Matteo Milani of U.S.O Project has published the first part of a fantastic interview with sound designer Richard Beggs. They talk about several things, including previous projects, specific sounds/scenes, and also technical/philosophical stuff. Richard Beggs, sound designer and re-recording mixer, has worked in his career with directors like Francis Coppola, Ivan Reitman, Mel … [Read more...]
Waves Interview with Ben Minto
Waves Audio has published a very cool interview with sound designer Ben Minto. Let's read: Ben Minto is an Audio Director/Sound Designer working out of EA DICE’s Stockholm studio. Over his 12 years working in the games audio industry, he has accumulated vast insight and knowledge into all aspects of field recording, sound design, and production. Ben’s credits include audio … [Read more...]
The New York Times: The Sound of ‘Inception’
The New York Times has published an interview with Supervising Sound Editor/Sound Designer Richard King and Re-Recording Mixer Gary Ryzzo and Sound Mixer Ed Novick, talking about their work on "Inception". As the Bagger discovered last season, it’s almost impossible for even the Academy’s experts to predict who will win the Oscars for sound design and mixing. But over the … [Read more...]
Behind the Art: Tim Prebble
[Behind the Art is a special section of Designing Sound created with the goal of studying the artistic and creative aspects of sound design, featuring several interviews dedicated to explore the minds and creative approaches of professional sound designers from all sides of the world, with the goal of expand our creative worlds and learn what others do in order to tell great … [Read more...]
SWC: The Sound of “The King’s Speech”
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/19920118[/vimeo] New video at SoundWorks Collection, featuring Production Sound Mixer John Midgley and his work on "The King's Speech". You might not know Production Sound Mixer John Midgley, but you definitely have heard his incredible collection of work including the first three “Harry Potter” films, “Children of Men”, and “Hotel Rwanda”. John … [Read more...]
Greg Russell and Mark Stoeckinger on the Art and Craft of Sound
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZZylpvlySs[/youtube] David Poland has made two great interviews at DP/30. In one he talks with Greg P Russell about the sound of "SALT". The other one is with Mark Stoeckinger, talking about the sound of "Unstoppable". Both are relatively "long" (33 and 45 min respectively) but fascinating. And even better: they not only talk about … [Read more...]
Sound on Film: “Uncle Boonmee”
Sound and Music has a fantastic section called Sound on Film, where you can find several interesting articles already published. On of the lasts is a great interview with sound designer Akritchalerm Kalayanmitr, talking about his work on "Uncle Boonmee". The predominant sound in the film is that of the natural world: insects, birds, water and weather. While this is in the … [Read more...]