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The Practical Art of Motion Picture Sound, 3rd Edition
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The Practical Art of Motion Picture Sound, 3rd Edition

by David Lewis Yewdall
August 2012
Intermediate to advanced
592 pages
21h 45m
English
Focal Press
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Chapter 4

Success or Failure

Before the Camera Even Rolls

“If you prep it wrong, you could find yourself in a win-win-lose situation.”

The success or disappointment of your final soundtrack is decided by you, before the cameras even roll, even before you commence preproduction!

The above 22 words constitute perhaps the single most important truth in this book. It is so important that I want you to read it again. The success or disappointment of your final soundtrack is decided by you, before the cameras even roll, even before you commence preproduction!

You not only must hire a good production sound mixer along with a supreme boom person, you must know the pitfalls and traditional clash of production's form and function to “get it in the can” ...

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ISBN: 9780240808659