The distinguishing feature of many low-budget films and TV shows is often the poor sound quality. Now, filmmakers shooting DV on a limited budget can learn from Tomlinson Holman, a film sound production pioneer, how to make their films sound like fully professional productions. Holman offers suggestions that you can apply to your own project from preproduction through postproduction and provides tips and solutions on production, editing, and mixing. Holman, sound engineer on such films as Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, is famous for his pioneering work in film sound production and for developing THX. Now, he brings his expertise to the relatively new field of sound for digital video productions. Once considered an amateur format, digital video is becoming the format of choice for some feature films and for many lower budget productions; this book will enable you to use this medium to create the most professional and effective sound possible. Learn how to get great sound on a limited budget, from the recognized expert in the field Provides tips and instructions for improving sound, from planning through mixing Includes CD with recording and editing exercises Tomlinson Holman is famous for his pioneering work in film sound production. In addition to developing THX, Holman was sound engineer on such Hollywood hits as "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" and "Star Wars: Return of the Jedi."Now, he brings his expertise to the relatively new field of sound for digital video productions. In Sound for Digital Video, Holman teaches genuinely professional technique for a recording medium that has been viewed in the past as an amateur format but on which feature films are now being shot. The distinguishing feature of many low-budget films and TV shows is the poor sound quality. This book offers professional tips on production sound, editing, and mixing techniques that can make lower budget works sound like fully professional productions.