Stephen Pruitt
Well-known member
Hi all. . .
To some, this will seem like a ridiculous post. . . others, however, will sympathize with my plight.
I'm going to be shooting a low-budget ($50,000 to $100,000 total, not counting equipment purchases and rentals) feature this coming summer. I have the video side of the story covered with two REDs (and possibly three REDs!) and a bright young film school DP. What I DON'T have covered at all is the audio side of the ledger.
I'm looking to hire a bright, young, responsible individual to both build the audio workflow into something completely workable AND capture first rate cinema-quality sound on location. We will not be filming on sound stages. We'll be in a lot of unusual locations, some of which will be challenging. I need someone who can put the audio side together with great expertise and give me a really high-quality sound.
I have some fine audio gear to work with, including a Sound Devices 442 mixer, two Schoeps CMC64s (stereo pair), and a carbon fiber boom mounted Schoeps CMC641 with full Rycote protection. I also have two Lectrosonics wireless systems (UM200C and UCR201) with Lectrosonic M-150 and Countryman B6 microphones. The Countrymans can also operate wired. I am willing to purchase additiional gear, such as a field recorder (Sound Devices 744T), but will only do so if I am convinced it's necessary.
Okay. . . enough of the background. Here's the question:
Can anyone recommend a great, truly expert young sound recording specialist that might be willing to work for 6 weeks for no more than $5000? I know the pay is ridiculously low, but I'll be breaking my budget at that. Since this is a Christian-oriented film, I'm looking for people who won't be bringing a lot of baggage that might be controversial on the set.
So, basically, I'm looking for the moon: A truly superb audio specialist who is willing to work on a feature for peanuts, who won't cause us any problems. In other words, I'm looking for the RED One of audio specialists.
The movie is being shot in Kansas.
If you can recommend someone, please email their name and contact information. If you can at least tell me where great young audio specialists are known to congregrate, please email me that information. If you think I'm dead meat and that no such thing exists, well, please just be kind with your public posts.
Anyway, thank you very much for your help.
Sincerely,
Stephen
To some, this will seem like a ridiculous post. . . others, however, will sympathize with my plight.
I'm going to be shooting a low-budget ($50,000 to $100,000 total, not counting equipment purchases and rentals) feature this coming summer. I have the video side of the story covered with two REDs (and possibly three REDs!) and a bright young film school DP. What I DON'T have covered at all is the audio side of the ledger.
I'm looking to hire a bright, young, responsible individual to both build the audio workflow into something completely workable AND capture first rate cinema-quality sound on location. We will not be filming on sound stages. We'll be in a lot of unusual locations, some of which will be challenging. I need someone who can put the audio side together with great expertise and give me a really high-quality sound.
I have some fine audio gear to work with, including a Sound Devices 442 mixer, two Schoeps CMC64s (stereo pair), and a carbon fiber boom mounted Schoeps CMC641 with full Rycote protection. I also have two Lectrosonics wireless systems (UM200C and UCR201) with Lectrosonic M-150 and Countryman B6 microphones. The Countrymans can also operate wired. I am willing to purchase additiional gear, such as a field recorder (Sound Devices 744T), but will only do so if I am convinced it's necessary.
Okay. . . enough of the background. Here's the question:
Can anyone recommend a great, truly expert young sound recording specialist that might be willing to work for 6 weeks for no more than $5000? I know the pay is ridiculously low, but I'll be breaking my budget at that. Since this is a Christian-oriented film, I'm looking for people who won't be bringing a lot of baggage that might be controversial on the set.
So, basically, I'm looking for the moon: A truly superb audio specialist who is willing to work on a feature for peanuts, who won't cause us any problems. In other words, I'm looking for the RED One of audio specialists.
The movie is being shot in Kansas.
If you can recommend someone, please email their name and contact information. If you can at least tell me where great young audio specialists are known to congregrate, please email me that information. If you think I'm dead meat and that no such thing exists, well, please just be kind with your public posts.
Anyway, thank you very much for your help.
Sincerely,
Stephen
