CONSULTING: SOUND FOR FILM

Lately I’ve been doing some consulting work with filmmakers interested in growing their audio skills. It’s been a lot of fun.

Here I’m working with Amy Scatliff, a film artist who’s been putting together some experimental documentary work related to meditation and her difficulties pursuing it. She’s serious enough about what she’s doing that she’s not afraid to approach it with self-deprecating humor, and she has good instincts with audio that make it enjoyable to push things to the next level.

We’ve gone over some basic ideas about location audio, gain staging, dialog edit, relative levels of voiceover/ nat sound/ music, and some approaches for how to adapt her closet as a VO booth. Pro tip: don’t be afraid to sit under a blanket while you’re performing voiceover! No joke.

Check out some of Amy Scatliff’s work at everydayfuturistic.com/fieldnotes.

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