Quoting Rl3058:

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I was watching a DVD recently and it listed the following:

Supervising sound effects editor
Sound effects editor

no other sound personal is listed. My question is would this be the same as:

Supervising sound editor
Sound editor

No, sound effects are different from sound.

Quoting Rifter:

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[...]a Production Sound Mixer works in a sound studio, not out on location in the hinterlands somewhere[...]

How can You say that? A Production Sound Mixer works on an interior sound stage as well as out on location, even and especially in the hinterlands somewhere. That is because he is in charge of every tiny bit of the production sound (= location sound). He is on location together with the whole film crew delivering the sound recordings from the shooting directly to the editing room.

And concerning 2nd unit: Very often the 2nd unit shoots footage without any sound. But on some film shootings (supposably the bigger expensive films) even the 2nd unit may have a Production / Location Sound Mixer if the sound from the 2nd unit location could be helpful for the post production.

Thank you all.

Quoting schaumi:

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Quoting Rifter:

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[...]a Production Sound Mixer works in a sound studio, not out on location in the hinterlands somewhere[...]

How can You say that? A Production Sound Mixer works on an interior sound stage as well as out on location, even and especially in the hinterlands somewhere. That is because he is in charge of every tiny bit of the production sound (= location sound). He is on location together with the whole film crew delivering the sound recordings from the shooting directly to the editing room.

And concerning 2nd unit: Very often the 2nd unit shoots footage without any sound. But on some film shootings (supposably the bigger expensive films) even the 2nd unit may have a Production / Location Sound Mixer if the sound from the 2nd unit location could be helpful for the post production.

That might all be true, but if the credit is only listed under 2nd Unit we can't use it, even if its the same guy.  But, if there is no Production Sound Mixer listed in the main section sound, or in the post production area, you still can't use Location credits as a substitute.

Quoting northbloke:

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But location credits are NOT 2nd unit credits - that was your assumption, and it's wrong. There's nothing wrong with crediting location sound - they're even mentioned in the list in the database rules.

Indeed, the credits section of the rules clearly state this about location sound:

Production Sound Mixer:

Production Sound Mixer
Production Mixer
Location Sound Mixer
Sound Mixer (when listed outside the Sound credits)

But then why is it in the Rules?

Upon re-reading your post, yes, that is the way you could have meant it...

I were a mind reader, I would have understood it the first time 'round

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