Sound+Mixer

A Sound Mixer is responsible for the recording of all sound recordings and sound effects in a movie production as well as in TV productions. This includes the recordings of dialogue; the sound mixer is responsible that the dialogue is clear otherwise he/she will have to ask for another take. If this keeps being a problem from such things as being a busy shooting area, the sound mixer may issue for dialogue recordings in a recording studio. Sound Mixers also have the choice of microphones and their deployment. This job also includes the mixing of audio signals in real time. Sound Mixing has been described as quite a difficult job with many camera angles being used in today’s shoots making the placement of boom microphones and other microphones a straining task. Sound recorders are also responsible for the bringing of their own equipment on set. This normally includes microphones, radio systems, booms, a mixing desk, audio storage (hard drives) and head phones etc. Sound Mixers also work with Sound Designers as they send their recording to the sound designers once they are finished recording
 * Wiki project: Sound Mixer By Mitchell Siggs**

A Sound Mixer must meet with __Producer__ and __Director__ around 2 weeks before first shoot. This meeting is used to discuss the movies intentions where the sound mixer will see the basic plans for the movie and use his/her experience and knowledge to interpret the microphones and sound capabilities needed for the film.
 * Preproduction:**

During all the shoots taking place in the film production all the sound crew including the sound mixer arrive on set half an hour before call time to prepare the equipment for recording. During the rehearsals of each take the Sound Mixer sets up all the microphones in their suitable areas. While this is happening Post production: After every recording a sound mixer sends his recordings of that day to the post production team by the use of the computer.
 * Production:**

On set the sound mixer uses many leads. The taping of these leads ensures that safety is kept to a high standard. With many constant changes in technological advances sound mixers now work with many different microphones and recording equipment and choose the type most suitable for that scene. (E.g. close up or extreme angle shots require hidden clip microphones so they don’t arrear in the frame. Also the use of very voice sensitive microphones for those built up area in certain scenes. With music being clearly easily available to send, Sound mixers may also set up playback equipment and speakers for the actors.
 * Health and safety:**
 * Technological Advances:**

A Directional Microphone shotgun microphone Jeff Wexler: famous for sound mixing such films as Fight Club, Independence Day and Mission Impossible 3.
 * Famous sound Mixers:**

Noah Timan: Famous for sound mixing such films as Hanna, Knight and Day and Fantastic Mr Fox.

John McKay: the sound mixer for the very famous film The Lord of the Rings the Fellowship of the Ring.

Ron Judkins: uses great sound mixing in the movies, Saving Private Ryan, Jurassic Park and minority report.

Wexler shows great appreciation in the sound quality when he did the sound mixing in the movie Fight Club. We all know Fight Club is a great movie (universally speaking); Wexler helps push the movie to its full potential. This is done with the use of capturing many elements of background noise as well as the actor’s voice. This is shown well in the scene outside the bar on the time 31:45 seconds onwards. The sound is used well in this section as the voices are distinct and easy to understand but you can also easily hear distinct noises in the background, such as crickets as well as train noises and distant traffic noise giving the scene a real area a few kilometres away from the a highway or train station. Wexler also shows great sounds mixing on the terminal scene and the office scene.
 * Jeff Wexler use of sound mixing in the movie Fight Club**

Fight Club Ron Judkins uses great sound mixing in Jurassic Park, these sounds are widely used in many other movies and television shows.

John McKay uses great sound mixing in the use of the great voices such as the voice of Gandalf.

Sound mixer at daily work. JeffWexler.2011, http://www.imdb.com (7/8/11) NoahTiman.2011,http://www.imdb.com(7/8/11) Startintv,’soundproductionmixer’,2011,http://startintv.com/jobs/production_sound_mixer.sound_production-sound-mixer.php(30/7/11) Wikipedia,”productionsoundmixer”,2011.http://Wikipedia.org/wiki/production_sound_mixer(30/7/11) Johnmckay.2011,www.imdb.com(7/8/11)