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Location Sound Training 101

Turn your music knowledge into a high paying job!
Rating: 3.5 out of 53.5 (44 ratings)
126 students
Created by Fergus Lowrey
Last updated 8/2019
English
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30-Day Money-Back Guarantee

What you'll learn

  • Students will learn how to capture great sound for TV, Film and Branded Content
  • How to hold a boom, how to place a lav mic, how to behave on set and what gear you need to get started

Requirements

  • None

Description

In this course you will learn the basics of location sound for film and TV.  Location sound is an important job on any production.  Our course covers everything from understanding different types of microphones, to how to position your boom pole.  If you can play guitar you can a learn location sound.  Location sound has a very high rate of pay in most major cities, day rates vary from $250 - $700 per day.   

Who this course is for:

  • Musicians look to make more money using what they already know!

Featured review

Nadine McDonald
Nadine McDonald
8 courses
4 reviews
Rating: 4.5 out of 511 months ago
A very good primer for working in the sound department for the film and television industry. This course was well-produced and well-presented. The only error is that the lesson titles don't match the corresponding videos.

Course content

1 section • 25 lectures • 1h 50m total length

  • Preview00:39
  • Preview01:37
  • Preview01:53
  • Preview01:48
  • Preview06:24
  • A Deeper Look at a Beginner Kit
    09:37
  • How To Connect Microphones to the Recorder
    06:35
  • Settings, Knobs, and Recording
    06:35
  • Pickup Patterns, and Microphone Placement
    11:31
  • How to use the Boom Pole
    08:40
  • Lavalier Microphones and How to Mount Them
    03:58
  • Wireless Frequencies
    05:19
  • Timecode and Syncing on Set
    02:29
  • Powering Your Devices
    05:47
  • Expanding Your Basic Kit
    02:40
  • Expanding Your Basic Kit pt. II - The C-Stand
    05:29
  • Set Etiquette and Personal Hygiene
    02:54
  • Sound Blankets
    04:06
  • Analog vs. Digital Recording in Mixers
    04:19
  • Preview02:32
  • Limiters and You
    02:52
  • Tone and Calibration
    03:09
  • Windscreens, Deadcats, and the Wind
    02:10
  • Wildsounds, and Wildtakes
    02:59
  • Navigating How to Connect Directly to the Camera
    04:37

Instructor

Fergus Lowrey
Film Producer
Fergus Lowrey
  • 3.5 Instructor Rating
  • 44 Reviews
  • 126 Students
  • 1 Course

Fergus Lowrey is a Director / Producer who specializes in creating engaging content with the look and feel of modern documentary. Using his discerning eye and technical skill, Fergus works to bridge the gap from creative to execution.

Fergus has created content for clients ranging from  Boston Pizza and Quaker Oats and Canon Canada and Rogers Communications.

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