Equipment Emporium Inc.    voice: 818-838-4457 or 800-473-4554  FAX:818-838-1667         15235 Brand Blvd, Suite A-110    Mission Hills CA 91345

We are authorities in production sound recording for video and filmmaking. We also have lots of accessories for videography; and are dealers for Casablanca, AVIO, and Renommee non-linear video editors; as well as turnkey AVID & AVID Liquid (aka Pinnacle) editing solutions.  If you would like a copy of our 2005/2006 "cowboy cover" catalog (free, of course), please phone or e-mail us. We are working on a new 2007 catalog, coming later this year.

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Seminars and Training Workshops on Production Sound Recording

Production Sound Mixing is the complex craft of recording crisp and clean dialogue & sound effects on the set during film or video production. Yet although Sound Mixers are traditionally seen but not heard, the professionals at Equipment Emporium have become quite the exception! Over the past few years, they have conducted numerous hands-on training seminars for a multitude of organizations across the country including universities, professional associations, trade-shows, broadcasters, corporations, and government agencies.  (We'll be teaching at NAB 2006.)

Most of the seminars that we participate in are sponsored by outside organizations or tradeshow events, but we will be offering a wide array of classes around the country in conjunction with the recently formed National Association of Forensic Video. (Check their website periodically, at www.natasfv.org

Although specific content will, of course, vary based on the needs and backgrounds of the participants, topics covered can include:

What is Production Sound?

Overview of the post production process.

Pre-production planning and budgeting for sound.

Duties of the sound crew.

Microphone basics.

Selection and application of microphones.

Microphone boom techniques.

Advanced usage of lavaliers and wireless mics.

Advanced use of plant mics.

Use of the portable mixing console.

Radio communications.

Set etiquette.

Business practices.

Getting started in the industry.

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The instructor is Fred Ginsburg, C.A.S., a professional sound mixer with over 20 years of experience whose credits include features, commercials, episodic television, corporate, and government. He has published over 90 articles in the leading trade magazines, written the "Guide to the Nagra 4.2 and Production Sound Recording", which is currently used as a text at more than 30 colleges & universities.

Some of the organizations that Equipment Emporium have conducted seminars for include:

Please call us to discuss arranging for an on-site seminar, guest lecture, or extensive hands-on workshop for your organization.

Brief Bio of Fred Ginsburg...

Dr. Fred Ginsburg C.A.S. Ph.D. is a highly experienced Production Sound Mixer with over 20 years experience in Hollywood filmmaking. He has recorded production dialogue on motion pictures, episodic television, TV commercials, corporate, government, and music videos.

Fred is a member of the Cinema Audio Society (former Executive Board Member); serves as the Industry Liaison of the University Film and Video Association; and an instructor for the Law Enforcement and Emergency Services Video Association. Fred has also been an instructor for the Video Producers Group of the California Commission on Peace Officers Standards & Training. Dr. Ginsburg was most recently appointed at co-Executive Director of the recently formed National Association of Forensic Video.

Fred has written and published more than 90 articles on production techniques, wrote the "Guide to the Nagra 4.2 Sync Recorder", and is currently working on another textbook. He is a part-time professor at Loyola Marymount University and California State University Northridge, and travels regularly around the United States conducting professional seminars on sound for film and video. Recently, he spent 3 weeks in Manila working with local professionals and instructing on behalf of the USIS/US Embassy in conjunction with the Philippine Academy of Motion Pictures.

Fred Ginsburg is president of  Equipment Emporium Inc., which provides production equipment to the professional filmmaking and video industries. He is also a consultant and instructor for Audio Technica, a major manufacturer of professional microphones.

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