{
 "slug": "natural-sound-under-broll",
 "name": "Natural sound under B-roll",
 "category": "sound",
 "group": "Music and mix",
 "media": [
  "video"
 ],
 "checked": "2026-11-13",
 "effect": "The cutaway feels real because it sounds like the place.",
 "use_when": "Filmed B-roll of hands, tools, machines, rooms.",
 "phrase": "keep the brush on the panel audible under the shot, and record 30 seconds of the room on its own",
 "pitfalls": [
  {
   "text": "Natural sound under B-roll often sells the cut better than music.",
   "evidence": "practitioner",
   "source": "Director Chair field notes on b-roll"
  }
 ],
 "per_model": [],
 "external_refs": [],
 "licensed": [],
 "site_names": [],
 "related": [
  "five-shot-sequence",
  "format-broll-voiceover",
  "room-tone-under-generated-voice"
 ],
 "rights": "own-work",
 "evidence": "practitioner",
 "source": {
  "url": null,
  "note": "Own words from Director Chair field notes on b-roll"
 },
 "body": "",
 "shown_with": null,
 "url": "https://directorchair.ai/sound/natural-sound-under-broll",
 "markdown": "https://directorchair.ai/sound/natural-sound-under-broll.md",
 "prompts": {
  "chat": "Give me a sound brief: what to record or pick, where it sits on the timeline, the levels, and what to check before export, for a short video about [your product], for [your audience]. The technique is natural sound under B-roll: the cutaway feels real because it sounds like the place. How it works: keep the brush on the panel audible under the shot, and record 30 seconds of the room on its own. It is right for: filmed B-roll of hands, tools, machines, rooms. Natural sound under B-roll often sells the cut better than music. Be concrete: numbers, seconds and settings, no theory. Ask me one question first if something you need is missing."
 },
 "licence": {
  "code": "MIT",
  "text": "CC BY 4.0",
  "third_party": "Clips and card texts inside a \"licensed\" block belong to their makers and are shown with permission and credit."
 }
}