The August Issue of Mix Magazine is available for download. It contains a detailed article on the sound of SALT, which you can see online in Mix Online: There’s been no shortage of action movies over the past couple of decades, with dozens of subgenres proliferating to satisfy the audience’s appetite for war, worldwide destruction, comic books, videogames, legal procedure, … [Read more...]
Seal Creature #3: Zip, a Fearful Alien
And here is the last creature I made from Seal Vocals library. The experience was a lot of fun. I totally recommend you this kind of limitation challenges. If I had the opportunity of use more sounds and my own recordings, perhaps the result could be better, but this activity is a fantastic way to improve your skills. I think I'll make a dedicated post talking about … [Read more...]
Bruce Tanis Special: Reader Questions
Sadly, the Bruce Tanis special has come to its end. This month was amazing, with a really great amount of sound effects editing master classes given by Bruce. Here are the answers to the questions made by the readers during this month. Hope you like them! Designing Sound Reader: As a student/future sound editor, I've been anxious about the fact that there is no prescribed … [Read more...]
Ben Burtt Showing His Source Material for Star Wars
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksTbSNhjaBk (Warning! High level of nostalgic content) In the 6:05 mark of this video, you can see three great minutes of sound designer master Ben Burtt showcasing some of the source material he used for the layering of a sound for Star Wars. The video is a part of a rare documentary about John Williams and the music of Star Wars published … [Read more...]
The Sound Design of "Coraline"
Steinberg has published an interview with Steve Tushar and Ron Eng, sound designers on "Coraline". They talk about their work in the film and also the use of Nuendo for their sound work. Hello Steve, hello Ron! You’ve recently worked together on the film Coraline, which was directed by Henry Selick. What was special about the collaboration with him? Ron: The best thing about … [Read more...]
"Flower" – Sound and Music as Narrative
The video on the top is from a session given by sound designer Steve Johnson and composer Vincent Diamante. In the session they talked about the use of sound design and music as narrative elements in Flower, a game for PS3 developed by Thatgamecompany. Thatgamecompany's Flower was an ambitious and unconventional game that saw fruition through an equally unconventional … [Read more...]
Seal Creature #2: Tuk, an Occult Bird
Following with the seal creature posts, here is the second, called: Tuk. The Story Tuk is an ancient race of bird with a dubious origin. Nobody knows where they come from, nobody knows exactly what they want. The only certainty is that we all fear their sound and their ferocious attacks. The Tuk are similar to the prehistoric pterodactylus, but smaller, and with a strange … [Read more...]