Chapter 20

Production Sound

Four Digital Portable Sound Recorders

Nearly every director I have worked with in postproduction jumps up and down insisting on how much he or she wants the magic of production, but in reality so many of them do not do their part to assist the production mixers and their teams to bring that magic of performance to its fullest possible potential. So many times the opportunities are lost in the logistical heat of battle, in the sheer struggle of shooting the film and getting the shot before they lose the light. If ever a phase of the creation of the motion picture cried out for the discipline and regimentation of a military operation, it is the challenging battlefield of production.

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