“PREDATOR” 1987 – Exclusive Interview with David Stone
This is the start of something new here at Designing Sound. Once a month we'l try to interview a sound person from a past film. I haven't figured out a formula yet of what films or years to feature so It may be a little hurky jerky time period wise ... read more.
Exclusive Interview with the Audio Team of “Singularity”
For the guys of Singularity's audio team was not enough their great work on the dev diary blog, where they shared a lot of interesting stuff. They agreed to the idea of giving an interview for Designing Sound, so I asked several questions about the different aspects of the game, which ... read more.
“Predators” – Exclusive Interview with Paula Fairfield & Carla Murray
Sound designers Paula Fairfield and Carla Murray took time out to answer few questions about their work on "Predators". They have been featured a few interviews already HERE and HERE. Stay tuned for a companinion interview with one of the sound supervisor David Stone from the original 1987 Predator next week. PF ... read more.
Tim Prebble Presents SEAL VOCALS, New SFX Library of HISS and a ROAR (With Exclusive Q&A)
Tim Prebble has announce the release of SEAL VOCALS, a new great sound effects library for HISS and a ROAR, this time featuring lovely Seals talking to a microphone. My primary goal was to isolate the seal vocals from the ambience, for use in creature vocal design, so this library was ... read more.
Jim Stout Special: Making Monster Voices
In this video, Jim shows how he made monster voices using a Roland V-Synth GT and recordings. read more.
“Alice in Wonderland” – Exclusive Interview with Sound Designer/Supervisor Steve Boeddeker
Days ago I had the chance to interview Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor (and occasional Mixer and Composer) Steve Boeddeker, talking about his work as Sound Designer/Supervisor on Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland. This interview is published at the same time of another at Filmsound Daily, there with Tom Johnson, Re-Recording ... 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.
The Sound of “Where the Wild Things Are”
New sound for film profile at SoundWorks Collection! Explore Director Spike Jonze’s heartfelt adaptation of the classic children’s book “Where the Wild Things Are” with Sound Re-Recording Mixer and Supervising Editor Ren Klyce. Learn about the unique approach they created for capturing the voices of the actors and other stories about ... 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 Jurassic Park
Another great video via thesoundguys at YouTube, this time about the sound design of Jurassic Park with comments by Gary Rydstrom, Steven Spielberg, and Chris Boyes. Additionally, don't forget to read the article about Jurassic Park sound on the Gary Rydstrom Special. read more.
