Sound

This week was the induction workshop for sound. Like any other aspect of film, good sound is vital. In this induction workshop we were taught buy David Heinemann and learnt great skills for sound operating. The equipment wasn’t at all alien to me, but the logistics and tactics on the other hand, were.


The class acquired knowledge on the following:

• how sound is measured (dB- decibells)
• the setting of sound level
• how to operate both, boom and radio microphones in a professional manner (spacial awareness, how to hold the boom)
• how dialogue should be recorded (-20 on average)
• amplitude (for every bit there are 6 dB)
• frequency ( 40KHz- film must/should be this)
• timbre (the way sound is formed)
• how to coordinate with cam (boom in input 1)

At first I was a little taken by all the numbers I was seeing on the board but eventually got the hang of it and made sure I was writing this stuff down.I was already a little familiar with the handling of a a boom microphone, though it was interesting to learn how the radio microphone worked as it was new to me. With great demonstration and explanation by David, I do feel confident in operating sound equipment. 

As per usual, we were given a weekly assignment. For this assignment, we were asked to create a 2 minute documentary style interviews, using both: Radio and boom microphones. Again, this was done in groups.

Click the link below for the video created we created:

Sound test

In the first part of the film we used the boom, and in the second, the radio microphone. We wanted to keep this specific one simple and easy to understand.