- 1. CSUN alum looking for Sound Designer for
- (Looking For Crew)
- ... you're interested, I would love to hear your sound reel or see previous projects that you've worked on. This is a low-budget project but there is some money left for this part of post. Pay depends on experience! ...
- Created on February 22, 2017
- 2. Editors Lounge Mtg Fri Feb 26
- (Upcoming Events)
- ... Talespin Media and former head of production for 360Heros, will discuss VR production (budgeting, planning, shooting, and more) "VR in Post" Chris Healer, Founder and CEO of The Molecule, will ...
- Created on February 19, 2016
- 3. For week ending Mar 6, 2013 - MONDAY EDI
- (CSUN - CTVA 250)
- ... B minus or better! However, your performance in 250 is taken into consideration during the review process. Remember, budget cuts and university down sizing are real possibilities -- so your pre-req grades ...
- Created on February 28, 2013
- 4. LAPPG Mtg March 12, 2015 Los Angeles
- (Upcoming Events)
- ... of the Caribbean, and X-Men on any project and any budget. Mary will show you how to make your project achieve a big screen look at small screen price tag; and how cinematographers, VFX artists, editors, ...
- Created on March 03, 2015
- 5. UFVA Scholarship
- (Job Postings / Internships)
- ... proposals in five categories. Every year, the UFVA allocates money from dues and scholarship donations to fund the entire budget of the Carole Fielding Student Grants. Applications are due by December ...
- Created on November 06, 2013
- 6. No Excuses for the Low Budget Filmmaker
- (For Students)
- ... her what was expected, and provided her with a minimal working budget. Her moment to shine was now here! The food was mediocre, at best. The presentation reminded us of a school lunch, or a cheaply done ...
- Created on February 10, 2020
- 7. Basic Audio for Indie Project
- (Production Planning)
- ... and camera work. It’s impossible to compare box office releases with indie films, but it’s also not hard to achieve a good quality of sound on the kind of tight budget that independent movies usually ...
- Created on July 14, 2016
- 8. Student Projects
- (Fred's Blog )
- ... sleeve or plastic jewel case that you could use. Let's talk about the Budget Projects. Only one budget was properly done. The others were just tossed together without any thought or proofreading! The ...
- Created on December 15, 2011
- 9. Foley on a Shoestring Budget
- (Post Production)
- ... latches, light switches, drawers, and a ton of miscellaneous "toys" for simulating any noises that appear onscreen. All that is wonderful if you have a large production budget. But what can be done without ...
- Created on August 29, 2011
- 10. Class Projects
- (Chapman)
- ... Budget Prepare a detailed budget and equipment checklist for Production Sound for a hypothetical seven day, local video shoot. (M,T,W,TH, F, hiatus, T,W) This budget is to be a "professional" version ...
- Created on August 19, 2011
- 11. Class Projects
- (CTVA 358)
- ... of the budget cuts, students who cannot complete satisfactory work could one day find themselves being dropped from the major!” Do not forget to include a summary paper from each team member describing ...
- Created on August 19, 2011
- 12. Class Projects
- (CTVA 250)
- ... of (non-sync) sound of approximately five minutes in length. For this project evidence of a shooting script, budget, pre-production plan, and production report will be required in a production notebook ...
- Created on August 19, 2011
- 13. Film Class Projects
- (Sample Projects)
- ... evidence of a shooting script, budget, pre-production plan, and production report will be required in a production notebook by each student. Each student within each group will sign a contractual agreement. ...
- Created on August 19, 2011
- 14. Production Sound Class Projects
- (Sample Projects)
- ... of the budget cuts, students who cannot complete satisfactory work could one day find themselves being dropped from the major!” Do not forget to include a summary paper from each team member describing ...
- Created on August 19, 2011
- 15. Immersive Presentation (on the cheap)
- (Sound Design)
- ... a “big theater” immersive audio sense, using low budget A/V hardware? The trick is to stop thinking horizontally and to start thinking and mixing vertically. Normal stereo is left to right. Stereo mics ...
- Created on August 16, 2021
- 16. Software for Podcasting
- (Production Advice)
- We often get asked about setting up to do audio podcasts on a tight budget from a home office or simple studio. My personal recommendations are: Zencastr software for acquisition, and Audacity for the ...
- Created on February 11, 2021
- 17. Student Scripts for the pandemic world
- (For Students)
- ... us to the issue of “student thesis or senior projects”. If Hollywood, with all of their resources and extravagant budgets (I guess that the long list of Executive Associate Name-on-Credits Producers will ...
- Created on July 15, 2020
- 18. COVID-19 and Why you should NOT postpone your college education
- (For Students)
- ... with all of the returning “time off-ers”. COVID-19 has forced budget cuts at all of the colleges. Courses may not have been cut, but it is unlikely that the number of courses/sections will be increased. ...
- Created on May 28, 2020
- 19. Added production value… Re-enactors!
