Film Co-op Monthly Workshop June 6th - Post Production Sound Editing

[Don Tingle]

Hello Alabama Filmmakers Co-op members, workshop participants and friends,

We wish you the best for this Memorial Day, remembering the lives, careers and on-going deployments of our friends and family members who have served their country in wars that were not of their making but in which they defended our country and our values. Most of us probably know someone who has recently been, soon will be, or currently is stationed overseas as part of our Armed Forces.  My oldest friend has served this past year in Afghanistan and is due to return home at the end of June.  We honor their service by remembering on this day their commitment to our country.

Next Sunday, June 6th at 2pm, the Alabama Filmmakers Co-op is pleased, and excited, to present a workshop on Post Production Sound Editing by James Clayton (Clay) Bowman, professional sound engineer.

Sound is, many say, at least 50% of the movie experience. Great sound can make a good movie into a great movie.  Bad sound can destroy a great movie. Most of us filmmakers have experienced the difficulty of getting good quality sound in our productions.  

We've already seen how to getting better quality sound during the filming of our movie when Chattanooga sound collection engineer Brian Gilbert came to Huntsville to present his workshop "Location Audio for Video and Film" on February 7th. Brian demonstrated equipment and techniques to improve the quality of sound we record on location in the production of our movies.  That was a great workshop.  

Now were are in Post Production where Sound Editing turns the audio track from the set into the finished audio for the movie.  Listen to the audio track of almost any movie and you'll hear the magic - from dialog to background environment sounds, sound effects and music. 

Here's a summary bio and workshop description:

Workshop Presenters Biography:

James Clayton (Clay) Bowman was born and raised in Huntsville, attended Auburn University and subsequently attended audio production school in Arizona.  He began his career in audio production in Chicago working in audio post-production since 2001. He worked for multiple studios including Post Effects, Broadview Media, Towers Productions and Kurtis Productions. His career has ranged from education media, commercial radio, video games, and documentary cable TV programming including the series: Cold Case Files, Storm Stories, Gangland, and American Greed, among many others. Clay has also worked on a number of micro-budget independent films and will present examples during the workshop to demonstrate techniques.

Workshop Contents:
The Post Production Sound Editing Workshop will cover the following topics:
• definition of basic terms
• organizing and evaluating the audio in your final edit (and determining where the problems are and how to tackle them)
• smoothing edits with crossfades
• effective use of EQ filters
• hiding problem areas with "nat" beds
• building scenes using sound design, foley, & sound effects editing
• before/after comparisons of film audio (how it arrives to me vs. how it looks/sounds after I've done my thing)
• music editing/mixing

This is a great opportunity to learn how to improve the quality of sound in your videos and movies.  Please join us, Sunday, June 6th at 2pm in my studio, 2nd floor of the Flying Monkey Arts Center.  This workshop is free and open to the public, so feel free to pass this announcement on to friends or coworkers who may be interested.

Don Tingle

Workshop Director

Alabama Filmmakers Co-op

ph: 256-457-5371