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Contributed by Glen Berry

Glen Berry is an award winning filmmaker and the Editor of film underground. Berry has written for Moviemaker magazine and FilmFestivals.com

I'm making a film that requires the recording of a live phone coversation. Obviously, one end of the phone will not be hard to record. But getting the other voice on there and make it sound like authentic phone conversation is proving difficult. i have thought about just recording both people live and then cut back and forth throughout the conversation via editing, but it goes back and forth enough to make somebody dizzy. Any suggestions for a low, low budget amatuer?

There isn't much point in recording the conversati on from the phone itself, you'd be much better off recreating the tinny/scratchy effect of the phone in post. You are correct, the best way would be to record both people live and then cut back and forth. However, just keep in mind that you don't have to cut pic and sound at the same time...just as in a regular conversation onscreen.

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