tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61270962011-12-14T01:13:10.326-08:00notes and comments from Phillip W. Palmer, CAS. Production Sound MixerPhillip W. Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09063816827389290908noreply@blogger.comBlogger1861100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6127096.post-3852546805550006682011-10-16T13:27:00.000-07:002011-10-16T13:38:39.791-07:00

This past Saturday we had our CAS sponsored Parade of Sound Carts at the Local 80 stage in Burbank, CA. What on overwhelming success and turnout of both participants and their gear, production mixers, boom operators and students. It warmed my heart to see such an event so dedicated to our craft of production sound recording on location. Once again it proved to me how specialized our craft is

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Emmy Spotlight - Sound and Picture.

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And so we begin Season 3. My crew for this go around will be pretty much the same, with the minor shuffle of Devendra Cleary moving to Playback only and Mitchell Gehbard coming in as Sound Utility for the full run of the show. Devendra will be spending his non playback days establishing himself as a mixer here in Los Angeles.We start principal photography on Tuesday with our sound prep starting

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Okay, just about done with the cart re-build. A couple of things will be done, but it's just about ready to go.Here is the cart just before we put the final patch and recorders onto the recorder deck.Here is the rear panel with patch bays.This is the front view with with all devices actually running. Computer is connected to both the MH unit via FireWire and the O1v via USB.Closer view of the

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I've started remounting and re-rigging the gear. The Lectro Venues have moved up a space, giving enough room for a new set of 5" monitors. The recorder platform will go right above the new Metric Halo Mobile I/O which is acting as my ADAT to analog D/A converter.The recorder platform will hold the new DEVA 16 and the Sound Devices 702T back up recorder. I'll mount the Rollogic remote

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I've got a few weeks off and have the opportunity to upgrade and re-wire my cart. It's an opportunity to pull all the gear out and give it a good cleaning as well. I'll be upgrading the recorder to a DEVA 16, allowing me to go up to 16 tracks. I'll have to add an ADAT to analog D/A converter to the rig to get the additional 8 tracks into the deck. I'll probably be replacing the triple 4"

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Within a week after finishing up season 2 of Glee, we began filming the FX series pilot of American Horror Story. It's being produced and directed by Ryan Murphy, so we rolled right into production. No rest for the weary I suppose.We are just 2 days from finishing the 15 day pilot and looking forward to some time off this summer. It's been 11 months since I took any sort of extended vacation,

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A bit late but in time to air...Glee season 2 has wrapped. I want to thank my crew, Patrick Martens and Devendra Cleary for a great season. Also a big thank you to all the boom operators and mixers who came in and helped out on our big days. Next season will be more of the same. I'll see you all in August.Next up, American Horror Story. Couldn't be farther from Glee...

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We're down to the last month of filming of Glee season 2. Finishing up episodes 18 and 19, while starting 20. It's been a long road in production since last July. On the tech side, we are very happy with the change over to CF media and the pdf sound report delivery. Our Telecine tech from Encore, Michael Maher, visited the set on Friday to get a sense of what we deal with on a daily basis.

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Very happy to report that after a week of CF delivery we are all very happy with the results. Encore, our Telecine facility, has a system with checking in and out the CF cards with a bar code on each. Our post crew is dumping the files to hard drive and Technicolor is swapping out hard drives weekly. No one seems to miss the DVD-RAM's at all, which was my hope all along.The PDF sound reports

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...at least on Glee. Since the pilot of Glee we have used DVD-RAM media our our primary delivery of sound recordings to telecine and post production, as do most shows in network television and motion pictures. At least here in the United States. For years now I've had the desire to move away from DVD-RAM, to a more efficient, less fragile, higher capacity media like Compact Flash or other

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The change to the O1V96 console has opened up the possibility to do much more than ever before with a location sound cart. I've decided on a plan of expansion to move from an 8 track system to a 16 track system. Here's the rough details.I will continue to use the AES card in the Yamaha O1V for the 8 channels of digital I/O, which is currently tracks 1-8 on the DEVA 5.8. My plan is to change my

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As posted on the O1V96 Production Sound Users Group.I wanted to give an update on my first 2 months with the O1V96 on location and stage. Mainly to give those that are considering this as an alternative to the analog consoles that have been the mainstay for location sound recording for many years. Without a doubt, this has been a far easier transition than I had anticipated. At first glance, and

