All About the Sound of “The Hurt Locker”
As you may already know, Paul N.J. Ottosson has won the academy award for Best Sound Editing and Best Sound Mixing with Ray Beckett. Need to know why "The Hurt Locker" wins the two prizes? Here are some links to the posts previously published, all with info about the sound of ... read more.
Paul Ottosson Talks About Working on “The Hurt Locker”
More "The Hurt Locker", this time a really cool video from "Making Of" with Paul Ottosson talking about the sound editing and mixing of this great film. read more.
Paul Ottosson on “The Hurt Locker”; An Interview with Oscar Nominee for Sound Editing and Mixing
Mix Magazine published a new interesting interview with sound designer Paul N.J Ottosson, Academy Award Nominee for Sound Editing and Sound Mixing for his amazing work on "The Hurt Locker". Did you do much original effects recording? A fair amount. I also had a lot of my own library material that I’d ... read more.
How to Judge the Best Sound Editing Oscar
As the Academy Awards approach, Skip Lievsay expalins at Slate V what goes into great sound editing. Via: FilmSound Daily 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.
The Sound Design of “Drag Me to Hell”
Cool featurette on the sound design of "Drag Me to Hell" with comments of re-recording mixers Marti Humphrey and Chris Jacobson and co-sound supervisor Jussi Tegelman. Drag Me to Hell Website (Thanks to Gabriel for the link) read more.
The Sound Design of “The Book of Eli”
The last issue of MPEG Magazine has an interesting article about the sound design of "The Book of Eli" with sound editors/sound designers Steven D. Williams, MPSE, and Eric Norris, MPSE. Let's read: After tackling survival in urban America in Menace II Society, Dead Presidents and American Pimp, directing team the ... read more.
The Sound of “Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen”
New and great profile at SoundWorks Collection, this time for "Tranformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen" Director Michael Bay returns for a second serving of robot mayhem in “Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen”. Also returning for another call of duty with Bay include the talents of his sound team including ... 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.
