Recording Sound for Film - How to Get Pristine Audio for Film

[@vinthegreat25]

The most underrated department in filmmaking.

[@TeddyRumble]

Without a doubt. Here's a test though: try to make a film without a sound recordist. Unless you making a silent film, can't be done. Your sound mixers equipment fails, nothing happens on set.

[@vinthegreat25]

@@TeddyRumble I don't know about anywhere else, but even among the film students of my college, there are only a few who got interested in sound recording, and fewer who could even come close to understanding it. The fact that my film student colleagues are all well-aware of the importance of sound design in films, but still having little-to-none interest in sound design, further illustrates how underrated this department is.

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Couldn't agree more!

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@@vinthegreat25 you just need 2 dudes. The shotgun guy and another dude doing post sfx. It's not all that though

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I had no idea there was a reason for long / short shotguns depending on room size. Thanks for upping our game!

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Right

[@chillybilly4723]

There are different length mics, although you don't want to use the long shotgun microphone indoors as the video says. Long ones are used exclusively outdoors when you want to cancel out noise, like a tv reporter in front of a large audience on sports events. Indoors these mics cancel out the noise too, but also cause phasing issues because of the room reverberation and that's why they are not used indoors.

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[@wesleybrehm9386]

That line at the end pretty much sums up life as a sound person. The goal is to get usable sound, not the best sound. It took me a few projects to figure out what sounds to let slide, and which ones to alert the 1st AD to.

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I'm gonna have to watch the sound lessons several times to wrap my head around it...maybe take a few courses in sound. But as always STUDIOBINDER, thank you for the lesson and the awareness of the importance of capturing sound for a film. You have given me lots to think about. THANK YOU!!!

[@TeddyRumble]

Here's a hint: hire a production sound mixer. If you want professional results, hire a professional. We are not that expensive, and money well spent.

[@StudioBinder]

There's a lot of info here and it takes people a long time to figure it all out. The best way to learn is to get out there and do it yourself!

[@jessicamann684]

I really like the studiobinder series about narrative principle and also how cinema is written, filmed, and produced. It has increased my already fondness of cinema even more.... I did theatrical sound in school, so I am fond of this topic, but my love of cinema is developed even further with episodes like What Is Checkov's Gun and What is Roshomon.

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[@SaiMohan-y7d]

We need one more video about sound design and another series about films color psychology

[@TeddyRumble]

Foley would be interesting as well.

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Post-Production Sound is coming soon!

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Thanks for the kind words! We would love to longer videos but we're kinda maxed out at 30 minutes. Someday!

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Love how thorough this tutorial is, really informative for our up-and-coming talent who want to get a grasp on the technical side of filmmaking.

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Thanks! We tried to put as much as we could in but there's still a lot more to learn!

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[@misha4422]

RE: Dead Cats & Blimps- In MY experience Dead Cats are applied OVER a Blimp (which vary in size depending on the mic inside - the long one pictured would generally have a shotgun mic inside), where a blimp by itself cannot provide enough wind blockage. Small mics, may be able to use a stand-alone dead cat. But, larger dead cats (as pictured) do not exist by themselves. (In my experience). On another topic, hand held mic boom operators work hard in extended scenes.

[@cornholes]

Sound is so important for film. Great stuff

[@eumeis]

This is one of the best you have created!!! Outstanding!!!!! Thanks for that

[@StudioBinder]

Wow, thanks!

[@orcaacht1223]

As a Location Sound Mixer this is a lovely Video 😊

[@bigsnap5]

Studiobinder makes great stuff, but they always go a little deeper than I expect them to. This was pretty good overview with some very important details, like how sounds works with other departments to make sure they capture the best sound they. Sound is 50 percent of your project, if you treat it that way then it will serve you well in the end.

[@StudioBinder]

Glad it was helpful!

[@YoungBlaze]

Im all about THAT SOUND BABY

[@TeddyRumble]

You should be. An audience will forgive bad visuals, but never bad sound.

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[@YuvarajMadha]

So, Is voice dubbing necessary?

[@william6223]

Yes.

[@DavidBeaumont]

Yes, ADR/looping is needed for lots of reasons, and sometimes it's just the actor trying to exactly re-capture the sound created on set to improve quality a bit (e.g. when a mic is partially obscured in the take), but other times it's for re-framing a performance to give a different emphasis.

[@TeddyRumble]

Sometimes. On big budget films, probably always. On indie films, only when necessary. Otherwise why record sound on the set at all?

[@KevinDurantBurnerAccount]

If you shoot on film absolutely it’s needed. It’s the bare minimum.

[@StudioBinder]

Find out in the next episode!

[@michaelmiklosofficial]

Superb detail and sound makes huge part of the film making. Well said about room tones and wild tracks really helps too. Having a sound mixer on set, boom operator and assistant more likey have a better final result than just having one crew. Team work

[@Beatslager]

Thats a lot of work these guys do!! Impressive also!! Defenitly underrated !

