IAC DISCUSSION FORUMS

Interesting idea! I usually include a mention of my club in the credits of my films - in fact I have had emails from people who have seen my films and contacted my club for my email address (because I don't usually include any personal contact details.) I'm not sure how the IAC stands with regard to...

Ouch... Sheffield often find themselves competing against Bradford, with similar results by and large. However, the two clubs are quite different in their approaches to film-making (and their results) with Sheffield being more of a collection of individual film-makers. There are other differences to...

Oooooh, can I join in?

Actually, I haven't received my copy yet, but I'm lead to believe my face adorns one of the 'blank pages', so my apologies for that if it came as a shock to anyone. It wasn't my idea, honest

John

Hi Ned :-) Just a quick reply (off out in 10 minutes!) I didn't mean to come across as sounding as if IAC members didn't have an important opinion - indeed they do - but they represent a small proportion of club membership, which was the OP's topic I believe. The IAC can survive without clubs (it mi...

Hi Ned - I think the problem with surveying anything from IAC members, useful though this is, is that only a fraction of club members are also members of the IAC - within my own club this amounts to barely 10%, and if this is repeated across the majority of video clubs then any IAC survey will only ...

Hi Tim, thanks for your input on this topic, it's most welcome and makes interesting reading. I don't think it was anyone's intention to be negative about club video sound (and I apologise to anyone who thought I might have been) although I have found different areas and clubs in each area vary in t...

Hi Peter - I suspect you might be right. Sometimes the construction involved in gaining extreme isolation can result in a less than full range of frequencies being reproduced. Extreme isolation headphones shouldn't be needed unless you're working in a noisy environment, most closed back or open back...

Hi Peter - if 'over the ear' closed back (or even open back) headphones are used they can give a false impression of how the mix will sound 'in real life'. This is partly because headphones can isolate the mix from ambient noises in the room or from outside, which doesn't happen in a projection hall...

Hi Col - yes, monitoring is such a contentious issue! For detailed preparation work I use a pair of headphones, as it's truly the only way one can hear 'everything' - all those hidden clicks, bangs, wind noise rumble etc, that you might not hear until your final production is played at some major co...

Hi Peter, I have a feeling this topic will grow and grow simply because there are a great many film-makers out there that are experiencing problems with sound - you're by no means the only one! :) I did download one of the meters but for some reason it wouldn't initialise (I believe it was telling m...

Getting there, Dave! My background is in music, having run a studio for over 30 years - and although the basics are the same there are subtle differences between using meters and mixing for music and doing so for films. Having drifted back into film-making I was amazed at the variance of sound betwe...

Yes this is true, the decibel scale is logarithmic. Thanks for that Col :) If we only remember one thing about decibels it should be that each 10dB increase or decrease in level represents a doubling or halving of the volume. Therefore reducing the volume by 10dB halves it, reducing it by a further ...

Hi Peter, Unfortunately setting the maximum level on the editing software is only part of the solution - apparent loudness is better defined in terms of RMS or average level, as opposed to peak, or maximum levels, but it's also about controlling the dynamic range of the film. The range of audio leve...

Bob - unfortunately the write up doesn't state whether 'No Way Back' rankled the audience or if they were already rankled! :D I am eligible to enter this competition, but this is the first time I have even heard of it! Unfortunately the rather negative aspect of the write up doesn't do anything to e...

My apologies to everyone, no offences intended. My feeble excuse is I've just seen daylight after spending several weeks locked in a recording studio laying bass guitar tracks down. Which probably explains a lot...!