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This about says it all! Thank you so much to everyone. Our Producers: Ryan Murphy. Brad Falchuk, Ian Brennan, Dante DeLaretto, Kenneth Silverstein, Alexis Woodall, Brad Bueker. My crew: Patrick Martens, Devendra Cleary, and all those boom operators who come in for our day calls. My wife Kathy Davis. And I must thank the full crew of Glee led by our Director of Photography Christopher Baffa,

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This was the ultimate test for me and the new O1v96 mixer. I practiced a bit off line, but there's nothing like the real thing. We started season 2 of Glee on July 28 and I jumped in with both feet, and the new mixer. At this point, I couldn't ever see going back to an analog mixer. Especially one that is limited to 8 input channels. The Cooper 208D is probably the best sounding mixer I have

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Yesterday was a big day in the Palmer household. At 5:40am the announcements detailing the nominations of the 2010 Prime Time Emmy awards were released. I'm proud to say the sound department has been nominated this year for the Glee episode 'The Power of Madonna'. I am nominated along side with the post production mixers, Joe Earle and Doug Andham. I could not have done it without the help of

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I've pretty much completed the load of gear. There are few things left to tidy up, but the signal path test through is complete. The result is far more routing and functionality. The console is quiet, endless routing and much easier to use than originally thought. It's the equivalent of a Swiss Army Knife. I'll post a more detailed list of gear and it's power distribution later and on the

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I haven't done all the wiring yet, but here is a preliminary look at what is shaping up. Had to do some modifications to shelves today. Hoping to have it wired up and testing audio tomorrow.

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There are several sound newsgroups and forums on the web currently that deal with the complete scope of production sound recording for film and television. After many emails and phone conversations during the process of my mixing panel upgrade, we felt there might be a home for a specific group that dealt with the Yamaha O1V96 and it's use as a mixing platform in location sound recording for

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Well, it's been a couple if years. I've had time to really get to know and use my current cart configuration. Still, to this day the best set up I've put together. But my current show has taxed my mixing panel and it's routing and output ability. So, on our break between seasons of Glee...I will overhaul the interior rack of my cart and install a Yamaha 01v96 console in place of the current

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The re-recording mixers for Glee, Joe Earle and Doug Andham, and I have been nominated for a CAS award. The nom is for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Television Series for the Glee episode 'Wheels', directed by Paris Barkley. The awards will be given at the annual CAS banquet at the Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles on February 27. Wish us luck!!!

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It was a great pleasure to see our cast and producers accept the Golden Globe for best comedy series. The other shows were so strong, and to be included in the nominations was an honor I'm sure. Ryan was kind to thank the crew in his acceptance speech...Thank You Ryan! We are so proud of the show! Congratulations to the cast and crew! And now....back to work. :) 9am call today. It should

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Happy New Year everyone. Adios to 2009, bring on the 10.I'm looking forward to bringing in the new year with all my friends at Glee next week.Phillip W. Palmer, CAS-- Sent from my iPhone

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Happy Thanksgiving everyone.Getting ready to start my prep for the upcoming back 9 episodes of Glee. I'm adding some gear to the playback and music portion of the package. More earwigs and a thumper system most notably. We're also installing more speakers in the choir room, high school main set. It gets the speakers up and out of the way, clear of the crew while working. Saving us from

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We're done with our run on NCIS:Los Angeles. Doing some day playing and 2nd units till we go back to Glee in January.This week we are in Las Vegas working on the movie The Other Guys for a couple of days. The show is shot in New York but they have a couple of scenes that take place in Las Vegas. My good friend Tom Nelson is mixing the show in New York and he called me to take care of the LV

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It's been quite a while since updates, sorry about that. NCIS:LA is quite a show, and takes a lot out of me. Blogging has fallen behind.We have just about completed episode 8 for the new season and we are just getting going. Lots more to do as the season will be at the least, 22 episodes. It's interesting that this year, both shows that I have done are picked up for full seasons. That...

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New video and music promo for NCIS: Los Angeles. Enjoy...

