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It's been a crazy week and I have been slammed so I don't have a lot to post today.
I did do an interview a couple weeks ago which recently aired on XRAY.fm on a program called The Filmmaker Happy Hour with Phil Busse. It is available https://soundcloud.com/the-non-profit-hour/the-filmmaker-happy-hour-s1e2-kelly-baker t if you want to listen to it.
I seem to have done a bunch of interviews lately.
Here is one I posted a couple weeks ago for The Ghost of Hollywood https://theghostofhollywood.com/
And a reminder the I'm the Keynote Speaker at the McMinnville Short Film Festival. The interview they did with me is at https://mcminnvillefilmfest.org/blog/kelley-baker-angry-filmmaker"
There's some other stuff going on which I will let you know about as things get closer. Until then you can purchase my books right here on my website.
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At McMinnville. Last week was crazy busy and I'm still recovering. I was the Key Note Speaker at the McMinnville Short Film Festival.
It's an amazing festival. I saw some really great films, met a lot of wonderful filmmakers (and others) and had some awesome wine. That's one of the benefits of having a film festival in wine country.
Because I've been immersed in films for the last four days I decided that today's blog post is going to be some important quotes from a few of the people I interviewed for my 2nd book, The Angry Filmmaker's Survival Guide Part Two: Sound Conversations With (un)Sound People
Sound is an excellent carrier of emotion. And film is about emotion. - Gary Rydstrom, Sound Designer - - Saving Private Ryan, Jurassic Park (winner 7 Academy Awards)
Sound is NOT the enemy! - - Lee Haxall - -Editor, Crazy Stupid Love
Sound is hugely important. They say that its 50% of the film. I think its more than 50%. Without good sound no matter how good the picture is you’re going to have people walking out. - - Gregor Hutchison – Post Production Supervisor
Hire the best production mixer you can afford. Have him/her shoot a lot of location environments, crowd reactions, alternate TV coverage if possible, anything that would have to be replaced or added later that is unique to the set. - - Bob Hackl – Post Production Supervisor
It’s ironic that in extreme low-budget filmmaking they pay the least attention to the sound department, and that’s where they don’t have the money to fix it in post. - - Peter Kurland, Production Sound Recordist
It’s impossible to duplicate the emotion of a scene in ADR. We've all seen films that have massive amounts of ADR and the performance isn’t there and the feeling isn’t there. - - Michael “Gonzo” Gandsey - Production Sound Recordist
In my mind, dialogue is king, if you can’t understand what they’re saying then the movie is a waste of time. - - David A. Cohen - Dialogue Editor
I would rather see no music than music used improperly. - - Ken Karman, music editor - Forrest Gump
Good sound goes unnoticed, bad sound ruins a film. - - Dan Olmstead, re-recording mixer – Cecil B. Demented
If you’re interested in learning more about audio for film you can purchase a copy of The Angry Filmmaker Survival Guide Part Two: Sound Conversations With (un)Sound People.
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Originally posted February 4, 2022