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What is your agreement? And therefore, who is being unprofessional? I agree with Jax's response, did your agreement stipulate payment before delivery? If so, then yes, they are being unprofessional by breaking that agreement. If the agreement stipulates payment after delivery, then you're the...

Yes! Include your boom/mic and recorder and record some dialogue as you will be doing when filming and/or just record nothing/room tone with the fouros on and the boom/mic up high (as it will be), move it around a fair bit and in different places within the room because ... How are you going...

In film, there are many differences between sound and music; the workflows are entirely different, some/much of the equipment and tools, techniques, important factors, etc. However, there are also some fundamental principles in common: One of these is the principle of comparison, of relativity...

Agreed. Great lighting, cinematography and sound are all meaningless if the audience is pulled out of the scene/film by lousy acting and poor acting is probably the most easily identifiable way of loosing the audience. That's why film reviewers and even the public virtually always mention the...

The wooden floor might be problematic if it creaks. If it doesn't, some felt pads on shoes or rugs on the floor will kill the footsteps. Boom/mic almost always gives the most natural sounding dialogue if you can get it to work, hard floor and bare walls might make that tricky, some sound...

Music can be a very powerful filmmaking tool and like most other filmmaking tools it has both it's strengths and it's weaknesses. How well it works in the final film therefore depends on maximising it's strengths and minimising it's weaknesses, something which amateur filmmakers often fail to...

It also means much of the Foley can't be planned and is also likely to mean that alt takes are likely to be significantly different from each other and that a safety take can't be achieved, due to the lack of consistency. Both of these factors will negatively impact the dialogue editing phase...

If there's one phase of filmmaking which is consistently weak with amateur filmmaker, pre-prod would be at the top of the list. For most, it's a chore which needs to be completed to get to the most fun bit, the filming. For those really serious about filmmaking (rather than just film shooting)...

Good advice and there are a raft of similar measures to help get clean dialogue. Sound blankets near walls, rubber matting under table cloths, fake ice-cubes, etc. And as discussed previously, the smart director would have planned movement (and it's associated Foley) during pre-prod, which could...

Actually, you could look at the issue the other way around, that in the greater scheme of things, nothing should be a top priority. Or rather, as I mentioned in the Apple Sauce thread, the "shape" is the priority and everything else is just subservient to that. Why is this important and not just...

Equally, it might not be a good idea at all. It all depends on what is in the mind of the director and commonly, at the amateur level, the director has no mind! By this I mean that the director needs to have a comprehensive "vision" and obviously needs to be able to communicate that vision with...

Have you ever seen Judge Judy? It's an American TV show which is so popular that star is paid about $50m a year. The basis of the programme is the settlement of disputes between litigants which have some thought in their mind about who's to blame for something and who is therefore responsible...

Now you're getting it! Although I will say that generally Foley should be recorded in post rather than during production, although obviously the visual side of the Foley equation needs to be considered during pre-production and actually filmed. Exactly. From the Foley perspective, one way you...

1. Unfortunately, not really. There are books which deal with specific aspects of film sound (Alcove has listed the best ones) but none which deal specifically with sound design, with the interaction of visuals and audio. Having said this, the John Purcell book is much broader than the title...

Possibly, it depends on what sort of comedy you're talking about. If you're talking about a film like "40 Year Old Virgin", then no, I'm including that in the category of "drama" (albeit a comedic drama). If you're talking about a comedy sketch show or say a film of a stand-up comedian's...

Are you talking about attracting filmmakers who are audio-minded or are you talking about people specialising (or thinking of specialising) in film sound? Whichever of these we wish to attract, we have to think in terms of what they will gain from IT, of the benefits to them personally of...

On that basis, let's see if we can't get somewhere! First off, I have to deal with some facts, facts which you won't like! If we're to get anywhere potentially useful, we can't argue about whether or not these facts exist. For now, just accept them, even if you're only able to do so...

Because it's not clear that you want to! Your recent posts regarding audio (and other subjects) have demonstrated a desire purely to defend/promote your approach and opinions against criticism. Invariably, that leads to an argument about your personal opinions/approach and the validity of any...

On the grounds that you are maybe sincere in your apology, your attempt at light-hearted humour was just poor/misjudged rather than a deliberately veiled insult and there's potential for others to maybe gain something from this thread, I'll address some of the points made: We're veering off...

I'm using quotations because I'm quoting my use of the word from the previous answer. Dude, I know respect and civility isn't your first language, whereas ignorance/hypocrisy is. For that reason and to spare others another wasted thread, I'll leave you to learn the hard way and find answers to...