Lee Frank Audio

Traveled to Crested Butte, Colorado for a fun getaway and hiking through colorful fields of wildflowers. Fondly recall recording audio here a couple years ago for a CBS Sunday Morning feature on wildflowers. Great team with Correspondent Mo Rocca, Cameraman Mike Hernandez and Producer Michelle Kessel.
Enjoy watching and listening to the CBS Sunday Morning CBS Sunday Morning piece linked here: https://youtu.be/FWahAPfEfVE?feature=shared

Football Season! Working sideline audio at Mile High Stadium as an A2/Audio Assist tech for an NFL Broadcast. This job includes stringing thousands of feet of audio cables from the production truck parked under the south stands out to the field and up to the broadcast booth. It’s a full day of work making sure all the microphones and communication headsets work flawlessly from the pre-game show on through the game and the post-game interviews. I appreciate being on the big crew of TV production professionals it takes to help entertain sports fans across the country.

Telluride, Colorado
Clean clear sound in the mountains around Telluride, Colorado. Beautiful background for an insurance company testimonial interview. Talented crew from Colorado, California and New Mexico shooting on three Red cameras which I timecode-synched with my Sound Devices mixer/recorder. Simple-enough audio setup with Schoeps shotgun mic, Sanken Lav mic and Lectrosonics wireless. I appreciate every opportunity to travel throughout Colorado, across the country and around the world recording sound for a wide variety of video productions.

Location sound with good-size crew for Commercials in Wyoming including an open-pit coal mine. Had to “hold for sound” when some really BIG machines rumbled by. Field Audio Production has its satisfying challenges.

My Production Audio Equipment includes:
Sound Devices 633/833 multi-channel timecode Mixer/Recorder (WAV, MP3)
Sound Devices MixPre-6 II multi-channel timecode Mixer/Recorder
Sound Devices 302 Mixer/Sub-mixer
WAV and MP3 compact audio recorders by Tascam, Marantz and Olympus
Lectrosonics Wireless transmitters and receivers (12 sets) including camera links and Producer/Talent IFB monitors with headphones, earbuds or speakers.
Denecke Time Code Smart Slate backlit with custom printed labels for each project
Time code sync boxes (multiple) with adapters for most every camera
Shotgun mics by Schoeps and Sennheiser with K-Tek Boom poles–compact, long and extra-long
Lavalier Mics by Sanken, Sennheiser, Tram, Lectrosonics, Countryman: black, white and beige
Handheld Stick mics–with 4 Lectro wireless cube plugs: ElectroVoice RE-50, 635A, DO56, Coles Lip Mic for loud location voice tracking
Sennheiser Sportscaster headsets
Mixer to camera XLR breakaway feed/return umbilical cords and multiple XLR cords for all needs
Wide selection of adapters and cords for clean audio feed from most any source
Headphones: Sony MDR 7506, Westone in-ear monitors, IFB talent Telex earpieces and more
Boom Mic C-stand, floor and table mic stands and multiple adjustable clamps
Wireless links/reference audio receivers with camera mount adapters
Telephone/computer interfaces for live remote communication and webcasts
Sound insulation blankets
Whatever it takes to get the best audio

GOAT
The Greatest Of All Time series on The History Channel offered another chance to work with Peyton Manning. The NFL Hall Of Fame quarterback respects crew members who respect his time. Being ready with the right gear and the right attitude there’s no waiting on sound. I’m ready to roll.

Kiev, Ukraine Mayor
Vitali Klitschko, winner of numerous World Heavyweight Boxing Championships, became the mayor of Kiev, Ukraine fighting for his people. While working with him on a documentary project I recorded the sounds of intense interactions between Mayor Klitschko and other leaders including the U.S. Secretary of State. Many people wanted selfies with the 6-foot-7 hero and he always offered to hold the iphone with his long outstretched arm.

HGTV
Rock The Block features four teams of HGTV designers and builders competing to customize four identical houses. Each team offers its own take on the task. Doing audio on this show for weeks and weeks takes endurance, patience and a lot of cooperation on an active construction site. I’ve worked on many reality shows and enjoy the teamwork of a big cast and crew making an interesting series of shows.

Amazon
Working on an Amazon video project offered a chance to gather sounds of the people and many machines in the order fulfillment process inside gigantic distribution centers. The sound of a package traveling down a series of chutes and conveyor belts helps tell the story. Prime audio.

History Channel Wyoming
Big Boy, the largest steam locomotive in the world, at the Union Pacific Depot in Cheyenne, Wyoming. So many great sounds to capture for this episode of Modern Marvels on The History Channel. I’ve also spent time on trains working on a National Geographic Documentary.
Trains, planes and automobiles…plus race cars, trucks and motorcycles, boats, bikes, snowmobiles —I’ve recorded sounds around so many types of transportation. Some of the loudest audio recordings came from the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota.
Been there, done that.

CBS Sunday Morning
In this CBS News story U.S. Army troops train with mine sweeping equipment designed for use in Ukraine and other war zones. A loud blast detonated buried land mines and then soldiers explained the clearing procedure in a walk-and-talk show-and-tell. Helping share the stories of our military missions has taken me overseas and to numerous military installations where the interactions have always been interesting and professional.