Reader slash IMAX projectionist Derek Helmer, sent me a link to his blog which features some posts in and about the IMAX projection booth he works in (I've posted some of my favorites below). I am a huge fan of feature film presentation in IMAX, even with the recent hub-bub about their retro-fitted theaters, hopefully IMAX gets that screen size discrepancy and proper charge … [Read more...]
Gary Rydstrom Special: Jurassic Park
Let's begin the Gary Rydstrom Special with Jurassic Park, an Academy Award-winning movie directed by Steven Spielberg and released in 1993 marking the debut of DTS in motion picture theatres on 876 screens. There is an article at MPSE taken from a special event called "Big Movie Sound Effects: Behind the Scenes and Out of the Speakers” presented in Hollywood by Dane A. Davis … [Read more...]
Creating a Spooky Half-Life Monster Sound in Logic
Ted Griffioen has a new tutorial at Audio Tuts+ explaining the process of creating a Half-Life Monster Sound. Here is the introduction: "If you ever played a game like Half-Life without sound you will acknowledge this: the scare factor comes, at least in large part, from the sound effects. Monsters don’t really seem dangerous if they don’t make a scary sound. Close the … [Read more...]
July's Featured Sound Designer: Gary Rydstrom
For July I decided to make a special of Gary Rydstrom, a seven-time Academy Award-winning sound designer and director. Some info (Wiki): Rydstrom graduated from the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts in 1981. He began his career at Skywalker Sound, Northern California in 1983. Offered the job by a college professor, Gary received the opportunity to work … [Read more...]
Randy Thom Special: Articles and Interviews
Ends June, and the Randy Thom Special too. Let's see some interesing interviews and articles by Randy talking about his work, his techniques, and special sound development for several movies and games. What is Sound Design? You may assume that it’s about fabricating neat sound effects. But that doesn’t describe very accurately what Ben Burtt and Walter Murch, who invented the … [Read more...]
Randy Thom Special: Scarface (video game)
Scarface: The World Is Yours, a video game developed by Radical Entertainment and published by Vivendi Universal Games. It's based on the 1983 motion picture Scarface with André Sogliuzzo hand picked by Al Pacino to provide Tony Montana's voice. It was released on the PC, PlayStation 2, and Xbox on October 8, 2006, and on the Wii on June 12, 2007. "The game spent five weeks … [Read more...]
How to make a Sound Design Demo Reel
Kyle Vande Slunt: Sound Design Demo Reel (2009) from kylevandeslunt | sound designer on Vimeo. Photographers, graphic designers, illustrators, etc. They have a special way for show their work: "Portfolio". Okay, we have something similar, known as "Demo Reel". Sound Designer Kyle Vande Slunt published at the amazing Audio Cookbook "The Guidelines for making a Sound Design … [Read more...]