- (Production Planning)
- Medieval. Crusader. Viking. Caribbean Pirate. Colonial/Revolutionary War. Civil War. Wild West. Victorian. Steampunk. Great War. WW2. Shooting a period piece can be expensive and beyond the budget of ...
- Created on April 14, 2019
- 20. Syllabus
- (CTVA 358)
- ... workflow Intro to Mixdown Unions Budgeting & Crewing Set Etiquette Communications Getting started in the Industry Requirements Classroom attendance & participation 3 quizzes ...
- Created on August 22, 2017
- 21. Syllabus
- (Sample Syllabus)
- ... workflow Intro to Mixdown Unions Budgeting & Crewing Set Etiquette Communications Getting started in the Industry Requirements Classroom attendance & participation 3 quizzes ...
- Created on August 22, 2017
- 22. Basic Equipment Package
- (Production Planning)
- ... factors, such as the nature of the shoot, the budget, the complexity of the shots, and the preferred or required digital workflow. But for the sake of providing some sort of baseline for beginners, let’s ...
- Created on February 02, 2015
- 23. Syllabus
- (CTVA 250)
- ... scripting, storyboarding, budget, casting, production which includes directing, lighting and shooting, and finally post-production which include editing and sound components. Each student will work on ...
- Created on January 16, 2013
- 24. Advice for First Feature Indie
- (Fred's Blog )
- ... camera support, and feature grade audio. Don't forget to budget for external hard drives, monitors, and accessories. You will not be saving money over just getting your hands on a Red. To sync your footage ...
- Created on November 14, 2012
- 25. Adobe Story Free Software
- (Fred's Blog )
- ... on time and on budget with additional features not available in Adobe Story Free. Generate up-to-date schedules and production reports from script metadata, including tags created automatically or manually. ...
- Created on October 21, 2012
- 26. Sound for Surfing
- (Production Advice)
- ... task. It is even more difficult when you do not have much of a budget. If this were a Hollywood feature, here is how we would approach it. Sound effects of the actual surfing sequences would be faked ...
- Created on September 10, 2011
- 27. Guide for Creating a Professional Résumé
- (Networking)
- ... producers of a low budget non-union show. Have two versions of your resume. Additional Areas of Professional Emphasis or Areas of Professional Achievement Use this space to summarize your technical ...
- Created on August 29, 2011
- 28. Interview with a Foley Artist
- (Post Production)
- ... covers what is dictated by: time, budget and available resources. Sometimes, both Foley and effects will cover a particular sound and the re-recording mixer will use a combination of both. If it' ...
- Created on August 29, 2011
- 29. What Your Crew Expects of You
- (Production Planning)
- ... for the rest of the crew members--camera assistant, boom man, gaffer and grip - they only exist after forceful negotiation by the cameraman and re-submission/approval of the original budget. Somehow, companies ...
- Created on August 26, 2011
- 30. Preparing for Audio Post
- (Post Production)
- ... tone be created? It can but be aware that creating room tone from the handles of audio regions is time consuming, difficult and will compromise the quality of the dialog edit as well as -- the budget. ...
- Created on August 26, 2011
- 31. Deal Memos
- (Production Planning)
- ... PPV (or just pay in cash down at the front desk; or use your laptop). Are you an employee or an independent contractor? Low budget producers will often try to entice you into being an Independent Contractor ...
- Created on August 23, 2011
- 32. Two-Track Mixing for Location Dialogue
- (Sound Design)
- ... But the Producer counts the four inputs to the camcorder, and wants to know why we are not recording in four-track. Never mind that the budget probably does not cover the increased expense of a four ...
- Created on August 23, 2011
- 33. Chapter 1: The Soundtrack, Past and Present
- (Series - Elements of the Soundtrack)
- ... terms of time, budget, and quality. Learn Editing and Lighting, especially! You live or die in the dailies Just as the fate of the Sound Mixer hinges on the client's first impressions, so does the rest ...
- Created on August 23, 2011
- 34. Chapter 2: Elements of the Soundtrack
- (Series - Elements of the Soundtrack)
- ... lines” while out on location, due to limited availability of some actors (or limitations of the budget). This, though, becomes more a matter of technique in “faking it” (to sound like an isolated recording ...
- Created on August 22, 2011
- 35. Syllabus
- (Chapman)
- ... edit video production sound exercises. All students must be able to produce professionally acceptable audio CD's and standard video DVD's. Plan and properly budget for Production Audio. Methods Lecture, ...
- Created on August 19, 2011
- 36. Chapter 6: Post Production in the Digital Age
- (Series - Elements of the Soundtrack)
- Although the technology used for editing a "video" is pretty much the same, low-budget production companies often do not take the same care with "video" that they would with "film." Location production may ...
- Created on August 18, 2011
- 37. Equipment Advice: Selecting Boompoles & Shotgun Mics
- (Boompoles)
- ... popular short shotgun offerings are the Sennheiser K6/ME66 and the MKH60. The ME66 is an electret condenser type of mic, very popular for lower budget applications, and is around $450. It operates from ...
- Created on August 15, 2011