Sound Post Production Video

[Utopia]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czaFPtQZE9U&feature=player_embedded

Great video about the process of sound post-production.

 

[knightly]

That is a really cool breakdown of the process.

 

[Dreadylocks]

Dude, I didn't realize my speakers were up all the way, and I almost blew out my freakin eardrums.

Neat stuff though. Is this part of a larger docu?

 

[Zensteve]

That was a great watch.

Loved the ice-dolly, too.

 

[Dreadylocks]

Loved the ice-dolly, too.

Same here. It looked so smooth. I wonder what the ad for the camera ops looked like, 'must own skates'?

 

[Utopia]

I don't know if it's got a larger docu - a sound-designer friend sent it to me and thought you guys would love it - my suspicion was correct!

It's probably on the DVD extras with a bunch of other stuff.

P.S. Rob Nokes is the creator of SoundDogs.com - great audio SFX resource.

 

[Utopia]

Dude, I didn't realize my speakers were up all the way, and I almost blew out my freakin eardrums.

Sorry

 

[Alcove Audio]

Rob is the bomb and there a many, many videos of him on YouTube. He great guy, like Randy Thom, who is willing to give advice to up-and-coming audio post guys such as myself. He is also the owner of SoundDogs.com, a great resource for sound FX.

It must be nice to work with a real budget...

 

[Dreadylocks]

Sorry

There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again.

 

[Alcove Audio]

Some more sound design fun...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip8kZ8tUm8Q

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSf8Er2gV_Q

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eySh8FOUphM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCpFtGCAgfI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6C1rNqdblMs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwZwTP52aIc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKDnbA2G1Eo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1jdbQEJLVQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WX6qonMcYUM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ajhw5od7PA

 

[Kosh]

Thank you, ROC. That was ultra cool, extremely impressive and most helpful.

 

[Utopia]

You mean this one at :48?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKgPY1adc0A&NR=1



Cool videos, Alcove!!!

You're welcome, Kosh! Here to help.

 

[2001 Productions]

That's what I'm doing right now. Takes freakin' forever by yourself - but makes the movie come alive.

 

[Utopia]

You have any questions, you post them, ok 2001?

 

[Alcove Audio]

That's what I'm doing right now. Takes freakin' forever by yourself - but makes the movie come alive.

At the "Hollywood" level, depending upon the type of film, it's about 2 to 10 man-hours per linear minute of film for each audio post category - Dialog, Foley, Sound FX, Mix.

So for a 100 minute film that is between 800 and 4,000 man-hours of work. A dialog driven drama would be at the low end, an action film at the high end. Indie projects tend to spend less time, but mostly because they have such small budgets.

I spent about 750 hours on my most recent feature job which was just around 95 minutes (that doesn't include archiving, logs and all the other donkey work of audio post). As strange as it may seem, if I had had a much larger budget it would have been fewer hours as an experienced Foley team could have done the Foley work faster than me doing it all myself. But, of course, if I had had the budget I would have spent a lot more on field recording, etc. which would have taken more time in the field, setting up the sound library and editing.

As an aside, sound designers tend to have specialties although they most definitely try not to get pigeon-holed. Ben Burtt is a go-to guy for sci-fi, Randy Thom does a lot of animation films, Charles Maynes is a weapons recording specialist. Rob Nokes is called on a lot for ice, snow, etc. plus he does a lot of family friendly films.

 

[Utopia]

Rob Nokes is called on a lot for ice, snow, etc. plus he does a lot of family friendly films.

That's funny because he lives a few blocks from Venice Beach.

 

[Alcove Audio]

Not really, he was born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

 

[Utopia]

But lives in Santa Monica.

He also says: "*I will travel anywhere in the world to record a unique or unusual sound*"

 

[Cracker Funk]

Cool! Thanks for posting these, guys. I'm gonna have to watch all of them when I get closer to sound editing.

 

[Alcove Audio]

But lives in Santa Monica.

You gotta be where the clients are...

He also says: "*I will travel anywhere in the world to record a unique or unusual sound*"

Wouldn't you like to? I know that I would!

Cool! Thanks for posting these, guys. I'm gonna have to watch all of them when I get closer to sound editing.

Actually, you should do it during preproduction so you are planning and then shooting with audio post (which is a part of the editing process) in mind.