Rycote has announced a one-day UK workshop designed to help videographers, filmmakers and owners of HDSLR cameras make more of the audio in their videos.
Having promoted better education about audio matters in the video world for several years, Rycote believes a workshop to be a good move: ‘We recognise that audio often takes a back seat in video and film productions, however misguided that may be,’ explains Rycote UK Sales Manager, Tim Constable, one of the main instigators of the event. ‘Also, many of the new generation of videomakers that are using HDSLR cameras for video have come from photographic disciplines, and have little or no experience of capturing audio for video. Sound tends to get short shrift in these productions, because it’s viewed as something of a black art. This event aims to redress the balance.’
Entitled Audio for HDSLR Video, the workshop is slated for 7 July at Bristol’s dockside Watershed arts venue, running from 9am to 7pm. It will bring together HDSLR and audio equipment manufacturers, experienced audio engineers and professional DSLR videomakers under one roof, offering visitors an opportunity to make contacts, check out the latest equipment, watch demonstrations of equipment and techniques, and to learn from the experts in a rolling programme of seminars that will run throughout the day.
Canon and Pink Noise Systems, who are appearing at the event in association with Rycote, are making cameras, microphones, stand-alone audio recorders and mic premplification systems available for hands-on comparison and experimentation under the helpful guidance of their knowledgeable product demonstrators, while in the seminar room, Rycote designer Chris Woolf, an audio engineer of many years’ experience, will cover fundamental audio concepts for those visitors who need a crash course.
Dan Chung and Philip Bloom – both internationally recognised stills photographers who have turned to making commercial films on DSLRs – will share the benefit of some of their experiences in their seminars for photographers thinking of making a similar transition. And for those worried about the practicalities of assembling working systems for audio capture with DSLRs, Pink Noise’s John McCrombie will suggest a variety of possible rigs, tailored to suit different budgets.
Entrance to the Watershed and the area containing the equipment manufacturers’ stands will be free on 7 July, but seating in the seminar room is limited, so entrance to the seminar area will only be possible with a day ticket costing £30 a head.
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