[@rayancedrichaddad1197]

Recording Sound is an important process to make Good Movies. Thanks StudioBinder for this Inspiring and Instructive video.

[@StudioBinder]

Absolutely!

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This series is amazing, answer a lot of questions.

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[@alexbusoni]

and yet the best sound of voice acting is when all the sound is done in the studio after shooting the film, in this case the actors do not stumble over their words and the dialogues have good diction and without unnecessary echo

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Mannnnnn I have been trying to find out what mic I need for filming thank youuuuuuuuu

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So much detail. Thank you!

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[@krobo]

One of those videos series that will be played in every film or sound production class across the world 🗺

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That would be awesome!

[@Sujimon1]

Great. Good video for me kind of an Audio enthusiast. Thanks❤

[@HaiTMOfficial]

I learned a lot from the secrets behind the scenes about how to record sound from big movies. I thought they were created in the room using a sound creator but it turns out they weren't, they were recorded on location.

[@peterkalyabe7553]

Oh yeah! Good sound starts with good planning. Thanks.

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[@ManishPt-IN]

Very valuable.. Thankyou

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Very Valuable Content !!!!

[@soundslikesony_yt]

thank you for the representation for us soundies, anyway.... any film score videos coming up?

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I’ve always wanted to know how they did audio for car scenes. Makes sense now that I’m seeing it.

[@theanchal23]

This is a very good video, if you also bring a crash course for sound recordist then it will be very helpful

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another one. Thank you!

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[@alfonta]

love my 32 bit float recorders

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[@alexlandherr]

I remember that in “The Fall Guy” the sound guy at the end plays a critical role in recording a vital confession of one of the crooks.

[@kartarbhogal]

I have some video suggestions. What if you did a series of videos where for one entire video, you pick a scene from a movie and analyse and breakdown everything from cinematography, sound, colour grading, vfx, script, etc?

[@StudioBinder]

Great idea! We've done a little bit in our Director's Playbook series: kzbin.info/aero/PLEzQZpmbzckWr3rtbgNXgWEIqviKid_jU&si=t07lVDRfwskkcP6G If we did this, what scene(s) should we cover?

[@catnipjunkie717]

Maybe you'll cover this in Part 3, but I'm curious. If you're using a shotgun and lavalier microphone for the same scene, do they need to be capable of recording the same quality sound? Also, in what cases would you use one over the other? Is there ever an instance in which you use both simultaneously? Thanks as always to the peeps at StudioBinder, much love!

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Good job for the AI narrator voice

[@XanderShiller]

The more you know, the more you don't know.

[@maxheadrom3088]

I would love a video about the sound in Win Wenders' "Paris, Texas"!

[@MsSai-gn4cp]

Which mic your using to make this videos

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Yoo a new upload

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Every week, baby!

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[@miguelantelo1499]

great video , next episode foley and ADR

[@StudioBinder]

Coming soon!

[@TeddyRumble]

Generally, a shotgun mic is used for exterior shots. A small diaphragm condenser mic, aka pencil condenser, is used for interior shots. The difference can be profound. Also, mics are like lenses - they don't ho out of style. Buy a good mic, take care of it, and it will last for many years. Recorders undergo more techological changes, but not as much as cameras. So buy the best mic you can, recorders as well. But mics are the most important.

[@StudioBinder]

This is great info! Thanks for sharing.

[@tmoney5]

lol, that’s me on the left booming in the thumbnail.

[@SalsaBailaProductions]

these sound guys must have serious business shoulder muscles ; )

[@Rahuljha-gw8ev]

Thank you mate

[@StudioBinder]

You're welcome!

[@Kenny-rn6xw]

Amazing

[@koollifebillionaire]

I learned new stuff after 15 years as a film maker but this cost money, small low budget can't afford some of this team work and equipment

[@Rodgesfilm]

Yooo studio binder how about ADR which is used mostly in Hollywood movies?

[@Rocketryman]

