To be honest, I cringe inside whenever one of my students runs up to me beaming a Cheshire cat smile and asks permission to skip the last week of classes in order to fly to Cannes or some such resort village in order to attend one of the many world-famous film festivals. It may be a lot of fun, but is it really productive?
24-Bit Dailies in a 16-Bit World
Rock N Roller Multi-Media Cart
At the last winter NAMM Show (2012, Anaheim CA), I had one of my soundcarts on display in the Tascam booth, where I was doing presentations about the HS-P82 recorder. The owner of the Rock N Roller Multicart company stopped by, and was intrigued by the modifications that I had made to his original design in order to convert the cart for film/video applications. He invited me to help him design a new accessory shelf unit that would satisfy the needs of sound mixers and videographers. In just a couple months time, he shipped me the newly designed cart, ready to exhibit at this year's NAB show! (see picture).
Editor's Note: More information about the new Rock N Roller Multi-Media Production Cart can also be found on the RnR product site at www.FilmTVsound.com/RnR
Preparing for NAB 2012
As I write this, we are just one week away from NAB 2012. Once again, I will be at the Audio Technica booth all week, conducting free workshops a few times each day.
Booming in the Rain
Here are a couple of audio related questions that recently came to us from readers....
A university professor writes: I have students shooting a major war battle scene from their film this Friday, in a town about a hour away. They do have some dialogue, although it's mostly an action scene. The weather prediction is now 70% rain.
Their question was, other than attaching wireless lavs under clothing, how else could this be recorded? We can't have the boom mic out in the rain, and we'd pick up the sound of rain on the mic. Is there any other option for location recording in the rain?
