Sound’s important!
For your sound design, do your main sound bed first.
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Low-Budget Filmmaking Tip #162
Plus, er, earplugs.
When using a microphone, watch the sound levels of the recording device.
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Low-Budget Filmmaking Tip #144
And check for humming technicians, too.
If you’re getting a hum in your sound, replace your cables with shielded cables, or new cables, or at least don’t run them next to or across power cables. Make sure they’re properly grounded.
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Low-Budget Filmmaking Tip #142
Really, Beware of Thunder!
Before you plan a shoot, record the ambient sound from the location and go somewhere else and really listen to it. Make sure you aren’t missing something that’s going to bedevil you later, such as an elevator, nearby crowd noises, crashing sounds from across the street, whatever. It’s usually easier to find a new location than to clean up crap audio.
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Low-Budget Filmmaking Tip #67
Aieee!
Easy on using the Wilhelm Scream as a sound effect. Ten years ago, it was cute, but nowadays enough people know of it that using it actually distracts from your movie and breaks the story.
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Low-Budget Filmmaking Tip #64
And now, a moment of silence…
Get at least one minute of clean ambient sound from every location. This is very important.
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Low-Budget Filmmaking Tip #56
Including conversations between takes, mind you…
Whoever’s holding the microphone boom pole needs headphones. They must be able to hear what the microphone’s picking up.
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Low-Budget Filmmaking Tip #53
The Wind Sounded Great!
ADR (depending on who you ask) is Automatic Dialogue Replacement. That’s when your actors come in to the studio and record lines over the outside crappy recording from on set. Pretty much every time you record outside, or in a noisy environment (such as a non-studio), you’re going to have to record ADR. Just plan for it.
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Low-Budget Filmmaking Tip #36
Even at the dollar store!
If you can’t pipe your sound into your camera, borrow a camera with a microphone jack and use that to record audio. There is no real difference between a ’spensive 16-bit digital recorder and a 10-year old Handicam that records sound in 16 bits. Except, well, cost.
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