Location Audio Simplified: Capturing Your Audio... and Your Audience

From the basics of using camera, handheld, lavalier, and shotgun microphones to camera calibration and mixer set-ups, Location Audio Simplified unlocks the secrets to clean and clear broadcast quality audio no matter what challenges you face. Author Dean Miles applies his twenty-plus years of experience as a professional location operator to teach the skills, techniques, tips, and secrets needed to produce high-quality production sound on location. Humorous and thoroughly practical, the book covers a wide array of topics, such as: * location selection * field mixing * booming techniques * using different kinds of microphones (including wireless systems) and booming * camera calibration, interview techniques, and much more Learn the secrets of a real-world professional with easy-to-follow, non-technical tips and techniques that you can apply in the field on your own projects immediately. The book follows the companion Location audio Simplified online course, https://vimeo.com/ondemand/locationaudiosimplified , to bring Dean’s teaching to life. Make sure to check out the Location Crew website for more location audio goodness! www.locationcrew.com Dean Miles has been a professional location audio operator since 1989. He has worked on productions for National Geographic, BBC, CBC, World Vision, as well as on shows such as Sliders , X-files , and Super Dave to name a few. Dean has also developed and taught a location sound for video course for 9 years. Introduction to Location Audio; Choosing and Preparing a Location; Location Audio Field Mixer; Field Mixer Operating Techniques; Shotgun Microphones; How to Boom; Lavaliere Microphones; Wireless Systems; Camera Calibration; The Interview; Add-Ons