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...]
Your Questions to Erik Aadahl
Now, you have the opportunity to do your own questions Erik Aadahl. Please read the exclusive interview first. Maybe you can find your answer there. … [Read more...]
Erik Aadahl Special: Exclusive Interview
Let's get started with the Erik Aadahl Special. Here is a Designing Sound's exclusive interview with Erik talking about some aspects of his career, personal thoughts, his main tools, and more. Designing Sound: To start please give us an introduction about your career and how you get involved with sound design Erik Aadahl: As a kid, I played piano and started composing music … [Read more...]
Recording Cars for "Forza Motorsport 3"
Check this interesting article at Jalopnik featuring the car recording sessions for "Forza Motorsport 3". In a way, it's best to think of driving sims as being like the movies, where huge amounts of lighting and makeup are required in order to make people look exactly like they do in real life. Along the same lines, you cannot simply stuff an expensive microphone up the … [Read more...]
Web Based Tool for Creative Sound Design Ideas, Inspired By Brian Eno's "Oblique Strategies"
Do you know about "Oblique Strategies"? Originally developed by Brian Eno, consists in a deck of cards containing ideas and phrases to help you on "breaking" the lack of creativity on any project you're working on. George Spanos, from GameSoundDesign has created the "Sound Design Strategies" based on the same concept, but here all the phrases are oriented to sound design. Just … [Read more...]
Tim Prebble on the Sound Design of "Boy"
Sound designer Tim Prebble has published on his blog some interesting notes and sound recording examples of his work on "Boy", a Taika Waititis film that opens in New Zealand cinemas on March 24th. Tim worked on the sound design during October and November, and also on the mix in December at Park Road Post. One of the best aspects of being confirmed on a project early is it … [Read more...]
March's Featured Sound Designer: Erik Aadahl
We have a new special guest on the blog: Erik Aadahl, a talented sound designer who will be with us during this month, giving some articles, interviews and lots of cool stuff. We hope you enjoy it. Bio Erik Aadahl was born in San Francisco, and graduated high school Valedictorian. He took a full-ride scholarship to the University of Southern California (USC) and studied Film … [Read more...]