ABSTRACT

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.

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.

part I|58 pages

Audio Basics

chapter 1|17 pages

How Sound Works

chapter 2|21 pages

How Digital Audio Works

chapter 3|18 pages

Audio on a Wire

part II|42 pages

Planning and Prepro

chapter 4|22 pages

Planning for Sound

chapter 5|19 pages

Budgeting, Scheduling, and Preproduction

part III|111 pages

Production Sound

chapter 6|23 pages

Microphones and Room Acoustics

chapter 7|29 pages

Production Mic Technique

chapter 8|27 pages

Production Recording

chapter 9|30 pages

Recording Voice-Overs, ADR, and Effects

part IV|198 pages

Postproduction

chapter 10|16 pages

Postproduction Workflow

chapter 11|31 pages

Postproduction Hardware

chapter 12|30 pages

Levels and Digitizing

chapter 13|21 pages

Editing Voices

chapter 14|25 pages

Working with Music

chapter 15|13 pages

Sound Effects

chapter 16|28 pages

Processing

chapter 17|19 pages

The Mix

chapter 18|13 pages

"Help! It Doesn't Sound Right!"