Get Great Audio For Your Unscripted Project On Any Budget

Nothing can make your production seem more professional — or more amateurish — than the quality of your sound. Today, audio pro Brett Ulery shares tips and secrets to help you get pro sound on any budget (and we share the $32 audio secret that shaped our careers.)   Sound Is More Important Than Picture It’s an axiom our production company Joke Productions has lived by for many years. And that’s why it drives us bonkers when pitch tapes, sizzle reels, and even feature-length docs have awful audio…for no good reason. Great audio doesn’t have to be expensive.   Great Audio (Or Much Better Audio) Takes Only a Little Thought As Brett Ulery points out today, many indie productions don’t even stop to ask themselves if their audio can be improved. We cover that and more in today’s “great audio” podcast episode: * Why more expensive audio gear may not be right for you. * The $32 audio secret that shaped our careers. * Two kinds of noise you better know about. * Hands on tips for low budget productions. * Why Brett never wanted to be a sound guy (at first, anyway.) * What video games have to do with any of this * What happens when you bribe construction crews in the Dominican Republic… And so much more! Press that giant red “PLAY” button above and make sure you get great audio on whatever budget you’re working with. Transcript Coming Soon! Helpful and Related Links Sound Recording and Sound Mixing Resources for the Hands-On Producer Dying to do Letterman is our award-winning documentary we mentioned in the top of the show. Thanks to Ken Jeong (star up ABC’s upcoming Dr. Ken) and Arsenio Hall for the following tweets about it last week: please go see "Dying To Do Letterman" not only for comics, but for anyone with a dream. https://t.co/Zvmae6rPCC — Ken Jeong (@kenjeong) September 7, 2015 Saw it, & luv'd it KJ – RT @kenjeong: please go see "Dying To Do Letterman" … — Arsenio Hall (@ArsenioHall) September 7, 2015 Congrats to our swag winners @WriteCoachKiki, @PASensation and @sobolamike. Listen to the podcast for how to claim your winnings! (It’s in the first two minutes.) How we sold our new TV show to Oxygen, step by step. If you’re reading this and wondering about breaking into unscripted television, you’re in the right place. One way to do that…pitch to us. Let’s make some TV together. Here’s how:

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*Named "New and Noteworthy" across all podcasts, as well as TV & Film, Arts, and Education. Subscribe now. Ready to create, pitch, and sell documentary series, unscripted TV shows or reality series and specials? From creating pitch tapes to meeting with TV networks, developing your ideas to discovering reality TV stars, this podcast features tips on working in unscripted film and television that you won't find anywhere else. Get top-industry secrets and even pitch your shows to Award-Winning Documentary Filmmakers and Unscripted Television Producers Joke Fincioen and Biagio Messina. Recently, the duo have helped both new and experienced producers bring projects to television on MTV, BIOGRAPHY CHANNEL, INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY, A&E, and CNN/HLN. Your show could be next. Subscribe now. ABOUT JOKE AND BIAGIO: With over a decade of experience in unscripted film and television, this married couple has made TV shows, specials, and pilots for CNN, HLN, A&E, The CW, Biography Channel, NBC, CBS, Discovery, Investigation Discovery, Discovery+, E!, IFC, Logo, Oxygen, Style Network, VH1 and MTV. Their feature length documentary DYING TO DO LETTERMAN played in theaters across America, was invited by the International Documentary Association to qualify for Academy Award® consideration, and named “New and Noteworthy” on iTunes alongside The Dark Knight Rises, Brave, and Beasts of the Southern Wild. Subscribers to this podcast will learn the secrets of the Unscripted TV and Film worlds, and how to apply them toward career success. Subscribe today.