ABSTRACT
Professionals Giles Webb and Evan Brindle, both experienced in video recording and editing, agree that sound, not video, is the area of concern. Amateurs often forget about sound. If a video picture is slightly out of focus, overexposed or out of sync, viewers can carry on watching and follow the story. But, if sound is badly recorded we tend to wince and switch off. It is relatively easy to fix visual problems in the edit, for example, by cutting away to another shot, by changing the exposure to correct the colour, or by resizing the frame to improve the composition; if sound is poorly recorded or distorted it can be very difficult or impossible to salvage.
