2014 Kelley Baker: Sound design
2014 Kelley Baker: Sound design
2014 Bill Fischer
2014 Bill Fischer
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Kelley has been a professional sound designer for major Hollywood films for over 3 decades. He had many snippits of advice and knowledge... which I have listed below:
- Sound design is about emotion. Nobody cares about the sound design except the audience.
- Sometimes sound design is done in sketch form while or before the film is made.
- 90 Percent of voice audio is captured during the shooting. ADR is only used as a back up.
- In the professional world timing and budgets and deadlines are omnipresent.
- Prepare for shots... don't keep actors waiting. Don't keep any one waiting. Be prepared. Trust your crew and focus on your job as director or sound person..etc.
- Watch classic movies
- Read books
- Visit art galleries
- Live life ... get out of you normal life and go experience different things.
The Blair Witch sound was completely reworked by the studio that bought it. They spent about a million dollars on the audio. They couldn't really fix the video.. but audio can be fixed... in this, case... so the dialog could be distinctly heard. The studio marketed it as a 40,000 dollar film but they actually spent twice that on sound design alone.
Boom mics are better for location shots. TV uses lavaliers a lot. Film uses booms more. Many times directors use both types ... and multiple mics.
Sound Design has to be story driven... only
... Create the universe first... environment... Sometimes it's just the sound of air.
... then adjust the voice levels.
... filter out unwanted sounds.
... add foley
... add extra environment for extra texture.
... add emotional scoring or effects
... add score
... final mix
His short film... "two people in bed"... tells the story in the audio several different ways. It's a great demonstration piece for the importance of sound design in story telling.
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