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Watch Glee this week! The season premiere of Glee is Wednesday September 9 at 9p east and west, 8 central on FOX. If you liked the pilot, you'll love the series. My crew and I are very happy with our work on this one...it was a challenge and a pleasure.Hope you enjoy it.PWP

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Sorry it's been a while folks. I'm coming out of the fog now. We finished up Glee at the end of July, what a great run of show that was. We will know more regarding the show fate as the season airs in September. My crew and I had one day off to push the gear from stage 15 to stage 9 at Paramount and begin our stint on the new CBS show NCIS: Los Angeles. The new show stars Chris O'Donnell and

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New music video from Glee!!

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Harsha Furst, Devendra Cleary and Patrick Martens. Episode 112/Glee.

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2 wide band low Venue's on the main cart now.

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My crew for the last year. A great team. Patrick Martens on boom and Devendra Cleary is 2nd Boom and Playback. Can't thank you guys enough.

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Last night Glee premiered to about 11 million viewers here in the US.  We're quite happy here in Gleeville, high fives all around.  There was much celebrating in New York this past weekend, with the cast appearing at the FOX upfront presentation.  Now the hard work must continue.We are finishing up episode 8 of our 12 episode order.  After completing this episode, we will have 3 days of clean up

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Sound cart in line for a lube job.

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Cams getting ready for the slushy fight!

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Funny name, but a great windcreen. Shown here on a MKH50. This all but eliminates wind puffs on big quick moves as well as makes it available for some light exteriors.

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We are just about done with episode 7 of our first season of Glee.  It's been a great ride so far, much more to do.  We premiere the pilot on May 19 at 9pm on FOX.  Hope you can watch.Here's a view from my world this evening.I pretty amazed at the amount of playback and music that we do on a regular basis for an episodic TV show. It's become routine for us, but in any other situation it might

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Live vocal record to prerecorded music with 12 cast members. Very high pucker factor.

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aka. McKinley High football field.

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This is a view of our McKinley High set. We're filming in the Choir Room when this was taken. It's pretty well lit up in the middle area. Kinda cool...

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The new trailer for Glee.Enjoy!pwp

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I'm so happy to be back on stage after an incredibly windy day in Long Beach yesterday. We had some dialog on the football field, but mostly we just got beat up by the wind. Then we moved into the auditorium for a big musical number.Today I'm hunkered down in my little corner of the McKinley High School set on stage 15 at Paramount. Nice and cozy. Lots of playback today...makes it fun to

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That's Patrick Martens and Harsha First way up in the back setting the stereo mic.

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Sometimes you need to place a mark high on the bounce.

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Finally getting to know my blogger settings a bit better.The new 'the daily carpet' blog has been getting some regular updates. Lots of opportunity on our show Glee.http://dailycarpet.blogspot.comI'll try and get more Glee updates rolling. We are just now completing episode 5, with 7 more to shoot.Phillip W. Palmer, CAS-- Sent from my iPhone

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You'll get the idea...the daily carpet

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We're a couple of days into episode 105.  The cast has been doing quite a bit of promotion, stealing some of their weekends.  Fox is heavy on the previews during American Idol.Hope you enjoy!  We're looking forward to it too....pwp

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We are done with week 5 and almost completed with episode 103 for Glee season 1.  We currently have a 13 episode order, but who knows...that could always change.  Starting to settle into a groove with all the playback and sound recording duties.  We have added quite a bit of gear from what we started with on the pilot.  A playback cart has been built for permanent use.  We are installing powered

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Just ordered a Sennheiser A5000CP circularly polarized antenna.  Full nerd on there.I'm looking forward to introducing it to my wireless receiver path.  Should have updates soon.pwp

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Eww boy.  Yep...long night.  We started out the evening with a 5:30 call.  This was fine except we work in Los Angeles, which means nothing moves very fast on the highways from about 3pm till 7pm.  It took me just over 2 and a half hours to get to work.  I needed my brain washed out as soon as I got here.Well, we're working hard to get this 3 days of work done in 2...and we are almost done.  We

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I'm currently sitting in my tent and it's 2:25am.  Filming tonight in Long Beach on a football field at Cabrillo High School.  Pretty tired now...drinking coffee.  The TV shooting schedule is a tough one.We are winding up week 4 of shooting for season of Glee for Fox.  Having a great time, really.  I think I can speak for my crew here and say we are very happy to be a part of this one.Here's a

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https://twitter.com/pwpmixer

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Here's a quick iPhone picture of the playback cart in action today.Using a Macbook with ProTools LE and an MBox mini.pwp

