Designing SoundBruce Tanis Special: Reader Questions
Friday, July 30, 2010
Sadly, the Bruce Tanis special has come to its end. This month was amazing, with a really great amount of sound effects editing master classes given by Bruce….
Bruce Tanis Special: Cutting Weird Things on "Fringe"
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
I started editing sound effects at Todd-AO back in 19………. Something-or-other! I started working on a show called “Brooklyn Bridge” produced by Gary David Goldberg. I worked in…
Bruce Tanis Special: Cutting Crowd Effects
Monday, July 26, 2010
Hello again. Over the years I’ve worked on several films and TV shows that required editing crowds for different sorts of sports, both indoors and outdoors, concerts, and,…
Bruce Tanis Special: Editing Hand to Hand Fight Sound Effects
Friday, July 23, 2010
Fight sequences are a common event in many action films and they are often fairly straight forward to edit. See a punch, hear a punch. Unlike fantasy or…
Bruce Tanis Special: Scale/Perspective on Cutting Sound Effects
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Creating sounds for gadgets, machinery, and weapons beyond any mundane character they may have as ordinary objects is a core task of sound effects design. To be sure,…
Bruce Tanis Special: Creepy Forests in Broad Daylight
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Here’s an example of a common scene from a suspense film or TV show: A woman walks alone to her car late at night down a long, dark…
Bruce Tanis Special: Using Default Audio Suite Plugins in Pro Tools
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
I gave up a quasi-staff position nearly a decade ago in order to pursue a career as a freelance sound effects editor. Certainly, there are positives and negatives…
Bruce Tanis Special: Using Accidents in Field Recording
Friday, July 9, 2010
Today, I’d like to share some observations about using accidents that occur in field recordings and things that sometimes get recorded unintentionally. No, I’m not talking about going…
Bruce Tanis Special: Exclusive Interview
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Let’s get started with this new special. Here is a great talk I had with our special guest Bruce Tanis talking about the general aspects of his career, his…
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