sound crew for a movie peoduction

Production Sound

• Production Sound Mixer

The production sound mixer is head of the sound department on set, responsible for recording all sound during filming. This involves the choice and deployment of microphones, operation of a sound recording device, and sometimes the mixing of audio signals in real time.

• Boom Operator

The boom operator is an assistant to the production sound mixer, responsible for microphone placement and movement during filming. The boom operator uses a boom pole, a long pole made of light aluminum or carbon fiber that allows precise positioning of the microphone above or below the actors, just out of the camera's frame. The boom operator may also place radio microphones and hidden set microphones. In France, the boom operator is called the perchman.

• Utility Sound Technician

The utility sound technician has a dynamic role in the sound department, most typically pulling cables, but often acting as an additional boom operator or mixer when required by complex filming circumstances. Not all films employ a utility sound technician, but the increasing complexities of location sound recording in modern film have made the job more prevalent. This role is sometimes credited as "cable man" or "python wrangler".

 

Sound/Music

• Sound Designer

The sound designer, or "supervising sound editor", is in charge of the post-production sound of a movie. Sometimes this may involve great creative license, and other times it may simply mean working with the director and editor to balance the sound to their liking.

• Dialogue Editor

Responsible for assembling and editing all the dialog in the soundtrack.

• Sound Editor

Responsible for assembling and editing all the sound effects in the soundtrack.

• Re-recording Mixer

Balances all of the sounds prepared by the dialogue, music and effects editors, and finalizes the films audio track.

• Music Supervisor

The music supervisor, or "music director", works with the composer, mixers and editors to create and integrate the film's music. In Hollywood, a music supervisor's primary responsibility is to act as liaison between the film production and the recording industry, negotiating the use rights for all source music used in a film.

• Composer

The composer is responsible for writing the musical score for a film.

• Foley Artist

The foley artist is the person who creates many of the sound effects for a film.