It’s funny how on a busy set and audio calls for “ROOM TONE” how quickly that set will just immediately FREEZE. Room Tone really is one of those filmmaking nuances that makes ALL the sense in the world when you understand it and almost no sense when you don’t. Understanding it is my intention with this video because. TIME STAMPS: 0:32: What IS Room Tone? 1:38: What do we USE Room Tone for? 3:24: A few Rules when recording room tone 6:25: Post credit “scene”

@PanDownTiltLeft

5 жыл бұрын

DP spends an hour lighting a scene and no one bats an eye. Ask for 60 seconds of room tone and everyone loses their minds.

@MarkHoltze

5 жыл бұрын

That’s unfortunately true.

Holy crap Mark this was so good and I NEVER knew about this technique! So helpful!! Also, I got so amped when i saw you uploaded. You're one of my favorite creators on youtube!! What you produce is absolutely top notch quality! Thank you so much!!

@MarkHoltze

5 жыл бұрын

You're TOO kind my friend! Very nice of you to say thank you. Glad it helped, I know it might be tricky at your house at times, but just tell the fam "QUIET FOR 30 seconds of ROOM TONE" and hopefully they'll get it ;) Can't wait to see what you're up to next mate! Thanks for stopping by. Hopefully you have a nice weekend!

Start selling "Room Essence" as merch.

@MarkHoltze

5 жыл бұрын

lol. Room ESSENCE, needs a logo.

@crownborne

4 жыл бұрын

@@MarkHoltze drive.google.com/file/d/1UbPYfmM6gOwKZIdeSWE25KJIzlnljAT7/view?usp=sharing check that out

You continue to knock it out of the park with the content, pace and style of your videos - among the best of their type on all of KZread. Great work man!

@MarkHoltze

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words mate. The challenge for me was to somehow try to make it somewhat engaging so that the info sticks. It’s super NOT exciting ;), glad it kept your pulse alive. Hope you’re well mate.

The essence of a room 🙌 grey video Mark, you nailed making a invisible topic visually interesting, which is a mammoth feat. 🎉

@MarkHoltze

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks guys! Also thanks for your eyes and ears on the review cut. I was feeling a little too close to it and wanted to make sure it checked the boxes. THANK YOU!

@SonnyGreenwichJr

5 жыл бұрын

@ingaf The room tone at your place might go well with scratch 'n sniff? Oh wait! What am I saying! haha! Hi guys! ☮️💪🏽🤠👍🏽☮️

@120fps

5 жыл бұрын

Mark Holtze always happy to be involved and help out dude 🍉🙌🙌

@120fps

5 жыл бұрын

Sonny Greenwich Jr hahaha yeah the essence of Ingaf comes with a strange odour 😆 hey Sonny, good to see ya dude 🎉🎉

BOOM! You're giving away the good stuff now Mark! Great tip! from misty Ireland! ☘️💪🏽👀👍🏽☘️

@MarkHoltze

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Sonny! Nothing but the best, even if it’s not super sexy lol.

this is such a good video about something so often overlooked. by me included.

@MarkHoltze

4 жыл бұрын

Haha, ya room tone! Who would ya e guessed?

Thanks. That was very helpful, especially the end bit.

The real professional tips. Here we go! Very good Mark and yes it was visually interesting! I hope to see more of this stuff on this channel in the future. Thumbs up ;-) Daniel

@MarkHoltze

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate it was refreshing and fun to do in addition to my regular content. I think it's finally time to start doing more of these. Appreciate it mate thanks!

@MUENTERMEDIA

5 жыл бұрын

@@MarkHoltze I appreciate all the time and work you put into these youtube videos Mark :)

Ahhhh...... my birthday today. We just finished running a big kids camp and my ‘room tone’ right now is a quiet pool side. Glad to see one of my favorite video posts on my birthday! I’ve NEVER recorded room tone. Oh the SHAME!!! But I will.......I think........no I WILL!!

@MarkHoltze

5 жыл бұрын

Well happy birthday mate! Hope you have the BEST day! Your room tone sounds just about EPIC! I want some of THAT room tone lol. DO IT! Record it GO! Enjoy your day my friend!

Working my way through all your videos (not just vintage lenses!). Learned a lot in this one - so cool. Thank you mate. 💣

Very underrated video! Room tone needs to be talked about more, I’ve never heard of it (pun unintended)

@MarkHoltze

4 жыл бұрын

When you can make it to a joke on family guy or Simpson’s, you know even though you made it to prime time, it’s still super duper insider baseball ;)

This is a literal #Protip.... such a great impact on the audience, thank you for sharing

Very helpful video, will use in future productions!

LOL That family guy insert. So true though, audio is such a crucial factor to enhance that "crispy" aspect to your video!

@MarkHoltze

5 жыл бұрын

Ya that clip is so perfect. Super insider baseball when I first saw it. 99% of the audience was prob like WTF? Lol. Audio, critical to a good experience.

@colindziwakmedia

5 жыл бұрын

@@MarkHoltze Exactly!

The Sound of Silence. Very interesting stuff Mark.