WE don't record sound for film anymore. :-) We record sound for DIGITAL or VIDEO or CINEMA. We no longer, for the most part, use film. But we still do. ;-) Film, filming, and filmmaking are the most misused and MIMICKED words in the industry. Even though the words, movie, and film, went hand in hand. There was a time when you couldn't have one without the other. This is no longer the case. Thank you for your time film. 🙂 Digital video and film require different skill sets. Having DIFFERENT HISTORICAL and TECHNOLOGICAL timelines spanning 150 years. Have PRIDE and appreciation of the gear we use, including the words that describe what we do. Plenty of AMAZING video engineers worked hard to develop the technology that eventually superseded film. Our tools are Digital Video, Non-linear, and CGI. We are moviemakers, not filmmakers. We do what filmmaking wished it could, and movie-making still does. Not only that, but we are creative types such as Videographers, Directors, and Cinematographers. Using the word film lacks originality, and creativity, and expresses a limited understanding of what got us here, including the tools (technology) we use. Also, since the individuals teaching this craft in the 21st century have as little knowledge as the students, so much is getting lost in translation. If a school calls itself a "film" school or defines you are filming. Find another school. If you learn to appreciate the tools of the craft. The art will follow. :-) 🙂 We video or are videoing, we do not film. Don't like it? Apply some of that creative originality instead of mimicking. 🙂 We learn from, but differentiate from, the RARE professionals who know how to use film stock (like, KODAK COLOR NEGATIVE 35millimeter 500T or Kodak VISION 70millimeter 2383) and film cameras, like the ARRIFLEX 435 or the Panavision R-200 and let's not forget Steenbeck flatbed film editors. If you know the difference and have a better understanding of the craft. You will stand out in an industry polluted with point-and-shoot "pros". Respect to you.✌♥ This is film. 🙂 kzbin.infobXZOaDa2ZGQ?si=FqX_xMa-PuWHWkIn And this... kzbin.info/www/bejne/mIrYfJuDodl-rtUsi=xa9j_K8q_jZd0Y1l kzbin.info/www/bejne/q32yYaN-Z52BbLssi=NUEe8VNfsJOf8xHG

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Great video.

[@StudioBinder]

Thanks!

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insightfull.

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thanks u

[@alinkordany]

Please do a video on Woody Allen directing style

[@vitorgenio]

Nice

[@vighneshhv4772]

post production sound...im waiting.........................................

[@robertsaca3512]

4:55 are major productions utilising 32 bit audio yet? Is that (the benefits and any drawbacks) a whole other video?

[@silverlightphotoco]

Proximity to the mic remains important, but 32-bit float (plus dual capture chips) are a great tool... don't forget wind protection as well. Pretty much act like you DON'T have 32-bit float, but use 32-bit float, and you'll do fine.

[@FranciscoRoodrigues]

Wonderfulll

[@mikemikealfa9032]

make it more about sound for film please

[@marcomacias3960]

is there a chance you could do foley? how non recorded sound on set is made by objects?

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Love you❤️

[@StudioBinder]

Ditto ❤

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Let's learn

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Let's do it!

[@sayandasgupta6095]

A query here. Any help would be appreciated. I have two characters seating far apart in a room speaking simultaneously. Two cameras will capture the two characters. The shots will be taken at the same time. A single shotgun won't be able to cover both. Will using two shotguns be problematic? Will one capture some of the other person's voice too? How to best plan this scene?

[@juvincus5683]

Does anyone know, how sound mixers on set prevent noise to be picked up from (analog) film cameras, especially in quiet scenes? I can imagine an IMAX camera or even some "normal" 35mm-cameras must be quite loud when running film through them

[@zazyczech]

As a Czech, I have to ask: What "speeding" means in 4:18?

[@Musicworldwide958]

Can you help us enable download button for offline and re watch

[@osmrrdgz]

Awesome video! Why does the narrator constantly sound like he’s running out of breath quickly?

[@dteed6282]

I don't even care about this but i watched the whole thing... i should get back to work...

[@RashedulIslam-g3b]

Me too😅

[@CROLIF]

How do they deal with the sound of a film-stock-camera rolling?

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Anyone Realize StudioBinder is FilmSchool?

[@StudioBinder]

We like to think we're a primer for film school because there's much more to learn than what we cover here.

[@TeddyRumble]

Here's a hint. If you're shooting in someone's kitchen, and you unplug their refrigerator, put your keys in there. That will remind you to plug the fridge in when you leave.

[@StudioBinder]

Excellent tip! Thanks for sharing.

[@RaphaelFresh]

Space and architecture on film?

[@ahrgamingtube999]

Third always wins

[@StudioBinder]

That's what we've heard.

[@erikbihari3625]

Recently realised something. Just how many movies are out there, about film making? They could serve great for casual audience education! Star Wars prequels proved cinematic illiteracy.

[@DavidBeaumont]

Movies about film making still need to be movies people want to watch, so they often aren't actually all that accurate (the film making bit is usually the setting, not the subject). I mean there's "The Player" for a great satire on Hollywood production companies etc.

[@erikbihari3625]

@@DavidBeaumont. Don't know, imaginative film makers could make them work. Like Mel Brooks when blazing saddles settled the finale from the warner filming backlot, then watched their own conclusion!

[@StudioBinder]

We love movies about filmmaking. What's your favorite?

[@erikbihari3625]

@@StudioBinder. Unfortunately doesn't know mutch.

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Please suggest me a best flim school for directing

[@StudioBinder]

There are so many! Watch our Film School video and it may help you decide: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJm8mqaZosqjrrcsi=JANCytUcMbz2p4E4

[@aryanp357]

Wow

[@Jonas-iz7rj]

Have you switched to an ai version for the voice over?

[@Bobywan75]

I thought the video would mention props used to reduce sound like fake newspaper made out of fabric to avoid the noise of the paper.

[@StudioBinder]

That's true, we could have covered that as well. I guess we'll have to do a Part 3!

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Please allow download button ❤