4.5 Things You Learned Wrong In Film School
Sure. You spent four years in film school and learned a ton. Trouble is, many times film schools these days are more committed to taking your money than giving you…
Set Your Camera Op Free!
On the MZed Sound Advice tour I used to demonstrate the Sony UWP wireless systems and how you can use them to set your camera op free of damning audio…
The Zoom F8 Recorder
The Easy Way to Kill Your Recording
When I was presenting for MZed’s Sound Advice Tour, of the 33 cities we visited, perhaps 10 of them had participants who asked this question: “On my recorder I get…
Coleman Clarke on Star Trek
Interview: Sound Recordist Wizard Coleman Clarke: Part 3
In this final installment of the interview with Coleman Clarke, he speaks about how to be prepared for a shoot and how to protect your gear - plus the most…
Cole meeting Mark on Star Trek
Interview: Sound Recordist Wizard Coleman Clarke: Part 2
In the last part of this with Coleman interview, he spoke frankly about how he got started, in this part, he talks about some of the most critical things to…
Cole mixing at NBC on a custom Studer Console
Interview: Sound Recordist Wizard Coleman Clarke: Part 1
Here on Cinema Sound we are always honored to have guests come in, and today we are so honored to have my dear friend Coleman Clarke with us. He is…
Feedback: Friend or Foe?
I've had a few members ask me questions about live implementation of sound. While Cinema Sound is primarily a hub for filmmakers, every now then I think it's okay to…
The Tiny Zaxcom ZMT3
Zaxcom Reinventing Wireless – NAB 2017
To be honest, I'd never used a Zaxcom unit until NAB 2017. In fact, while we were interviewing them for NewsShooter.com I was on a Rode Filmmaker Kit - which…
The Rycote "O" Advanced is Ideal for Adhering Mics to Talent
Rycote Gets Even Stickier – NAB 2017
If you're like me you use "Rycotes" every day on set. "Undercovers," "donuts" and "stickies." They're great. The only trouble with them is when an actor starts sweating, those wonderfully…
Mark, Jeff and AD Dennis Hotston
Interview: Cinematographer Jeff Barklage: Part 3
In this, the final installment of our interview with Cinematographer Jeff Barklage, he gets serious about how sound people should work and how camera takes should be done. [Mark Edward…
