Award Sounds

I've recently received the video for the 1st episode of Venn (the previous release was a pilot and called Episode 0)

Again the episode is by Spinneyhead Presents. Episode 1 picks up from that and plays on the theme of the celibacy bet. The content is better than Episode 0, the scripts are better and from my perspective, the audio is so much better. It's definitely better than the first series, Memory.

This is the first episode that I've been happy with sound-wise. The quality of the recording far surpasses anything that the team has done before. I've seen series on BBC3 that had worse audio than this.

So what's this mean for me?

1. I can write music to fit the scene, instead of covering up audio errors
2. I can write less music. Yes, that's a benefit to all concerned. Check out Memory where I had to write a lot of music
3. I don't have to spend days or weeks cleaning up the audio manually (automated tools get you so far, but some things have to be tweaked manually)
4. The speech is already clearer and more intelligible
5. It's already more professional
6. It's easier to watch
7. More enjoyable from a production perspective

I'll post back when Episode 1 is released.