An excellent, comprehensive, and contemporary primer for those interested in becoming sound recordists or mixers. John J. Murphy’s <i>Production Sound Mixing</i> guides you through all you need to know to understand sound recording and technique.

Bill Linsman, Associate Professor of Film and Television, Boston University, USA, and Former Professional Sound Recordist and Mixer

Full of detailed, specific, practical knowledge as well as tips that only pros can teach, <i>Production Sound Mixing </i>is a valuable resource with a relaxed, readable style. With professional—but not overly technical—insights, John M. Murphy covers the physics of sound, equipment, work practice, and troubleshooting for faculty, students, and amateurs in sound production.

Peter Kiwitt, Assistant Professor, School of Film and Animation, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA, and Direcor Member of the Directors Guild of America

I've waited years for this book: it is far and away the most useful book on production audio for first-time students that I've encountered.

Piers Storey, University of Suffolk, UK

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Comprehensive guide to the theory, technology and working practices involved in capturing location sound. With plenty of diagrams and an accessible style, this will be of huge value to Film sound students and aspiring professionals.

Simon Waite, Staffordshire University

The latest hot camera is pretty irrelevant if one can't understand what's happening on screen. The key to any narrative is in the dialogue and voice over, but if this is unintelligible or difficult to hear, viewers will soon lose interest. With real world applications and a narrative to keep the reader’s interest, Production Sound Mixing is the indispensable guide for film and video audio recording. Written by veteran sound mixer John J. Murphy, the book offers a step by step collaborative journey through the basic physics of sound, concluding with a practical guide of the latest techniques and equipment available to all who are interested in the best audio for their projects. Structured to mimic a 14-week semester, each chapter begins with an audio problem to be solved and ends with a solution drawn from information gleaned from past chapters. Suggested movie scenes that demonstrate the relevant audio techniques will also be included. Equally applicable to studio and location recording, the book is oriented toward commonly accessible environments such as conference rooms, hallways, beaches, car interiors, bathrooms, and so on. The intent is to allow the student to make the best of a location no matter how challenging it might be. Most importantly, this book will make one aware of the potential of sound on screen, for it is truly 50% of the viewing experience.
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Preface Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: What is Sound? Chapter 2: Microphones: The Basic Types and How They Work Chapter 3: The DSLR Shoot: Making the Most of What’s at Hand Chapter 4: The Audio Mixer Chapter 5: Choosing a Location Chapter 6: Booming: The View from Above Chapter 7: Wireless Microphones: What They Are, How They Work, and How and Why We Use Them Chapter 8: Interviews! Chapter 9: On the Set Chapter 10: Prep Is Everything: Your Basic Kit Chapter 11: Synchronization Chapter 12: Post-Production: Where Does It GO From Here? Chapter 13: Opportunities for Sound Work in Film/Video Chapter 14: Stereo: When Two Become One Appendix Glossary Index
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An excellent, comprehensive, and contemporary primer for those interested in becoming sound recordists or mixers. John J. Murphy’s Production Sound Mixing guides you through all you need to know to understand sound recording and technique.
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A how-to book on the art, craft and practice of recording usable dialogue and sound for students and filmmakers.
A fresh approach that gives a practical, useful, hands-on way to record usable dialogue for film, video, and television
The volumes in the CineTech Guides to the Film Crafts series are aimed to respond to the needs of film students, college film teachers and filmmakers who want to become better in the various crafts of filmmaking. Each volume focuses on a specific film craft, such as cinematography, editing, sound recording, production management, etc., and examines the subject from its practice and technical aspects through the artistic contribution it makes to the overall finished production, giving a practical approach as to how to begin to master the craft. Each book contains fourteen chapters, corresponding to the typical fourteen weeks of a college course with a semester, that progressively advance the reader into the craft through explanation, practical exercises and through visual and/or described examples from finished films.
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ISBN
9781501307089
Publisert
2016-03-10
Utgiver
Vendor
Bloomsbury Academic USA
Vekt
658 gr
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
187 mm
Aldersnivå
U, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
240

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Om bidragsyterne

John J. Murphy, a member of IATSE Local 52 Sound Department, has worked as a sound recordist, boom operator, A2, camera operator, and director of cinematography. He has shot and sound mixed feature films, commercials, documentaries, industrial films, corporate videos, music videos, direct-to-consumer DVDs, and reality television, including 10 of the 12 seasons of Project Runway as an audio mixer and A2. He has taught filmmaking since 1980 at various schools including Pratt Institute of Design, NY, USA, for the last 13 years.