The only book on the market to specifically address its audience, Recording Voiceover is the comprehensive guide for engineers looking to understand the aspects of capturing the spoken word.
Discussing all phases of the recording session, Recording Voiceover addresses everything from microphone recommendations for voice recording to pre-production considerations, including setting up the studio, working with and directing the voice talent, and strategies for reducing or eliminating distracting noise elements found in human speech.
Recording Voiceover features in-depth, specific recommendations for recording radio and television commercials, corporate communications, documentaries, tracks for gaming and animation, radio drama, interviews and roundtable discussions. A discussion of the voice in film and television is also included.
Special attention is paid to the final release format and its impact on recording strategies. Exploration of using telephone interfaces - including both analogue and digital ISDN, as well as recording across the internet - is included.
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Verlagsort
Verlagsgruppe
Zielgruppe
Für Beruf und Forschung
Professional Practice & Development
Illustrationen
89 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder, 2 s/w Tabellen
2 Tables, black and white; 89 Halftones, black and white
Maße
Höhe: 235 mm
Breite: 191 mm
Dicke: 14 mm
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ISBN-13
978-0-415-71609-3 (9780415716093)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Tom Blakemore has been an active audio engineer for over thirty years, working in film, television, commercial, and corporate communications as a supervising sound editor and mixer. His film work includes Emmy Award winning documentaries, Academy Award nominees, Directors Guild of America Best Documentary winners, and Audience Award winners at the Toronto, Chicago and Amsterdam Film Festivals. Tom lives in Chicago, where he is an adjunct professor at Tribeca Flashpoint Media Arts Academy teaching film sound, and is a member of the Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) and the Audio Engineering Society (AES).
Introduction
A Life in Sound
A Bit About This Book
The Making of a Superior Voiceover Recording
A Short Case Study
The Voice in Media
Information Theory
The Beginning of Digital Audio
Historical Precedents
Psychoacoustics
Reverberation
The Disembodied Voice
Recording Foreign Languages
Room Acoustics
A Word on Project Studio Acoustics
Studio Design and Acoustics
Microphones
Fundamentals of the Human Voice
Microphone Design Types
Polar Response
Frequency Response
Microphone Experiments
Dynamic Microphones
Condenser Microphones
Digital Microphones
USB Microphones
The Engineer
The Engineer at Work
Collaboration - Communication - Responsibility
Multitasking
Building a Sense of Trust
Preparation
The Team
The Studio
A Few Simple Truths
Lighting
The Script Easel
Seated or Standing?
Monitoring
Video Monitoring
Keep it Organized
Additional Considerations
The Session
Documentation and Notes
The Co-producer Role
Working With the Voice Talent
Some Tips and Tricks
Documentation (Part II)
Studio Weirdness
Your Personal Recording Space
The Basics
The Space
Modifying an Existing Space
Custom Designing a Studio
Prefabricated Voice Booths
Hardware
Software
Delivery - The Remote Session
Additional Costs
The Matter of Trust
Recording for Commercials
The Dictatorship of the Clock
How Long is Too Long?
The Commercial Session
Insert Lines and Redos
Editing and Intercutting
After the Session
One Final Word
Recording Long-Form Narration
The Long-Form Session
Documentation
Recording to Picture
Further Thoughts on Long-Form Narration
Recording for Games and Animation
Game Voice Recording
Recording for Animation
Watch Your Levels!
An Experiment in Voice Recording
Recording Interviews and Roundtable Discussions
Interviews
Video Interviews
Boom and Shotgun Mic Techniques
Recording Roundtable Discussions
Live Mixing of Roundtable Discussions
More Voiceover Opportunities
Voice Response
Public Announcements
Web Content
Voice Talent Demos
Audio Books
The Wacky World of Toys
Audio Tours
Something Completely Different
In Conclusion
That's a Wrap
Building the Sense of Trust
Your Insurance Policy
A Passion for Voice
