"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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In article i,
Iain Churches wrote:
You don't work in my industry, Iain.

I have probably mixed and edited music for more TV documentaries
and corporate programmes than you would imagine. The transition
from music recording/editing to TV post is interesting and not difficult.
A transition in the opposite direction is not so easy.

You really are a patronising git, Iain.

If it "were" easy, then many people would do it, as it is generally
seen as a considerable step forward. I wonder why TV
companies "hire in" a music editor if a freelance TV sound
recordist could do the job much more cheaply?


You wouldn't have a clue how to set up the comms for even a minor
sporting event TV coverage, for example.

Comms for a minor sporting event? Sounds like an excellent
cure for insomnia:-)

There's a lot more to TV sound than simple music balancing. Kids on
computers do that these days. With no training.

Not symphony or jazz orchestras they don't:-))

*My* industry is basically all aspects of 'live' TV. And you've just
proved you know nothing about it. Or perhaps you don't realise that
music plays only a small part in TV. And that the background music
you've been involved with is usually hated by the viewer. ;-)

I am talking about music composed for the production
and recorded to picture. Most people in TV sound seem
to regard the role of music as paramount. There is no better
way to "set the atmosphere" for a sequence. One of my
tutors, Bernard Hermann, who wrote the music for most of
the Hitchcock films, illustrated this on many many occasions.
Is there any film buff who does not instantly recognise the "Eeek,
Eeek, Eeek" strings from the shower sequence in Psycho?

Another classic example is the film "The White Deer", with music
by Einar Englund.

What I *do* realise, Dave, is that for the most part, people
working in TV live sound are playing second fiddle to the
camera crew, and so do not and can not get the best possible
results. Not too satisfying:-(( But most TV programmes
are viewed once only, so maybe it doesn't matter too much.

Iain
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