@MarkHoltze

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Tim. It's very Simon and Garfunkel isn't it? ;)

@timskinnercanada

5 жыл бұрын

Mark Holtze I gather Paul Simon liked the silence (room tone?) in his darkened bathroom for songwriting with his guitar. Or something like that. ‘Hello darkness my old friend…’

@MarkHoltze

5 жыл бұрын

@@timskinnercanada LOL! I wouldn't doubt that scenario actually! Brilliant!

I wish I had all these cool stuff you‘ve got 😍

Excellent work as per usual Mark! Your technical skills are greatly appreciated! You are the man!

@MarkHoltze

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate! The MAN? LIke that TAX MAN? ;) JK. Love your stuff too man, so you are also the man!

It's unbelievable how much we don't pay attention to when were creating. I can always count on you to keep my eyes open for more creative ways to stay on top of my game. You never become a master KZreadr, just a better content creator. Thank you.

@MarkHoltze

5 жыл бұрын

Totally agree. In production it's easy to get your head lost in all the things you need to do. Shooting scenes out of order, will this work with that? How will this cut together? Did I get what I need? It's VERY easy to forget because it involves you taking an actual moment of silence for yourself. Hopefully now people won't forget to record a little TONE to help their editor out ;)

Wow, you made what could have a been a boring video into an interesting visual delight. Love it!

@MarkHoltze

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Simon, ya I was struggling with this one, it's not a super trendy topic by any means and it's not particularly sexy. Given how often I go to it when cutting dialogue especially on this show that recorded in tricky sound environments, ROOM TONE saved me when cutting to reaction shots and padding the beats for dramatic effect. I thought screw it, make it, but try to make it at least interesting. It really is super helpful, but not if people aren't engaged in it lol. I tried. Thanks for the kind words again mate. Enjoy your weekend!

@SimonBurnCreative

5 жыл бұрын

@@MarkHoltze Well, you pulled it off like a champ, beautifully shot b-roll and lighting 👍

Never thought about this. Great advice!

@MarkHoltze

4 жыл бұрын

Room tone! The least sexy thing about production but so critical to post!

Excellent video!!! Definitely taught me something new! Shout out to Deity Mics for sharing your video, it’s how I came here. Definitely subscribing!

Mark, wow seriously a pure pleasure to watch this, you have that special talent that sucks you right in, lil details BIG impact. This is is both visually interesting and of course the sound .......perfect.

@MarkHoltze

5 жыл бұрын

Joe! You're too kind my friend! Hope you're enjoying this summer! Kind of making up for the lack of spring am I right? Thanks as always for the kind words.

Great video! The early episodes of the Simpsons have that feel of lacking polish, but people can’t really identify exactly what it is - just something, “missing.” That “missing” thing that makes it feel too sterile is room tone and ambient sounds. Btw, many in the field call it, “atmo,” in addition to tone.

@MarkHoltze

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate. Ya I’ve heard it called a few different “slang” terms depending on the crew. Those terms tend to be much cooler ;). Thanks for that little addition mate. Enjoy your weekend!

great tutorial

How to record room tone: -get a pistol looking mic -place the said pistol looking mic at the desired angle -have everyone STFU -let ghosts speak That's it! Thanks Mark :)))

@ClearAdventure

4 жыл бұрын

Love it! 🤣

Colour me impressed.

As a TAKUMAR fan, I never thought I would actually ever care about ROOM TONE, this video has shown me differently. You're a fantastic and engaging teacher Mark. I noticed a little wide action, are we finally going to see a Tak 17mm FISHEYE review? Soon? Pretty please?

Hmmmmm....... Room Tone.... that sounds deep and mysterious and yet... it make so much sense..... Great Video Mark...👍

@MarkHoltze

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Zoe! Super useful super easy, honestly my challenge was how I could turn it into a video. So much about video making is just a slight shift of perspective and then....oh yaaaaaA! ;)

WOW never heard that before mate. Awsome. Another brilliant vid mate. 😁

@MarkHoltze

5 жыл бұрын

My pleasure. It was one of those things you learn early on and it's like a switch going on. :) It's so easy and it makes a big difference.

@ScudoCamper

5 жыл бұрын

@@MarkHoltze thanks mate. Sort of things we take for granted but all little bits added together make it. I use bird song and ambient woodland sounds in mine quite often. 😁

This content is so underrated!

@MarkHoltze

4 жыл бұрын

It's not super trendy I guess ;) Hopefully it tracks with the few who do see it ;)

This never crossed my mind course I have a different job / workflow. However nice to know it when you need it. By the way, like for that little white ball of fur you call a dog 😄 I have something similar in my home.

@MarkHoltze

4 жыл бұрын

She’s the best lol. Yes room tone, the unsung hero of the post production workflow for sure.

I keep forgetting .... Also when shooting in a noisy location, hum noise and so on, having that room tone will be helpful to clean your dialogue tracks in post, by making it easier to single out that noisy frequency using EQ or noise reduction software. Another great advice Mark. Thanks!

