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Roseus

Roseus

I've been kicking around the idea of filmmaking for a few years now. I stumbled into it kind of blindly a few years ago when I was a HS senior, and discovered how thoroughly I enjoyed the entire filmmaking process. Wrote a parody script of the Matrix, grabbed some friends, and put together a little video. Had a ton of fun, but didn't have the confidence to move forward with it.

Now I have a business degree in Project Management, and even after all this time, I can't seem to shake filmaking from the back of my head. There's just something about it, and everytime I sit down to make one of those "Figure out my life" sort of lists, I always end up thinking about how filmmaking is probably the thing I'm most passionate about...

So, I finally made a decision to actually sit down and learn a bit about the actual industry, and figure out how to get myself into the mix here. They say do what you love and the money will follow. I Googled around some phrases and ended up here, and figured it'd be a great place to start to understand the pulse of all this. I'm excited to meet you guys and girls, and start soaking up knowledge :)
 
Welcome Grasshopper!

I'm one of the audio guys here.

Always remember:

"Sound is half of the experience"

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"Old man, how is it that you hear these things?"

Young man; how is it that you do not?"​
 
Easily half, absolutely. Sound gives the context to the scenes, and links them together. Without one flawless audio track, you just have a bunch of disjointed video clips. The audio brings continuity to the scenes.

I just put together a silly music video for a sales contest we had recently. The scheduling was frantic, and largely out of my control, and we ended up shooting 80% of the shots before we recorded the master audio. I was getting really down on myself, because I was editing as we shot, and I felt it looked terrible. It didn't flow, I was so frustrated.

When I got the audio in, and made a few minor tweaks to sync it up, the difference was astounding. No comparison.
 
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