When we finish the first pass mixing a film soundtrack we have what is known as a double head screening. Its called double head because the picture & sound elements are still seperate entities; the image is often an HD…
This how we play…
Here is some video of a typical ping pong game played during a reel break when mixing…. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqGQ72bre30&e the guy on the losing end is obviously one of the mixers…
Mix Stage Essentials: the ping pong table
There is a great tradition of ping pong & post production. When I first started working on films we were mixing to/from 24 track reel to reel recorders & when we finished a reel & it was time for a…
Space, and the preservation there of…
ok, i’m in philosophical rant mode so bear with me, but equally feel free to disagree in the comments… I DO realise I am a product of where I’ve been & what I’ve seen & heard… and as with everyone…
Predub Pix
And yes, I pasted the SMPTE leader on the screen for obvious reasons..
Week 2 of Predubs….
It was our first week of predubs last week & we finished Ambience predub in 2.5 days & then did 5 reels of Foley predubs by the end of the week…. Foley predub finished by Monday lunchtime, now we’re into…
Temp Mix – almost finished!
Phew what a monster!!! This has been the biggest temp mix I have ever done, just check out the two PT sessions we were running live – I’ll explain the whys & wherefores below… Temp Mix FX and Foley Session…