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Films can be ruined with unintentionally poor sound. If dialogue is unintelligible, so will the film be. We all know recording good sound is important, but the confluence of lack of experience and the variety of devices compounds the situation. Often we hear about expensive, difficult to...

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Filmmakers may come across situations where they are stuck with recorded sound they can't afford to redo. These filmmakers may have had the gain too high, the microphone too close, or the recording media was bad; but sometimes...

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Music can be fun in movies, without a doubt. From the beginning of the movie industry music has always been a part of filmmaking and it's easy to think this is how it should be. Even though nearly everyone does, using...

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Some people don't have computers, it's true. They don't have the money, family never bought one, and the schools don't have one either. Or there may be computers available but you can't put the editing software on them. Maybe you...

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Visual effects can be a powerful tool in making a film. They have the ability to rectify your mistakes and create things that could never be physically created. From compositing out corporate logos to creating lifelike...

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Actors are fallible as anybody is. Sometimes we don't have the time to do things as best as we can. Film director judgment can be wrong at times, too. For this many directors feel they invented editing, a way to fix anything...

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While we'd like to be able to shoot interior movie scenes in a sound stage and have a secured perimeter for outdoor scenes, this will not be possible. We have to make films in the real world where things aren't always hospitable to our...