Thoughts of the Oscars Sound Nominees
I've found two interesting articles with thoughts and general info from the sound nominees to the Oscars, talking about his respetive works on films such as "Avatar", "The Hurt Locker", "Star Trek", "Up" and "Inglourious Basterds". The first one is from MPEG, with comments of some of the sound editors with ... read more.
“The Hurt Locker” and “Avatar”, Two Different Paths on Sound Editing
Peter Canaricas has published a nice article on Variety featuring "The Hurt Locker" and "Avatar" sound, two films nominated to Academy Award for Best Sound Editing, but also two different worlds and different perspectives and ways to treat the sound. Check some excerpts: "We absolutely invented sounds," says Boyes, whose team ... read more.
More “Avatar” Sound: In-Depth Sound Profile with Chris Boyes
New Avatar Sound Profile, this time by SoundWorks Collection, with great information about the sound of the film, given by Chris Boyes from Skywalker Sound. The groundbreaking technical and directorial abilities of Director James Cameron can be experienced in his breathtaking visual world of Pandora in “Avatar”. This never before seen ... read more.
Avatar: Creating The World of Pandora – Sound Design and Score
Avatar again? Yes. This time on a video with some general info about the sound design and score of the film. Sound design was key in making Pandora a believable, unique world. Sound editor Christopher Boyes explains how real-world sounds were manipulated in such a way as to make them unique ... read more.
AudioMedia January Issue Now Online With More “Avatar” Sound
AudioMedia has just published the January Issue of his magazine, featuring a cool article about the sound of Avatar, about which we had already read also in Mix days ago. This time we have more info about the the main challenge of the sound team and how they work to ... read more.
The Sound Design of “Avatar”
Avatar is one of the most impressive films I've seen. Amazing use of technology and a great story. Fantastic combination. The 3D experience there is totally amazing. The sound is really great... A good challenge with animals, sci-fi stuff and of course: create a new world. The January's Issue of Mix ... read more.
The Sound Design of “The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” and “The Two Towers”
More videos! Let's check these videos of The Lord Of The Rings, with director Peter Jackson, producer Barrie Osborne, co-producer Rick Porras, supervising sound editors Mike Hopkins and Ethan Van Der Ryn, sound designer David Farmer, ADR Recordist Chris Ward, and re-recording mixers Chris Boyes and Michael Semanick talking about the sound design ... read more.
Iron Man: Mix Magazine and More
Interviewing Sound Designer and Re-recording Mixer Chris Boyes, Mix Magazine continues its video onslaught of exclusively Skywalker Sound related projects below... Also an Italian site ComicUS has an interview with the film's composer Ramin Djawadi, HERE (scroll past the Italian version of the interview for the English translation.) read more.
Interview with Chris Boyes
DOLBY: In Broken Arrow, there’s this scene where the A-bomb goes off and the ground sort of heaves up in a wave toward the audience. CB: This kind of thing is always a big challenge, because so often the production wants to arrive at the major climactic moment, and they’ve already ... read more.
