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Overview
"Too often in lower budget productions it is the sound that suffers the most. While DV brings a new quality recording medium to widespread use, it is the professional practice of sound recording, editing, mixing, and mastering that can add the most value to a project. This book will teach you how to make your work sound like a fully professional production. Well-known expert Tomlinson Holman offers professional techniques, thorough instructions, and helpful suggestions that you can apply to your own project from preproduction through postproduction, and provides invaluable tips and solutions for producing professional-quality work." Tomlinson Holman has wide experience and expertise in the area of film sound production, including working as a sound engineer on such films as Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and Star Wars. Return of the Jedi. He is well-known and greatly lauded for his pioneering work in developing THX and as a professor of Film Sound at the University of Southern California. The relatively new field of sound for digital video will now benefit from his expertise as well. Once considered an amateur format digital video is becoming the format of choice for some feature films and for many lower budget productions; the technology has become advanced enough that it is now possible to use the digital audio tracks of DV cameras to produce fully professional quality work. This book shows you how.The distinguishing feature of many low-budget films and TV shows is often the poor sound quality. Now, filmmakers shooting DV on a limited budget can learn from Tomlinson Holman, a film sound production pioneer, how to make their films sound like fully professional productions. Holman offers suggestions that you can apply to your own project from preproduction through postproduction and provides tips and solutions on production, editing, and mixing.
Holman, sound engineer on such films as Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, is famous for his pioneering work in film sound production and for developing THX. Now, he brings his expertise to the relatively new field of sound for digital video productions. Once considered an amateur format, digital video is becoming the format of choice for some feature films and for many lower budget productions; this book will enable you to use this medium to create the most professional and effective sound possible.Learn how to get great sound on a limited budget, from the recognized expert in the field
Synopsis
Achieve professional quality sound on a limited budget! Harness all new, Hollywood style audio techniques to bring your independent film and video productions to the next level. In Sound for Digital Video, Second Edition industry experts Tomlinson Holman and Arthur Baum give you the tools and knowledge to apply recent advances in audio capture, video recording, editing workflow, and mixing to your own film or video with stunning results. This fresh edition is chockfull of techniques, tricks, and workflow secrets that you can apply to your own projects from preproduction through postproduction. New to this edition: A new feature on 'true' 24p shooting and editing systems, as well as single vs. double-system recording A strong focus on new media, including mini-DVDs, hard disks, memory cards, and standard and high-definition imagery Discussion of camera selection, manual level control, camera and recorder inputs, location scouting, and preproduction planning Instruction in connectors, real-time transfers, and file-based transfers from DVDs, hard drives, and solid state media. Blu-Ray and HD tape formats for mastering and distribution in addition to file-based, DV, and DVD masters. A revamped companion website, www.focalpress.com/cw/holman, featuring recording and editing exercises, examples and sample tracks Whether you are an amateur filmmaker who wants to create great sound or an advanced professional in need of a reference guide, Sound for Digital Video, Second Edition is an essential addition to your digital audio tool belt.Editorials
From the Publisher
"Even if your projects will never reach the complexity of a Hollywood feature, you can learn a lot from this book. It is clearly written, and Holman doesn't hesitate to share his encyclopedic knowledge and experience." - Jay Rose"Although his focus is bringing professional techniques to budget productions, Holman imparts plenty of useful information to anyone involved in sound for picture." - Electronic Musician
"A good initial guide for the budding AV artist." - DJ magazine
"This is an excellent technical manual, packed with hard practical information....the chapters on sound design, editing, mixing, and monitoring are first class." - BKSTS magazine, May 2006