To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom. - Bertrand Russell It seems only fitting that as we wrap up Halloween that we delve into the season’s most prominent emotion: fear. While horror sound design and making just the right mixture of viscous liquid for appropriate gore sounds is part of what we do, so too, is the sound design of psychological fear. Crafting dread, … [Read more...]
Special Academy Award Granted to VR Experience ‘Carne y Arena’
For only the second time in history (the first was 1996's Toy Story), the Academy is granting a special Oscar, this time to Mexican director Alejandro González Iñárritu for the virtual reality experience, Carne y Arena (Virtually Present, Physically Invisible). The experience was hosted at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year and remains on exhibition in Los Angeles, … [Read more...]
Sunday Sound Thought #93: Everyone’s an Expert
“As has come before; many of these posts will be philosophical in nature. Some will be in contradiction to previous postings. These are not intended as truths or assertions, they’re merely thoughts…ideas. Think of this as stream of consciousness over a wide span…Please bear with us as we traverse the abstract canals of audio musings.” -Designing Sound In … [Read more...]
postPerspective: The Sound Of Netflix’s The Defenders
postPerspective recently published an article about Supervising Sound Editor Lauren Stephens work on Netflix's The Defenders. You can read the full story here. … [Read more...]
Nathan Smith – One Prop at a Time
Nathan Smith is Sound Design Supervisor at Dallas,Texas based Gearbox Software. He has worked in TV, films including "The King of Kong" and video games such as the Borderlands franchise. What brought him to my attention was a series of videos he produced demonstrating various boxes and gadgets he constructed to capture sound assets for his various projects. I asked him some … [Read more...]
Sunday Sound Thought #92: Some Thoughts On Audio Games
As has come before; many of these posts will be philosophical in nature. Some will be in contradiction to previous postings. These are not intended as truths or assertions, they’re merely thoughts…ideas. Think of this as stream of consciousness over a wide span…Please bare with us as we traverse the abstract canals of audio musings. This year I took part in Audio Game … [Read more...]
Soundworks Collection: The Sound Of Blade Runner 2049
Soundworks Collection has just published a in-depth video about the sound & music of Bladerunner 2049. You can watch it here. … [Read more...]