In the first Wall-E post I publish a hudge information and interviews about Wall-E. This second post is dedicated to watch and learn about all the techniques and tools employed by Ben Burtt designing the sounds of Wall-E. Let's check this four videos of a 30 mins demonstration on how Ben Burtt brought Wall-E to life and he answered a ton of questions from all the visiting … [Read more...]
The breaths in Film Sound
Tim Prebble from music of sound has published an interesting article talking about the role of breaths in Film Sound. Having suffered a nasty respiratory virus for the last while I’ve joked to a few people that my new hobby is ‘trying to breath normally” and its not far from the truth. Now I dislike ADR as much as most people, but when I meet someone who says they want … [Read more...]
Ben Burtt Special: Star Wars – Phantom Menace
The Star Wars Special continues with our featured sound designer Ben Burtt. Let's talk about the sound desgin of Episode I: Phantom Menace. Ben Burtt left Lucasfilm in 1990 to pursue other interests as a freelancer: writing, directing, editing. He went back to Sound Designer's chair again for the Star Wars Trilogy Special Edition. "I was the only one who could remember where … [Read more...]
Ben Burtt Special: WALL-E – The Definitive Interview
"WALL•E" Sound for Film Profile with Ben Burtt from Michael Coleman on Vimeo. When nobody thought that Ben Burtt could return with his robots and laserguns, He strikes back (and even stronger) with WALL-E, an amazing animation film with the perfect dose of sound design that groups all the incredible knowledge, experience and talent of Ben Burtt in one place. Is well as I did … [Read more...]
Ben Burtt Special: Star Wars – The Sounds [Part 2]
The second part of the special about the sounds of Star Wars, created by Ben Burtt. Let's take a look of the sounds of the characters in the film: Darth Vader, R2-D2, Chewbacca and the amazing Ewokese language. Chewbacca "You have bits and fragments of animal sounds which you have collected and put into lists: here is an affectionate sound and, here is a angry sound and, just … [Read more...]
Ben Burtt Special: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Video from Michael Coleman on Vimeo. One of the most recent works of Ben Burtt: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, a 2008 adventure film, fourth in the Indiana Jones franchise, created by George Lucas and directed by Steven Spielberg. “It started for me back in September [2007], when I went to L.A. and read the script in a secret room with a guard at the … [Read more...]
Ben Burtt Special: Star Wars – The Sounds [Part 1]
Ben Burtt doesn't have a large list of films, but when he made the sound design of Star Wars, he created a new wave of sound making, introducing new techniques and certainly a new world of sounds. I'll divide the information about Star Wars Sound into five parts: The Sounds [Part 1] The Sounds [Part 2] Phantom Menace Attack of the Clones Let`s begin with the first part: … [Read more...]