This is a guest post by Ben Allan, producer at Main Course Films in Sydney, Australia. Ben recently worked both as a producer and a mixer for a film which has been produced solely for the new cinema at Sydney's Taronga Zoo. This venue is equipped with a screen over 80 ft wide that curves around the audience accompanied with a unique surround sound system to match the screen … [Read more...]
Sunday Sound Thought #84 – The Value of Silly
I've spent years working hard, honing my craft, trying to prove that interactive sound is worthwhile art. I take this stuff seriously, and I think sound that moves and breathes and lets you know it knows you're there is a really powerful and important and serious thing. But let me tell you about my favorite thing I've ever made. … [Read more...]
SOUND IN ITS “ISNESS”: AN INTERVIEW WITH O GRIVO
O Grivo is a duo of Brazilian musicians-sound designers formed by Nelson Soares and Marcos Moreira, whose work can be currently seen and heard in the US as a part of the Soundtracks exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco. The duo has a broad palette of activities, ranging from film sound to the visual arts. All the different aspects of their work seem … [Read more...]
Monthly Theme: Burnout
[perfectpullquote align="full" cite="Michael Gungor" link="" color="" class="" size=""]Burnout is what happens when you try to avoid being human for too long.[/perfectpullquote] Is burnout inevitable? If so, how do you manage it? If not, how do you avoid it? Does it occur suddenly or gradually? Is it self-inflicted or the result of unrealistic expectations? It seems we're … [Read more...]
Sunday Sound Thought #83 – Isn’t “more”… more?
As has come before; many of these posts will be philosophical in nature. Some will be in contradiction to previous postings. These are not intended as truths or assertions, they’re merely thoughts…ideas. Think of this as stream of consciousness over a wide span…Please bare with us as we traverse the abstract canals of audio musings. Please don't get me wrong. I … [Read more...]
Employing Minimalism as a Design Aesthetic
There are some great articles this month about people who utilize minimalism as a core to their design aesthetic, but what about the rest of us? Not every project demands or needs a minimalist approach, but there are aspects of minimalism we can learn from and use in our design that will hopefully result in cleaner, arguably better sound design choices. To be clear I’m not … [Read more...]
Sunday Sound Thought #82 — To Continue
As has come before; many of these posts will be philosophical in nature. Some will be in contradiction to previous postings. These are not intended as truths or assertions, they’re merely thoughts…ideas. Think of this as stream of consciousness over a wide span…Please bare with us as we traverse the abstract canals of audio musings. A few heavy reads recently had left me … [Read more...]