What Does a Production Sound Mixer Do on a Video Shoot?

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A production sound mixer is the crew member responsible for the dialogue and sound recorded on set. They choose and place the microphones, set levels, watch for noise, keep the recorder and camera audio in sync, and hand the editor files that can be cut without a rescue job. On a small corporate shoot that […]