[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/30175507[/vimeo] Who says robot boxing won’t happen in 2020?! “Real Steel” plays out this fantasy as robots have replaced humans in boxing in this Shawn Levy film (“Night at the Museum” franchise and “Date Night”). Charlie Kenton (Hugh Jackman) loses a chance to become a boxing champion when robots take over, and he becomes a small-time promoter. When … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2011
Randy Thom at View Conference 2011, Italy
Randy Thom will be speaking at View Conference 2011 in October at TorinoIncontra, Turin, Italy. Sound Design and Story Telling, a Master Class with Randy Thom Randy Thom, Director of Sound Design at Skywalker Sound, will walk you through the process of sound design in storytelling. Thom is a firm believer that the sooner the sound designer is involved in the pre-production, … [Read more...]
Bottle Rocket FX Releases Impact Collection
Bottle Rocket FX has released Impact Collection. The Impact Collection is a library of 304 impacts, whooshes, swells, static, rises and zaps all designed with Trailers and Promos in mind. These sounds were designed using anything I could hit, bang, rumble and smash. In the process I destroyed a couple tools and put a healthy dent in a spare refrigerator, not to mention the … [Read more...]
Ann Kroeber Special: A Pioneering Sound Woman
Editor's note: This article is written by Karol Urban, CAS. Designing Sound did little to contribute to this interview beyond bringing two highly skilled women together to talk about working in sound. We thank Karol for bringing her expertise and perspective to this article. Karol Urban: What do you think it is about you or your life experiences that has driven you to become a … [Read more...]
Your Questions to Ann Kroeber
You can make your own questions to this month's special guest Ann Kroeber. Just leave a comment or send your question(s) to miguel [at] designingsound [dot] org. The answers will be published at the end of the month. … [Read more...]
“SDC012: Lifeless Howl” Now Closed
Just a heads up for everyone that the entry period for Sound Design Challenge #12 is now closed. There are a total of 74 entries vying for the "Creatures" sound effects bundle from Boom Library (it's worth noting that they've just released their "Medieval Weapons" library today). This is the largest pool that any challenge has had yet. The judges and I have our work cut out for … [Read more...]
BOOM Releases Medieval Weapons
BOOM Library has released a new library called Medieval Weapons. It's done. Get ready to unleash an epic battle and blow away your audience. With our "MEDIEVAL WEAPONS" sound effects library, you get a fascinating collection of bone-crushing hammer impacts, deadly sword hits, wall-tearing catapult shots, bows and arrows, armor impacts and much more to design an incomparable … [Read more...]