BC1001 - Week 6 Assignment - Job Advertisement

Here's my take on a Job Advert for a Sound Recordist !

Genre : Entertainment

Working Area : Bath, South West

Contract Duration : 6 Months - or until the show is canned\ taken off of the air for Legal reasons -whichever is sooner

Salary : £not much

Job Description :
Sound Recordist, BSU Multimedia Productions
"The Custard & Flugelhorn" Show

We are looking for an experienced and Technically proficient Sound Recordist for the Award Winning Intellectual Entertainment Show "The Custard & Flugelhorn" - where unsuspecting Classical Musicians are asked to play Technically Difficult pieces on the Flugelhorn and are judged on their ability to keep playing despite being jeered by a baying mob and pelted with custard. The mob score points for the amount of custard that is retrieved from the Horn at the end of the piece.


Job Specification :
Job Title - Sound Recordist
Department - BSU Multimedia Entertainment
Contract - 6 Months
Base - Bath
Start Date - tbc.

Aim of the Job :
Working as part of the Technical Team Responsible for ensuring that the Sound Recorded during the Prodution is of the required Standard and Quality for Broadcast.

Key Responsibilities :

Must be skilled at capturing the best possible sound quality for the programme.

Must be able to work in a Loud, Messy and potientially hazardous environment.

Must be skilled at Micing Flugelhorns and Baying Mobs.

Key Competences :

The ability to relate clearly, calmly and professionally with your crew and your subjects, be they film stars, streets sweepers, politicians, TV presenters, or whoever, is a huge priority - plus be able to beat a hasty retreat should the baying mob turn on them.

An appreciation of sound, the various qualities it can possess and those things that can effect recorded sound (from hard surfaces, room sizes, interference, custard etc) are a prerequisite.

Should be able to maintain and use all Sound Equipment Safely and with regard to the Health & Safety of others.

Should be able to take the necessary precautions and devise ingenious ways to Protect and shield the Equipment against flying custard whilst still maintaining Sound Quality.