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Hello, my name is Jimmie Jay Anderson, I'm an Indie musician/composer and I can't believe the Love, knowledge and support I feel here! I've only just recently become a member, but I've spent a lot of time going through as many blogs and all of the fantastic input from the members as I can. Wow, what...

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Introduction stages are probably the most difficult and tense period for anyone in the industry. I have found the experience does mater greatly. Having a solid resume, samples of past work, references. Can all add up to a good first start.

I continually remind myself when discussing a director's proj...

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I continually remind myself when discussing a director's project. This is their film, not mine. Park the ego off stage at all times. Being proud of your work is a good thing. But don't let that dissolve into ego once you start the project.

And invariably I get the two big questions up front. #1. How much am I going to charge to do my post audio? And #2. How long is this going to take? Response to #1? I have no idea how much this will cost until I see and hear your film. and to #2? See #1.

More often than not, I will answer the budget question with a question. What budget do you have for post audio and score? Then I can determine immediately if this is a serious project. Or someone fishing for a low-ball bid. Mainly because they didn't budget for post audio. But rather spent all their budget on production.

Too often when I have built a reputation for my work, my time for emerging film makers can be broken down to this: 85% of my time is devoted to education of my workflow and process. 10% of my time is devoted to relaxing tensions between producers, me and the director. and then finally, 5% is the actual work on the project.

A large part of the discussions of the sound with the director is about approach. Initially, my response is, I have no idea what I'll do to make your film sound like a movie. I need to have the director tell me the story of the film, characters, subtext, time period, etc. Not a logline. But in depth discussions on the story. As Hans Zimmer once said, "Story is everything".

The process of post audio is challenging for sure. And absorbing that challenge and making it into an award winning film is the supreme reward. And getting paid for what you're worth.

Shemar James

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- Jimmie Jay Anderson
4 years ago

Jimmie Jay Anderson Welcome to Stage 32! Nice to have you a part of the community! You’ll really enjoy it. There are so many wonderful people to connect with and resources available to you. Congrats o...

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James Welday

Welcome Jimmie, pleased to meet you!

JT Rieder

Welcome Jimmie. What genre is your album? Folk, country, contemporary?, etc. You on Soundcloud too? Best success to you.

Sarah Gabrielle Baron

Hey Jimmie. Make sure you blog and post about your release when it happens. I'm excited for you!

Karen "Kay" Ross

4 years ago

What a fantastic reflection, thank you for sharing, JT! Dude... communicating workflow is everything LOL! Yeah, planning for post in pre is so crucial. Do you ever review scripts in Pre-production in...

Thanks Kay..

I believe that only a very small handful of projects I've done, afforded me the pleasure of sitting in on pre-production meetings and scheduling. On some occasions, I have had the luxury o...

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- Karen "Kay" Ross
4 years ago

Audio is very very important, filmmakers should have a budget for it. but sometimes you have no budget even for production. I always try to have budget for post production, if I need some more money i...

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