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We are into production of the first season of Glee for Fox Television.  Actual live blogging from the set right here...  I'm set up in one of our classrooms on our stages at Paramount.  Loving the sets that have been constructed.  We started work this past week and have already done several music numbers.  All great stuff so far...Very happy with the playback setup that we have put together for

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Now that the month of January has passed us by, it's time I wrote on my blog.My crew and I are about to start production on the new Fox series Glee.  We will be filming mostly at Paramount, with some locations near the studios for our "out" days.  The new series is supposed to air with the final few episodes of American Idol.  So...hopefully, we will see some audience carry over from the Fox

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It's the day after Christmas here in Southern CA.  Christmas day was a rainy and cold one for those who stayed here in town.  Today...it's about freezing outside, Kathy had to scrape the ice off her car this morning.  Personally...I love it...  Weather is good.I'm happy to report that Glee is green lit to go into full series production.  We did the pilot in November, and plan to join the series

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Yes, it's a slow December on the work front.  November wasn't too much better, just a few days here and there.  This time of year is always a bit slow if you're not already on a project.  Makes for a conservative Christmas...which seems proper this year anyway.It is leaving me a bit of time to tune up the gear package a bit.  Some repairs, finishing out the truck, and cleaning the gear are

Phillip W. Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09063816827389290908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6127096.post-13892364209596006202008-11-13T16:44:00.000-08:002008-11-13T16:53:43.643-08:00

As promised.  Here are some pictures of the new utility cart built by Brett Grant-Grierson.  He used square tube steel on this version.  Very sturdy and lighter than aluminum.Already had it out on a few days of work and it's a great addition to the kit.  Not missing the old cart, fondly known as "the bus".~pwp

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So much for my promise to keep things rolling on this blog...Since Angels and Demons, my crew and I have completed a pilot for Fox television and Ryan Murphy Productions.  Ryan is the creator of Nip/Tuck and directed the pilot.  The pilot is called Glee, and hopefully will be making it's way to television this spring.  It is a musical comedy about the competitive world of high school Glee Clubs.

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We finish up Angels and Demons this week.  Actually 1st unit finished this past Friday, but we have 2 more days to shoot on 2nd unit.  It's been a great experience and we will miss the crew and production.  The movie should be great, so look for it next May.No rest for the weary, as we start a pilot for Ryan Murphy beginning this coming Saturday.  We will quickly clean off the gear this week and

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Brett finished the interior of my sound truck a couple of weeks ago. Pictures are now up on this page.E350 Spartan TruckThe last three pictures give you the finished interior views. Lots of shelving for cases and what not. Tie downs all over the place for carts. Work bench for solder, repair or whatever. And best of all...a lift gate.We are finishing up Angels and Demons over at Sony this

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above link takes you to my .mac page.~pwp

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We've got about a month to go on Angels and Demons. Lots more to do...Things have come to a slow halt in feature production in Los Angeles. Thanks to the fears of another strike, the production of movies has been effected this time around. Last year we saw TV production come to a crashing halt with the writers strike, then months of no production. Movies were not as impacted by that strike,

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Sorry for the long delay in posting... I get that way.We finished up Swingtown right before the 4th of July. No news yet on a pick up or even a cancellation, so no news is good news at this point. The summer had one of the lowest amount of viewers in history I believe, so none of the shows got great ratings. We've yet to find out the decisions of CBS regarding the show's future.Currently my

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As I've mentioned more than once, when you change one thing...you usually have to change a lot more just to make the new thing work. I think that made sense.This past January we built my new sound cart which is much larger than the previous version. The resulting issue is that now neither the main cart and the accessory cart will fit in my current van anymore. I've had the GMC Safari for 10

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This past week Brad Beyer, who plays Stanley Richmond on Jericho, and I recorded some Voice Over for a new campaign to keep the show alive. The fans of Jericho are tireless in their endeavor to keep the show on TV. Brad and I had a great time recording the VO and are very happy to help out in the efforts.Personally, I'd like to thank all the fans that have written in to the SaveJerichoAgain

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We've been back in production on Swingtown since the end of March and we are nearing the end. There are just over 2 episodes left for production. Our premiere was this past week with a good showing and good ratings. The spirits are high here at Swingtown central. We are hopeful to find out something positive regarding the future of our show before we wrap, but that rarely happens. We'll

