“Midcoast is my go-to location sound squad and David Ottier is a champion on and off the set. His work and leadership is superlative and provides me with so many options in post because the sound quality is through-the-roof. ADR with Midcoast is only for creative changes because his team gets every word, line and nuance. But even more: David and his associates know what it means to work on a team, be positive under difficult conditions and have fun doing the crazy things we do. Do you need a sound team that will walk through fire and water for you? Hire Midcoast, because they’ve done it for me time and again.”

WARREN P. SONODA

“We are currently editing the second feature David worked with us on, titled “Love Of my Life”, and the sound is excellent. I am quite confident that we will not need any ADR for this film as well, which is unprecedented in our exerience. The post sound house we used on “Happily Ever After” were extremely impressed with his work, particularly with how well the radio-miked audio mixed with the boom tracks.

In addition to his excellent work as a sound recordist, David is a delight to work with. Actors, even quite demanding ones, very much enjoy interacting with him. He is one of the best-liked people on set. He somehow manages to ensure that we get sufficient takes for audio without alienating the other departments in any way-partly, I am sure, because he so often gets the sound right on his first try. But even on days when we have airplanes circling above, as we had on our last film, his good humour makes the difficulties as smooth as possible for both crew and cast. Should also add that our films are performance oriented and extremely dialogue heavy, and I am very demanding about sound.

I think one of the biggest weaknesses in many canadian films is the poor audio quality, but David ensures that our sound quality is first rate.”

JOAN CARR-WIGGIN

“Buck Productions did not make a single film in 2009 without Midcoast Productions Inc.”

JOEL BURCH