Between the short but sweet time of 12pm till 1:30pm on the 5th of March my love for sound effects and foley blossomed beyond its former capacity. Richard Hastings-Hall is a Freelance Dubbing Mixer and instructor, with over 25 years experience in the industry working closely with the BBC with credits to his name such as Top Gear, Embarrassing bodies, The afternoon play and Doctors. Richard has had great experience in the industry which came across fluidly with his words and confidence.
Richard put together a Powerpoint Presentation explaining the key aspects of working as a dubbing mixer in television and radio; he spoke about key equipment and how to use them such as compressors, limiters and mixing. He also explained clearly the importance of metering by introducing the new software the BBC are using for metering as a demonstration of the upcoming and new techniques within the dubbing industry.
Later on in the lecture Richard began to talk about how he has creatively used different objects to re create sounds for different images and how to put the theory of Foley design into practice. He also spoke about his pet hate for telephone calls in the dubbing process and linked it into real situations he has had to work with. He spoke about the mixing process of dubbing and explained how he organises himself for projects, and openly spoke about the hours and amount of work it takes to work in the dubbing field.
Richard answered the students questions confidently and clearly giving every student a well bodied response to any ponder they had, he gave a fantastic delivery that was received well by all and gave students a fantastic view into the world of being a freelance dubbing mixer.
By Abbey Plumb, a level 3 Music Technology student.
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