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Many that work with me on a regular basis have been baffled as to why I hadn't jumped on the iPhone wagon. In fact, there might have even been a bet as to whether I would have one on day 1. Much to everyone's disbelief...I waited until about 2 weeks ago. My Treo finally bit the big one and re-booted one too many times on an important phone call. It hit the ground, no I didn't throw it, after

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We've started Swingtown, back from the WGA strike. Production for the show began back on March 25 and we are already into our second episode since we kick back into production. Everything is going quite smoothly and we are all happy to be back to the grind. Swingtown will begin airing May 29 at 10pm. It's the slot right after CSI, so we are hopeful for a good carry over audience. The show is

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The cart is done. Finished loading the gear this weekend. Just in time to load in for work this Monday. Here is the link to the whole process:sound cart page~pwp

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I got the base back from powder coating this past Friday. I've reassembled the base structure..looks pretty good.I'm in the middle of ordering and purchasing all the needed items for the gear assembly.~pwp

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I took delivery of the new cart this past weekend. Brett Grant-Grierson has done a great job building the base and platform for the SKB Shock Rack. I've put a page of photos together.Sound Cart photosHere is the assembly before the powder coat. The bottom supports for the base are steel, and are off getting coated black at this time.Once I get the base back and coated, I'll assemble the gear

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I've decided to move on from my PSC modified sound cart, which has been my main recording cart (off and on) for 9 years. It has become somewhat unstable due to the amount of weight that it must support. I sit a little too high for my liking, causing me to hunch over when I get tired..which is everyday and my back hurts regularly.The new design will be a Shock Rack based cart with a platform

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Sorry it took me a while to finish out this project, but it was the holidays after all.The cart is completed with three rack drawers containing microphones, wireless transmitters and related gear, Comteks and IFB's, mic mounts, etc. The bottom bin is for extra gear and spare batteries, etc. The top deck has small bins for primary batteries, and 2 IPower 9volt chargers. The back has hooks for 2

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My dilemma: The follow and accessory cart that I have been using for the last couple of years is a rather huge, six drawered behemoth that has the nickname of "the bus". When doing day calls and commercials I have to use my GMC Safari van, which completely rules out it's use. I can't even get this cart through the back doors of the GMC, and even if I could...it could kill me at any moment. In

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A couple of things have happened in the last days that show some positive movement in the continuing WGA strike. First, welcome to the Directors. It seems the DGA is not thrilled with the continued effect the strike is having on it's members, and has chosen to begin its negotiations in January regardless of the status of the WGA situation. This has the effect of saying, "the directors have

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The arrogance of the negotiating teams for the WGA and AMPTP is astounding. As I sit, almost all of my friends in the business of Television and Film Production have lost their jobs. A select few have found jobs on features that will carry them through the holidays, and perhaps the toughest part of the strike. The ripple effect is being felt throughout the community. My next door neighbor has

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We have an air date! Season 2 of Jericho will begin on February 12 at 10pm. Our lead in show will be a new season of Big Brother.The WGA strike has effectively shut down the fall season of TV shows. Nearly all shows have shut down, or are in the process of doing so at this point. It looks like a bleak holiday season if you are in our business. Since the talks have broken down, support for

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This past Tuesday was our last day of photography due to the current dispute between the AMPTP and the WGA. We had high hopes of continuing production, but we were cut short due to lack of prepared scripts. At lunch on Tuesday, lay off letters were issued to each crew member. We knew it was coming, but I've never actually received an official lay off letter. That's a first.This coming Monday,

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We are now mid way through shooting episode 103 of Swingtown, and due to the current WGA writers strike we will be shutting down production next week. We got off to a pretty good start, but alas...the disagreement between the studios and the writers will put a quick end to our production schedule. This will put some 140 or more of us out of work.Let's all hope cooler heads will prevail, and the

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We have several phases of production in the film and TV world. Pre-production, everything before the camera starts rolling. Production, everything while the camera is rolling. And Post-production, which is everything after the camera stops rolling. There is actually more, but that's the gist of it all. There is more...but not something I will go into any detail.Right now, we are less than a

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I've wanted to do this for some time now, and with the new SMa mods now available for the smaller SM transmitters it seems now is the time. I'm upgrading all my UM transmitters to the SMa model. It's an expensive transition, but the size, weight and performance benefit makes it a worthwhile expense. The boom rigs will stay as UM's but I am upgrading to the UM450, 1/4 watt version.I'll report

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That's it! We're done with principal photography on Jericho season 2, all 7 episodes. It was a crazy, long, and emotional last week of filming.Thank you to everyone at Jericho and CBS for helping us out. And to all the fans for their support and dedication, which is why we came back for more.It's rest time for me and my crew. We have about a month off before we embark on another project....

