Overview
Overview
Location Audio Simplified is no 20-minute “how to” video on location sound. This is a series of 37 lessons delivered by a seasoned location audio professional and experienced teacher, Dean Miles. It consists of over 6 hours of video, packed with on-location demonstrations, lectures, and real world examples that teach, in detail, the skills, techniques, and protocols needed to succeed in the video industry as a location sound operator.
If you’re serious about learning location sound but don’t want to enroll in an expensive tech college or post-secondary institute, then Location Audio Simplified is for you.
Dean Miles follows his accredited Location Audio for Video course step-by-step to deliver the material in the order that makes learning location sound easy. This course works alongside Dean’s highly respected book, Location Audio Simplified, which he developed during his 9 years as an instructor at the post-secondary level. This is the real deal! Location Audio Simplified will have you well on your way to a career as a professional location sound operator.
For $249 you’ll have access to all 37 Location Audio Simplified lessons for 6 months from the time of purchase. Watch them as many times as you need to ensure you absorb all the practical information in the course.
Topics
- Choosing a location
- Preparing the location
- Ambiance & dialogue separation
- Field mixers
- Features of a field mixer
- Initial setup
- Putting your gear together
- Tying into a video camera
- Understanding your limiters
- Operating a field mixer
- Room tone
- Shotgun microphones
- Basics
- Sound perspectives
- Low cut and pad
- Axis & lobing
- Boom pole basics
- Booming techniques
- Proper grip and stance
- The art of fluid motion
- Static and motion shots
- One hand booming
- The booming sweet spot
- Scooping and choosing a boom pole
- Lavalier microphones
- Lavalier basics
- Entering someone's personal space
- Exposed micing technique
- Hidden micing technique
- Wireless systems
- RF and the basics
- Calibrating the transmitter
- Calibrating the receiver
- Setting up a wireless hop
- Video cameras
- Basic functions
- Setting up the onboard camera mic
- Operating the VJ attenuator
- Direct microphone input
- Field mixer input
- DSLR cameras - easy sync in the field
- Digital field recorders
- Interview technique
In order to get the most out of this course and practice the skills he teaches, Dean Miles recommends that you borrow or rent a basic location audio field package. The package should include:
- Field mixer
- 3-4 channel mixer, with mixer bag and shoulder strap or shoulder harness
- Boom pole
- 4-5 sections, 10-12ft in length
- Shot gun microphone with a suspension and wind jammer
- Wireless system with a Tram lavalier
- Headphones designed for location audio
Instructors
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