This article is from Mix Online.
“They are the workhorses of the film sound world, enduring endless days toiling in often hostile environments, arriving on the set before shooting begins and staying after it ends, there for every take and retake. They are the production sound mixers: location recordists charged with the responsibility of capturing crisp dialog and evocative ambiences; the pure performances. And though their work is often overshadowed by the more glamorous contributions of the post community, production sound mixers are the first critical link in the film sound chain. At best, their work is utterly transparent, not calling attention to itself. At worst, well, if you have to struggle and strain to understand what the characters in a film are saying, or noisy backgrounds overwhelm the dialog, or the finished film is overloaded with badly done ADR, chances are that the production sound mixer had a rough outing. And it probably wasn’t his or her fault. Read rest of article.
