Essential Sound Recording Techniques

This course is a deep-dive into the world of audio for production. Audio-beginners to experienced filmmakers will learn how to create powerful, immersive experiences for their audience by recording quality sound.

Wish you could compete with big-budget Hollywood’s audience impact? In the highly competitive world of multimedia production, the independent creative must seize every advantage to gain followers, make money, and get more clients. There may be no more efficient means to do this than having powerful and immersive sound in your productions. This course is a powerful introduction to the non-intuitive art of capturing excellent audio recordings of dialog, music and sound effects for multimedia and podcast implementation. Master presenter Mark Edward Lewis covers the essential and hidden-by-Hollywood aspects of professional recording on set, in studio, and in the field. He will show you how to maximize the equipment you already have to generate emotional and artifact-free sound. He will also expose attendees to the newest and and cutting edge equipment and techniques for streamlining the post production process by solving audio problems in pre-production.

This course is mandatory education for anyone who wishes to compete in the multimedia marketplace. It is an intensive, comprehensive deep-dive into the world of audio-visual immersion, and attendees from audio-beginners to experienced filmmakers will have a great deal of fun learning how easy it can be to create or ruin powerful immersive experiences for audiences.  Empower yourself and witness your creative vision come alive following attending this course when you can execute the most important aspect of multimedia storytelling at the highest level: Capturing Sound.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

• Audio-Beginners
• Audio Techs
• Videographers
• Filmakers

Topics Covered:

Introduction to Sound for Media

• The Power of Sound vs. Visuals
• Your Brain is Always Lying to You (about sound)
• Demonstration of the three main aspects of sound

Audio Terminology, Technology and Concepts Illuminated

Microphone Types

• On set Uses and Best Practices
• Lavaliers
• Placement and Hiding

Wind and How To Solve It

Wireless and the FCC

• Never Have an RF Hit Again
• What to do about Illegal Transmitters
• Best Gear Choices

Loop Groups - In Your Home - Demonstration

Recorders

• Demonstration Camera vs. phone vs. recorder audio
• The Process of Recording (DO NOT DEVIATE!)
• Setting Up Recorders for Success (and your Camera)

Jobs On Set
Small Shoot to put into use what was learned
Dealing with Noise On Set
Can’t I Just Record Into My Phone?Introduction to Post Audio Process