Producing Great Sound for Film and Video - 3rd Edition by Jay Rose



This book includes time-tested tips, techniques, secrets and shortcuts that work with any hardware or software. There is also an Audio CD, playable on your best stereo speakers and downloadable into your computer, includes diagnostics, demos, and tutorials.



Make your film or video sound as good as it looks with this complete training course by audio guru Jay Rose. You get hundreds of professional, real-world solutions for every stage from pre-production through final mix. You'll find plenty of FAQs and how-tos, as well as easy-to-understand technical explanations. 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 pre-production 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 of this book



- information on the new video cameras and nonlinear field recorders

- expanded sections on single- and double-system, and new digital workflows

- extensive coverage of theatrical-style storytelling and dialog techniques, as well as traditional video tracks



About the Author:



Jay Rose is a nationally respected sound designer and consultant whose Clio- and Emmy-winning career has included program openers for NBC, documentaries and commercials for PBSand MGM, and close to a thousand independent film and video projects. He's a columnist for DV magazine, a popular lecturer at DV Expo and other conventions, a member of the Cinema Audio Society and past section officer of the Audio Engineering Society.