1st Edition

Sound Design for Low & No Budget Films

By Patrick Winters Copyright 2017
280 Pages
by Routledge

280 Pages
by Routledge

280 Pages
by Routledge

Don’t let your indie film be sabotaged by bad sound! One of the weakest technical aspects of a low or no budget short or feature film is usually the sound, and in Sound Design for Low and No Budget Films, author Patrick Winters explains what filmmakers need to do to fix that. Learn how to improve the sound quality of your low budget film with specific tools and practices for achieving a better... Read more
  1. What is Sound?
  2. Why is sound important in Film and TV?
  3. How is good location sound recorded?
  4. How is Dialogue/ Production Track edited?
  5. Why do you record ADR?
  6. What is Walla or Loop Group?
  7. Who or What is Foley?
  8. Why do we need all those SFX?
  9. Noise Floor: Ambiences/Backgrounds
  10. Just what is Sound Design? (reviewers note this is out of place, will move)
  11. Why would I want a Musical Score for my movie?
  12. I’ll Mix it myself
  13. Studio Mix
  14. DSP Processing
  15. It’s Mixed, Now What?

Biography

Patrick Winters has been working in sound design for 30 years and teaching sound design for 12 years. He has personal experience working on major motion pictures as well as creating his own short films, stretching minimal budgets to get the best sound tracks possible.

"I can see colleges and film schools using this book in their classes...If you want to up your audio game and be able to create better sound in your movies you will not be disappointed." - A Day for Night review by Forris Day Jr., ANTIX PRESS