Production Sound - London Area & Beyond

Tom Osborn
Production Sound

Sound Recordist Sound Mixer

Drama, documentary, commercial and branded content. A decade of professional sound - from Soho to the Outer Hebrides, Finland to Tanzania.

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~10yrs
Professional experience
9
Feature films as HoD
100+
Brands represented
6+
Languages recorded in
4
Continents worked across
DBS
Checked · Clean licence
Your sound, in
the right hands
Tom Osborn - Production Sound
Tom Osborn
Production Sound

"Sound is half of the film", people say - yet only a very small proportion of people on set are dedicated to how it sounds. Whether it's drama, commercial, documentary or corporate, you want your film to sound excellent without compromising your top quality visual.

I've been specialising in exactly that for around a decade. Whether working with a full sound team or as a one-man PSC unit, I always consider myself part of the whole. My job is to make it easy for the director and the post team - and I love my job.

From Cornwall to the Outer Hebrides, Finland to Tanzania, India to London. I speak Italian, French and Spanish, and have recorded in Swahili, German, Portuguese, Finnish, Ukrainian and BSL. It's amazing what you pick up when you really listen.

Roles
Sound Recordist
Recording and booming as a one-man-band sound department. Solo operator, full PSC kit.
Sound Mixer
Head of Department to a full sound team. Mixing, managing and coordinating across larger productions.
Services
01
Quality Recording

Top quality equipment capturing clear audio at cinema-grade specs. But anybody can buy gear - you need someone who makes the right calls at the right time. Knowing when to flag a problem and what's acceptable is what separates a professional.

02
Friendly & Professional

Filming is a team game. I get booked for my ability, but I get rebooked because I'm a good person to have on set. DBS checked, clean UK driving licence, adaptable in any environment from controlled studio to remote location.

03
Effective Workflow

I'll discuss your project thoroughly so everyone is on the same page - budget, on-set requirements, deliverables, particularities of the shoot. A decade of experience helps spot issues and opportunities that get missed in prep.

04
Well Travelled

Based in the London area, very happy to travel. Cornwall to the Outer Hebrides, Finland to Tanzania. Italian, French and Spanish speaker. Recorded in Swahili, German, Portuguese, Finnish, Ukrainian and BSL. Adaptability is everything.

The kit
Cinema-grade
equipment.
Properly maintained.
Ready when
you are.
Mixers & Recorders
Sound Devices 633 mixer recorder
Sound Devices 664 mixer recorder
Microphones
Sennheiser MKH50 hypercardioid boom
Sennheiser MKH60 shotgun boom
9× COS-11d lavalier
Shure SM58 stage mic
AKG C214 studio mic
Radio Systems
5× Audio Ltd 2040 radio mic
3× Micron Explorer 100 radio / wireless boom
2× Sennheiser output transmitter
1× Sennheiser wireless camera link
Timecode & Comms
3× Tentacle timecode sync
10× director/crew headsets

Whether you're a production company, ad agency, or independent director, I'd love to hear about your project. The earlier in pre-production the better - a quick conversation can save a lot of headaches on the day.

Let's work
together
BasedLondon area, UK

I usually reply within 24 hours.