@MarkHoltze

4 жыл бұрын

Heck yes! I always do it before I start the dialog bits, JUST so I don't forget. :)

Wow 😮🤯 okay got it 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾😮😮😮😮😮

Better bring those moves up north cuz! Awesome video, I never realised how much influence the 'room tone' had in maintaining my focus prior to watching this. On a separate note, if you've got anymore of grandpa's videos, I'd love to see them (I know it doesn't fit the focus of your current channel but...)

@MarkHoltze

5 жыл бұрын

lol! Will do! I'm on out 8m film reels, unfortunately. I'd have kept going, but the end caught up with me. I'll go through the stuff I have captured again and see if there's anything I didn't post. More of the uncles being goofballs around the old house :) I'll get those to you! See you in a week!

For those who are looking to get into TV: We also usually film the mic with the main camera during room tone. This allows the editors to locate the 'room tone' fast when scrubbing through a take. Secondly, we also use room tone to build a 'noise profile' of the mic being used as each microphone has a base level of 'noise' that can be sampled and then used to remove the noise. The more room tone captured, the better the noise profile sample and thus the better the final audio mix down the line. Maybe that's another video Mark should make? Mark, solid mate. Really, really important stuff and you made it visually interesting. I remember shooting a documentary about Qantas and the soundo being perpetually stressed when we tried to nab quick OTFs. Glad I was a shooter and not a sound recordist :D

@MarkHoltze

5 жыл бұрын

Definitely, I was thinking whether or not I should go into sound profiles, but in the end for the sake of "flow" decided against it. Could be an entire video in of itself and I was already battling with the effort vs the reward on this one (how many people are going to end up watching a video about the sound of a room in silence?) Thanks mate, ya Room tone bothers people on set if they don't understand how critical it is to the final production. Part of my attempt to address that, knowledge brings understanding and everybody should be on the same page with this one.

@rodrrico

5 жыл бұрын

@@MarkHoltze Consider that the topic is not that the topic is not that exciting, you certainly made it feel fresh and everything you said was spot on. I can see a lot of effort going into that one, so my hat goes off to you for putting in the yards. Yeah, a separate video on noise profiles - down the line ;)

I've always wondered about this! Lots of times, especially here in Bangladesh and India, people will do voiceovers in videos but something's always felt a bit off. This is it! Room Tone! Or it sounds too 'clean' if you know what I mean. Thanks for another awesome video Mark!

@MarkHoltze

5 жыл бұрын

That's TOTALLY IT! Also using the same microphone helps. But yes that TONE is SOOOO important. Consistency is key to keeping people invested.

Once, I managed to record a fart from the next room. Crazy, dangerous, funny :) Thanks Mark. good work as always!

@MarkHoltze

5 жыл бұрын

😂 😂 😂 man that should he buried in the mix somewhere as an audio Easter egg. It’s amazing what a good mic can pick up lol.

@PawelChyrowski

5 жыл бұрын

@@MarkHoltze Mic was unspectacular. Farting was powerful ;)

@MarkHoltze

5 жыл бұрын

@@PawelChyrowski Oh my gosh EVER BETTER!!!!

I have been doing this but only for 5 seconds. Great video thx for the knowledge

@MarkHoltze

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate. Just makes it easier to get a longer stretch. 5 seconds is better than no seconds ;)

@lovefirst6157

5 жыл бұрын

@@MarkHoltze Now that my audio is all set. I am saving up to buy the Canon sl2 and some vintage lenses. I will be shooting weddings, do u think this is a good setup.

The first rule of room tone is that we do not talk during room tone. 😉

@MarkHoltze

4 жыл бұрын

Second rule of room tone........

@ClearAdventure

4 жыл бұрын

@@MarkHoltze 🤘🤣

Came here because of your comment on Twitter!

@MarkHoltze

3 жыл бұрын

😂 was it dusty in here? Sorry for the webs mate

@AlpacoFilms

3 жыл бұрын

@@MarkHoltze it wasn’t as clean as I thought but it was “essence-tial”

@MarkHoltze

3 жыл бұрын

😂

Room Tone, I had no idea.

Notification Squad~

@Salamiel

5 жыл бұрын

I thought there was an earthquake, then realized its your bg sound lmao

@MarkHoltze

5 жыл бұрын

@@Salamiel The Background sound is called "Earthquake" so... ;) lol. Glad it wasn't the real thing mate.

@Salamiel

5 жыл бұрын

@@MarkHoltze Yeah glad it wasn't because there's alot of earthquake drills here in the Philippines atm. Take care sir love your vids

Holy fuck thanks dude

@MarkHoltze

4 жыл бұрын

lol, my pleasure mate! So easy right?

Great How to video, I am also creating how to video about make money off the stock market and teaching about how to trade stock and your video gave me a idea, thank you :)

repeat it with me youtube: room tone... Room Tone... ROOM TONE!!

@MarkHoltze

5 жыл бұрын

ROOM TONE, ROOM TONE, ROOOOOOOM TONE!

Very helpful video, will use in future productions!

@MarkHoltze

5 жыл бұрын

Happy to hear it helped mate. Good luck out there :)