Why is it Indie films have bad sound? If you want to make a picture and experience moderate success isn't the sound part of the presentation? Most film makers do not look at their first production as a "Resume' In Film Making". It is the first impression your prospects will get and an indication of how attentive you are to details. It's the details that properly finish your story line. I understand budgets and time restraints. I would like to hear from producers, and from actors. Do you think when actors see there is no sound consideration, it should be their responsibility to question it. I have seen actors too embarrassed to include samples of their work because of the sound.
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I agree; sound makes the picture. You can have great acting, a good story, and beautiful visuals, but if the sounds sucks, your movie sucks. Tough to say how a director would respond to an actor telling them the sound is crappy. Some may respect it, others may scoff. It's definitely not the actor's job to point out bad sound--or do anything besides act--so it's touchy.
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Inexperience and lack of prioritization. Period.
Sound is 70% of what you see! but most indie productions are lucky if they have lights and good sound takes good equipment and great skill. There are real good reasons why Schoeps, Sanken, and Lectrosonics are standards in the industry!
Every time an indie director calls me for production sound, I get the same intro: "Great script, lots of location costs, super low budget, not trying to pay much for sound, can you hook me up?"... They pay the DP well and then want me plus my $3k equipment (and that is a low budget equipment) for a shoot with no end and a max of 100$ a day. Every time I have taken that kind of gig, I am lucky if I receive a call sheet. I may not even get paid at the end. There are many indie directors that have never worked behind the scenes on a production and have no idea what makes a good quality movie. If I post just a picture of the sun accompanied with a great track, it's a great picture... The same picture with some awful sound is a terrible experience. Most of those directors don't even understand how much work there is in pre and post. It's like someone watching a Cirque du Soleil show and believing that those people just get together once a week barely rehearsing... That is why!