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Lee Prescott
Lee Prescott of Cotswold Video Camera Club edits SoCo News - the magazine of IAC's Southern Counties region - and runs the Cotswold International Film & Video Festival. Here he introduces "the forgotten side of movie-making."

To Get Ahead - Think Ahead

When you decide to make a motion picture a deal of planning is necessary. This should not only include visuals but also all aspects of sound. Sound is an integral part of a movie. In amateur productions sound often seems to be considered an "also ran". This is NOT so even if you are making a holiday, baby-on-the-lawn or family movie.

Whether a motion picture is shot on a story basis, an event basis, a documentary basis or "off the cuff": planning is essential.



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