5
votes
Is it always necessary to dub violins on movie sets?
After a 3 year hiatus I return with an answer that I hope doesn't get torn to shreds by newer members here:
I'm going to start out with a more general answer: NOTHING done as a corrective measure (...
- 14.2k
4
votes
Can I take "historical" sounds from non-fictional movies for my project?
If it's public domain then yes it would be ok, but I wouldn't trust copyright information people add as Youtube descriptions.
There are some public domain video archives that might have the kind of ...
- 606
2
votes
How do you create those Harry potter wand sounds?
There's no set way of making these sounds, the first one sounds like lighting/electricity mixed with some sort of computer generated sound from a synth.
Second one is something being pitched down ...
- 21
2
votes
Are actors' voices in the 2.0 sound positioned in correspondence with where we can see them in the video?
This is not a field I work in, though I am a [retired] sound engineer & currently work in the TV/film industry, so it's one where I watch & listen to the results of other people's work a lot, ...
- 8,560
1
vote
How do you create those Harry potter wand sounds?
From what I remember from the movies, I think the sounds are more composed of electric-arc(ish) type sounds and whatever sound helps to distinguish the wands or wizards from each other; some wands are ...
- 21
1
vote
Can I take "historical" sounds from non-fictional movies for my project?
This is a "sound design" forum. You are asking a LEGAL question. Copyright law is a specialized field and it seems quite possible that there is no appropriate StackExchange forum for this question.
...
- 1,869
1
vote
Is there a similar site to this for moviemaking, film design, visual effects, etc?
This actually existed for a couple years when this question was asked: https://video.stackexchange.com/
Enjoy!
- 156
Only top scored, non community-wiki answers of a minimum length are eligible