The London Film School is offering another one day workshop focusing on the role of sound in story-telling. The workshop will take place on Saturday, November 24th. They're also offering a 20% discount to Designing Sound readers. What is it that makes the dream sequences in Hitchcock’s SPELLBOUND, Bergman’s WILD STRAWBERRIES and Coppola’s THE CONVERSATION so disturbing? What … [Read more...]
And November’s Theme Is…
Welcome to Ambiences month here on Designing Sound. Often referred to as Atmospheres or Backgrounds as well, this element of a program mix deserves more attention than it commonly receives. Though not as present as dialog or hard-synced sound effects, their contribution to the tone "in-the-moment" narrative is no less important. Look for the first featured article in a few … [Read more...]
What’s Happening in November
There are a few interesting things coming up in the month of November. David Sonnenschein is once again running his Sound Design for Pros webinar series. It begins Monday, November 5th. Full details and registration links can be found here. Bernie Krause will be presenting at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco on Tuesday, November 13th at 7PM. Tickets can be … [Read more...]
Changes to the Site
We (the editors) sat down recently to talk about the site…how it's been over the past few months, what its strengths are, where it's weak, and what we need to do keep the site at its full potential. So, we're going to be rolling out some changes, and I want to give you an idea of where we're going…because this is, first and foremost, a community site. First, allow me to … [Read more...]
Making of Videos for The Zombie Apocalypse Library
If you've been busy with work...or just had your head under a rock...you may not have noticed that there's a new library coming out from BlastwaveFX; The Zombie Apocalypse Library. There's a series of four "Making of" videos that are going to be released leading up to the library's launch on Halloween. In the meantime, here's a little teaser video for … [Read more...]
Free Panel at USC this Weekend
Just noticed today that there's a free panel at USC this Saturday, starting at 2PM. Anna Behlmer, Lora Hirschberg and Gwen Whittle will be part of the presenting panel for the, "Cinematic Arts Panel: Take My Job Please! Women in Post Production Sound" A panel of three of the film industry's top post sound professionals want to know, "Where are the women to take their places?" … [Read more...]
Ideas in Sound Design: Semiotics and Language – Part 2
Cross-posting from my personal blog. In my last article, I talked about Semiotics and encouraged sound designers and editors to think of sound for picture as a language; or, at least, as a component of the language used by any given film. I'd rather not rehash the specific elements of Semiotics that were discussed. There are several ideas that I'm going to assume you've read … [Read more...]