Andy Wooding has a new interview with one of our former Featured Sound Designers, Coll Anderson, up over on FilmDoctor.co.uk. I don’t know if there’s a difference. They both involve a certain level of verisimilitude and so you can’t really say there’s a difference. People will say ‘documentaries are real and fictitious films are about telling stories’ but documentaries are … [Read more...]
Broken
Now that yesterday's global silliness is behind us, it's time to announce April's theme: "broken". What can I say?! We like the open ended topics that provide ample opportunity for interpretation. As sound designers, we rely on manipulation...pushing materials beyond their limits to see what interesting sounds they create under stress, or at that threshold where they go … [Read more...]
Designing Sound Discussion Group – Remote Collaboration
Our web panel will be starting soon (4PM U.S. Eastern Time). You can watch it via the embedded video below, or head over to our Google+ page to join the conversation when we open it up to questions. … [Read more...]
Adding Your Voice to the Mix
Guest Contribution by Joel Raabe At night in the darkness, I often hear voices in my head. Though it’s strange to admit, as I drift off to sleep after a long day of cutting dialogue or mixing the latest program, indistinct voices emerge and converse in the surround field of my theta wave brain. The wash of leftover phonemes from the work day somehow eases me to sleep, a … [Read more...]
New Training Materials for Game Audio in Unity
Focal Press has recently released a new book on game audio entitled The Essential Guide to Game Audio. I know what you may be thinking, "Aren't there already enough books on game audio?" This is a worthy addition to the plethora of learning materials already on the market. It fills a gap by focusing on game audio in the Unity Engine. It's also co-authored by two well respected … [Read more...]
Remote Collaboration and Maintaining a Consistent “Voice” – Designing Sound Discussion Group
We'll be hosting our next Designing Sound Discussion Group on March 29th, at 2PM 4PM (U.S. Eastern). We'll have supervising sound editor Michael Maroussas and the sound team of the film Orthodox [full disclosure, that includes me], which is currently in post-production, on to discuss the remote collaboration workflow for the film. Team members have worked remotely from their … [Read more...]
Screenings of the Documentary “Particle Fever” with Walter Murch
Are you in the San Francisco Bay Area this weekend? Then check out one of these screenings of Particle Fever, which will have a Q&A with director Mark Levinson and Editor WALTER MURCH!!! Fri 3/14 Shattuck, Berkeley (Landmark Theaters) 7:30 show – intro and Q&A w/ director Mark Levinson and editor Walter Murch and physicists Sat 3/15 Embarcadero, SF (Landmark … [Read more...]