BC1001 - Week 6 Assignment - Sound Recordist

The Job I would be interested from the list would be a Sound Recordist - I've always been interested in Sound & my experience as a Musician means I'm familiar with a lot of the Technical side of the Job. Ideally I'd like to be in a Job that combines Sound & Visual Editing - I've done quite a bit of work at home with editing home movies and adding Music. I get a real buzz out of making the Music & Visuals work together and coming up with an interesting result - something that doesn't bore people to tears when they watch it !

Here's a Description I found of the Role of Sound Recordist.

What you do: The range of the job.

A Sound Recordists prime function is to make sound recordings of outstanding quality, free from interference and all unwanted noise.That sounds relatively straightforward, but can prove very difficult,especially when recording that vital scene or interview near Heathrow, the M4, East Coast Mainline, road works, clock tower, play ground etc.

Recording in sound proof studios is generally less challenging than location work, but making a large space sound intimate or vice versa, tracing the odd hum to source, or isolating equipment noise can still take forever.As a Sound Recordist it is possible to work across a wide variety of television and film formats or genres, but as with most production roles people tend to specialise in one or two areas, such as commercials and features, documentaries and live concerts, or wildlife.

Each type of production has its particular set of aural challenges. On a large scale feature film, for example, the Sound Department may be relatively large by television documentary standards, consisting of a Sound Recordist or Mixer, one or two Boom Operators and a Sound Trainee. The quantity of microphones and equipment employed may differ also, with two boom microphones which are mics on poles, being operated and recorded simultaneously, possibly in conjunction with clip mics, tie mics which are mics fitted to actors. This requires the Sound Recordist or Mixer to monitor several mic inputs at the same time via a small mobile mixing desk, usually found installed in a custom made trolley.

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