audio guru Jay Rose. You get
hundreds of professional, real-world
techniques that you can employ from
preproduction through the final mix. This is
a solution-oriented guide with FAQs, how-tos,
tips, and time savers.
* Includes time-tested guidelines and
recommendations that work no matter what
hardware or software package you use
* The audio CD includes diagnostics, demos,
and tutorial tracks to hone your skills.
You'll get a primer on how sound and digital
audio work as well as technical setups,
guidelines, and real solutions for:
* budgeting, scheduling, and preproduction
planning
* microphones and room acoustics
* recording dialog, voice-overs, ADR, and
effects
* postproduction hardware
* levels and digitizing
* working with music and sound effects
* producing the final mix
New to this edition:
* information on the latest cameras and
field recorders
* choices between single- and double-system,
and digital workflows
* the differences between traditional video
soundtracks and dialog-driven storytelling.
* Having trouble with the sound on your
video project? Find the solution in this
best-selling guide.