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For those sound mixers out there who daily do the bag rig deal, this probably seems like a strange post. However, those of us who primarily spend our days sitting behind our sound carts...this is a pretty big deal. I put together this bag rig as a totally separate recording system for when I have to jump in a car, on an insert vehicle, top of a building, down on the beach...you get the idea.

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We are on the last day of photography for episode 6 of Jericho season 2. Scott Peters has been our director for this episode, and done a fine job with so little time to tell a story.Scott is most known for his work as Writer/Director/Producer of the popular series 4400. Also quite a bit of work on the series The Outer Limits. Don't worry Jericho fans....we haven't jumped the shark and gone to

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This season of Jericho I decided to try and cut down on my waste of one use alkaline and lithum batteries. We would go through a bucket of batteries every couple of weeks under normal operation. The wireless transmitters, IFB receivers, sync boxes, TC slates and many other items all use 9 volt and AA batteries. So I have given it a try and I am very pleased with the results.For 9 volt

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We are a few days into episode 5 of season 2. Guy Bee is our director for this ep. Guy was our director for "Rogue River" and "Coalition of the Willing" last year. A seasoned veterin of the Jericho family. Very happy to have him for another great, action packed episode.It's time I did another equipment related post, so tomorrow I'm going to try and put something together about my new

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This past Friday marked our halfway point in production of season 2. Sadly we have only 7 episodes to film this season, but all of us hope that these will lead to a longer and full season 3 next year.Friday we were out at the Farm once again. The dust and seemed more than usual...not too sure why. Maybe the water trucks weren't running full steam or something.Our director for this episode has

Phillip W. Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09063816827389290908noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6127096.post-89780197951929912452007-08-18T10:20:00.000-07:002007-08-18T10:24:19.434-07:00

Here is a photo taken from our set out at Big Sky... aka. Richmond Farm. I think that's our Fire Safety Officer enjoying the sunset.~PWP

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Not too much to report at this time, just wanted to touch base. We've been putting in some long hours...which is pretty normal for TV production these days.We've spent the better part of the last 2 weeks on stage, which has been welcome since the heat here in So. CA has been pretty intense.I'll try and have a more detailed update soon.PWP

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Here's a link to an interview with me on the blog Jericho Monster:Thanks...PWP

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It's Friday here on the set of Jericho. We've spent the last couple of days out at the ranch getting dusty. Glad to be back in the air conditioning.Thank you to all the Rangers and fans who have posted comments and sent shouts through BlogCatalog. It's great to hear from all of you.The weather is supposed to cool down a little this weekend, and on into next week. That should make our

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Well...thanks to the Jericho Rangers and BlogCatalog, I no longer have to wonder if anyone ever reads this blog. Thanks for all the comments and shout outs.Yesterday was quite a day, long and hot. We started the day at 6am, pretty normal for a Monday here in LA...but it was a 14 hour day and I rolled in my door at about 8:30 last night. Exhausted and it's only the first day of the week.The

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Still have no idea if anyone ever reads this thing...We started photography for Season 2 of Jericho this past week.  Lots of changes in the crew, as many left for other shows at the notice of cancellation.  We have an entirely different Camera, Grip and Electric department.  The show is looking great and we have some great stories developing for the fans that brought us back.  We hope they are as

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We only had 5 days to complete on National Treasure 2, though they were a very difficult 5 days. It consisted of 6 actors being close to neck deep in rushing water delivering 6 pages of dialog. We gave up on radios right off the bat because the packs would be below water level, and the rushing water would dowse the mic capsules immediately. We opted for two booms, bagged up as best as possible to

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Went for a quick weekend trip to San Francisco, which is close to an impossibility.  A quick weekend trip anywhere is very difficult these days with the state of air travel.  And a trip for only 2 days to San Francisco is almost futile.  Well, we tried it and had a good time.  Though quite a bit rushed to do just about everything.  Had a couple of good dinners, and did some shopping around Union

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