Continuing our series about the audio artists behind blind-accessible game development, we now speak to Kedar Shashidhar, Founder and Creative Director of the BlackOut VR game studio. His team is currently in the QA phase of their first blind-accessible horror game, Sight Unseen. Kedar was kind enough to share stories about developing this immersive ear-lead experience … [Read more...]
Turn It Upside Down
When we're in the heat of creation, in the final hours before a deadline, or when we're trying to prove ourselves, failure can be a punch in the gut. As creatives, we try to minimize failure, or we at least attempt to mitigate its emotional and practical effects. But what about all those times something unexpected happened, and it gave us the insight and inspiration necessary … [Read more...]
Sound That Fits The ($10) Bill – An Interview with Nevin Steinberg, Sound Designer for “Hamilton”
We're kicking off this month of "Sound for Live Theater" with a very special interview with Nevin Steinberg who was kind enough to answer some of our questions about the world of sound for theater, and also some specific questions regarding his work as the Sound Designer for the musical "Hamilton" by Lin-Manuel Miranda. Nevin is a Sound Designer who's worked on over fifty … [Read more...]
Thoughts and opinions on sonically handling fail states in video games
Picture by gratisography In regards to this month about “failure”, I wanted to bend the subject a bit by talking not about human failure but handling failure as part of an audio designer job for a video game. For this, I decided to ask people who worked on games where character failure is prominent or even a central point. With no further addition before delving into the … [Read more...]
Accessible Gameplay for Blind and Sighted Players – An Interview with Per Anders Östblad
With this month's theme of Pure Sound Design, there is no better time than now to talk to the creators of blind-accessible games that communicate their gameplay and stories through audio. However, must these experiences contain only audio? Per Anders Östblad—a Lecturer in Media Arts, Aesthetics and Narration at his alma-mater, The University of Skövde—doesn't think so and shows … [Read more...]
Visual disabilities and sound in media: how sonic technologies can improve everyone’s life
Picture by mtmmonline Technical and artistic achievements in entertainment are becoming greater and greater every day but not everyone is able to take full advantage of it. According to the WHO, in 2014, 285 million people are visually-impaired worldwide and, as for other disabilities, it is extremely important, from a human standpoint, to take advantages of the ever-growing … [Read more...]
From Audio to Executive Producer – An Interview with Marcelo Goedert
Guest Contribution by Victor Zottmann Marcelo Goedert is an audio producer specialized in radio and advertisement productions, who is now working as an executive producer for motion pictures. Recently, he has produced the Brazilian feature film, Uma Loucura de Mulher. In addition, Marcelo has studied both Communication and Business Management at a Masters level at Universidade … [Read more...]