I'd like to talk a little on the perception of sound. We've mentioned how intangible it is, and therefore our perception of it is wide open to our own interpretation. I like this definition of Perception, as found on Wikipedia: "The processes of perception routinely alter what humans see. When people view something with a preconceived concept about it, they tend to take those … [Read more...]
Sonnenschein's Webinar Report: Week II – Plugin Power
As I promised the last week, I'll be doing a weekly report of the Sound Design Webinar Series by David Sonnenschein, just to give you an idea of what is David doing on each webinar and solve any kind of doubts you have about that. In the second webinar David started reviewing some of the assignments given in the last session, and also giving more tips and great theories. For … [Read more...]
Associations
"It’s all about the emotional associations of sounds. It’s not about whether they’re really technically correct or not. It’s about whether they’re scary or relaxing or threatening or whatever helps tell the story." - Dane A. Davis … [Read more...]
Tim Prebble and His Three Nominations for Best Sound at NZ Film Awards
I consider Tim Prebble a true master of the craft. He is an amazing sound designer and one of the most prolific contributors to this community. This week is New Zealand Film Awards, and guess what! Tim worked as sound designer in the three films nominated for Best Sound in a feature film. Tim has made an incredible post on his blog, talking about his work on the three films, … [Read more...]
David Farmer Special: Field Recording 2010
I meant to say this in the introduction interview, but these are just my opinions and are not intended to be directions for, or judgements on how anyone else should or does work. One of the great things about working with sound is there are as many approaches to getting the job done, as there are people doing it. If I say something with some conviction that contradicts what … [Read more...]
Sonnenschein's Webinar Report: Week I – The Intelligent Ear
I've see that several readers are interestd to know more about the Sound Design Webinar Series of David Sonnenschein. Well, I'm attending to the series by these days, so I find appropriate to do a series of posts here talking about my experience on the webinars, so all of you can know more about them and enroll into future webinar series if you want. Today is the second … [Read more...]
Develop Magazine: Care in the Development Community
John Broomhall has published another of his interesting articles on the September's issue of Develop Magazine, talking about collaboration and good relationship of game audio teams with other development disciplines. For my money, this year’s Develop conference audio track provided yet another candid, informative and thought provoking set of talks. Thanks to all the speakers, … [Read more...]