sound recordist

Select Sessions: Sound Department | ScreenSkills & RTS Scotland

In this ScreenSkills Select webinar, in partnership with RTS Scotland, an expert panel takes a deep dive into the Sound Department. Hear how the doors opened for individuals and learn about the roles they worked through from sound trainee to sound mixer, sound recordist and sound supervisor.

The panel for this event is made up of freelance crew at various levels in the sound department, all with insight and knowledge about how to bring TV shows to life, how to realise a director’s vision and how to work together as a sound team:

Working Lives: Sound editor Emma Butt

Emma Butt works across drama and documentary, recently mixing the sound for the BBC One series Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads and Amazon Prime film Arsène Wenger: Invincible. Having spent the first decade of her working life in Dublin – where she worked on Lenny Abrahamson’s much-loved film What Richard Did – she now freelances in the UK. 

 

What does the job involve?