Toronto is sometimes referred to as ‘Hollywood North,’ holding the place as Canada’s premier media city. If a documentary, advert or sports production is being filmed in the area, there is a good chance that Scott Taylor of Taylored Sound is holding the boom and rolling the field recorder.
“What people might be surprised to learn about my job is that after 10 years in this industry, I’m still learning new stuff every day,” he shares.
“Whether it’s mic placement for a tricky wardrobe that I’m dealing with, or even just a new camera with some new audio menu settings, I find that I’m constantly still learning new things every day. There’s so many different curve balls that can get thrown at you on any production and solving these little ‘problems’ is part of the fun of the job. Even if it does get a tad stressful at times!”
Taylor is an audio engineer and the owner and operator of Taylored Sound – specialising in post production audio for film and television, as well as location sound recording and mixing.
After graduating from the Ontario Institute of Audio Recording Technology in 2010, he relocated to Toronto, Ontario, where his company is now based.
“My most memorable project to date would have to be a documentary titled The Last Tourist,” he considers.
“It’s a feature-length documentary which dives into the impact that tourism has on our world. It talks about sustainable ways of travel and eco-tourism and covers the positive and negative impacts that tourism has on our globe. We travelled to roughly 10 different countries over the course of a year and a half and got to meet some amazing people and hear some really great stories along the way.”