A fellow sound editor heard Jason Schwartzman on the radio this morning describe the unorthodox voice recording in Wes Anderson's "The Fantastic Mr. Fox". I poked around a bit to see if anyone else was talking about how they captured the voices for the animated film and Yahoo didn't disappoint. Enjoy the following clip and go see the film, it's a lot of fun! 'Fantastic Mr … [Read more...]
Interview: Noah Timan
KIDINTHEFRONTROW.COM interviewed New York based production sound mixer Noah Timan recently. Timan who wrapped on Wes Anderson's "Fantastic Mr. Fox" a while back, is very honest and forthcoming with his answers one of which is abridged below. KITFR: "Do you ever find times when the director chooses something visual, or a performance, over the importance of the sound … [Read more...]
The IMAX Projector Sounds Off
Reader slash IMAX projectionist Derek Helmer, sent me a link to his blog which features some posts in and about the IMAX projection booth he works in (I've posted some of my favorites below). I am a huge fan of feature film presentation in IMAX, even with the recent hub-bub about their retro-fitted theaters, hopefully IMAX gets that screen size discrepancy and proper charge … [Read more...]
Transformers 2: Interview Round Up
I planned on interviewing some of the post sound crew from "Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen" but there are so many great interviews out there already about the great work they did, I might as well be a blogger in disguise and just link to them. AUDIO-MEDIA magazine: Interview with Erik Aadahl, Ethan Van Der Ryn, and Greg Russell. EDITORS-GUILD magazine PT.1: Q and A … [Read more...]
Video Interview: Tetro
What it must be like on the sound crew for a film like "Tetro". I'd be nervous as hell to go and mix with Walter Murch then again I'm not re-recording mixer Pete Horner who chalks up this film as his second with Walter. In the following colemanfilm produced interview, Horner does a great job detailing what they tried to accomplish in the new Coppola film. "Tetro" Sound for … [Read more...]
Video: The Soundmen
Couldn't resist posting this 1950 documentary short TCM has been airing. Simply called "The Soundmen" it documents the trip sound took from production to print back in the day. I love that last quote from the dapper looking production mixer. "The talking motion picture of today has brought to the screen new heights of expression, and we the sound men will continue to perfect … [Read more...]
Exclusive Interview with Jana Vance and Dennie Thorpe, Foley Artist on Pixar's UP
Pixar's "Up" was the first ever animated film to open the Cannes Film Festival. Though screened out of competition I believe it could have easily won the Palme d'Or. The film mixed up at Skywalker Sound with Michael Semanick and Tom Myers on dialog/music and effects respectively. Myers also shared sound supervising credit with Michael Silvers and the pair both worked on … [Read more...]