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What is audiok?

Greg Hannas — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 23:44:24 +0000

Audiok is Greg Hannas, a Location Sound Mixer, Boom Operator and Musician.

Audiok is short for “Audio Kudasai” which is my Japanese interpretation of “Audio Please”.

This is not my house!

Greg Hannas — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 01:33:16 +0000

Season’s Greetings!

And The Winner Is . . . .

Greg Hannas — Fri, 21 May 2010 18:20:16 +0000

Though I keep saying I will never be a one man sound crew on a short film again, I did go over to Vancouver in the Summer of 2009 to help out on a wonderful short film called “The Gray Matter”.

At the 2010 Leo Awards,”The Gray Matter” won 7 awards including Best Overall Sound for a Short Film which I was acknowledged. Thanks to producers Tovah Paglaro and Samantha Simmonds for bringing me out. A special Thanks to Director Steven Deneault and the Crew who were very sound friendly, which made my job easier.

A Location Sound Mixer is:

Greg Hannas — Tue, 04 May 2010 02:56:40 +0000

a member of a film crew responsible for recording all sound and sound effects on set during the photography of a motion picture, for later inclusion in the finished product, or for reference to be used by the sound designer, sound effects editors, or foley artists. This requires choice and deployment of microphones, choice of recording media, and mixing of audio signals in real time.
Usually, the mixer will arrive on location with his/her own equipment, which normally includes microphones, radio systems, booms, mixing desk, audio storage, headphones, cables, tools, and a small amount of stationery for making notes and logs. The mixer may be asked to capture a wide variety of sound on location, and must also consider the format of the finished product (mono, stereo or surround sound). The recorded production sound track is later combined with other elements or re-recorded by automatic dialogue replacement.
Often when filming on video, the sound mixer may record audio directly onto the camera rather than use a separate medium, although a separate copy is often made, as it both provides an extra copy which may have more tracks and also may include other sound captured without the camera.
The sound mixer is considered a department head, and is thus completely responsible for all aspects of production sound including the hiring of a boom operator and sound assistant, planning the technical setup involving sound including both sound equipment and ancillary devices involved in syncing and time offsets, anticipating and discussing sound-related problems with the rest of the crew, and ordering and preparing the sound equipment to be used on the set.

A Boom Operator is:

Greg Hannas — Tue, 04 May 2010 02:01:47 +0000

an assistant of the location sound mixer. The principal responsibility of the boom operator is microphone placement, using a “boom pole” with a microphone attached to the end. He or she will also attach wireless microphones to actors, celebrities and anyone whose voice requires recording.
The boom operator must decide where to place the boom microphone based on a combination of factors, including the location and projection of any dialogue, the frame position of the camera, the source of lighting (and hence shadows) and any unwanted noise sources.