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Book Review - Producing Great Sound for Film and Video by Jay Rose
Reviewed by Mark Shapiro
Capturing and recording good sounding audio for video and film projects is often the most difficult aspect of production. They will overlook mistakes in color balance, jump cuts, shaky footage but the ear will catch every little discrepancy in the soundtrack.
If you are just starting out in video/film production, you will find this book to be lifesaver. If you have been working for a while in the business you will manage to pick up a lot of good tips and tricks to perfect your techniques as well as saying, yep, I have had that problem before. I found myself saying "how come I didn't read this book before I started shooting my productions? It would have saved me a lot of pain and agony.
"Producing Great Sound for Film and Video" adroitly integrates technical background of why audio does what it does - the differences between digital and analog, and various other technical subjects. It is also filled with wonderful real world guidance that, if followed, will make your shows sound a heck of a lot better and save you lots of time and money trying to fix your audio mistakes.
The bundled audio CD includes a nice assortment of audio tests, demonstrations and tutorials that complement the book's subject matter.
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.
* Includes time-tested guidelines and recommendations that work no matter what hardware or software package you use * The audio CD includes diagnostics, demos, and tutorial tracks to hone your skills.
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.
* Having trouble with the sound on your video project? Find the solution in this best-selling guide.
