Sound Production

sound department

sound guy

offset monitoring
manage boom operator

boom operator

capturing actor’s voices

Sound department

Utility sound technician (2nd AC)

Equipment maintenance
Mic placement
Cable management
Keeping people quiet
Operating the boom

Microphones patterns

Ominidirectional:

subcardioid

cardioid

supercardioid

hypercardioid

bi- directional

shotgun

Before editing anything, the very first thing you need to do is to sync the sound with the camera footage.

ADR

Automated dialogue replacement.

Bringing actors back into re record the audio over existing camera footage.

Sound designers and Foley artists.

The sound designers has the job to create a space that seems real, they will make ambience as birds chirping in the background or even lasers.

The Foley artist records sounds that the sound designers can use.

Music is typically the last post productions.

Types of microphones

1) Lavalier

It is a small microphone used for interviews, theatre and short films, because they focus on the voice of the speaker and limit the ambience sound.

With this type of microphone we need to be careful of the surrounding areas where it rests.

For example:

it can be anatomical
or costume based

Items around the neck and chest may interfere with the sound being picked up by the lavalier.

Shotgun Microphone

Zoom H1

Zoom H1 is a sound/ voice recorder that allows us to capture sound/audio from a conversation or interview. This device is helpful in podcast and Foley sound.

The H1 device is hand held, it can also be placed in pockets, or similar. It is the responsibility of the crew to hide the cables and the recording devices from the camera, specially in short films.

The zoom h1 works well with common headphones and microphones (3.5 jack/ mini jack)

ZOOM H4

The zoom h4 is similar to the h1 however its bigger and twice the cost.

Mics on set

It is the responsibility of the crew to hide the cables and recording devices from the camera

If you are hiding wires in clothing do not touch your cast, ask them to hide it for you.