In the last decade or so, Japanese Animation (more commonly known as Anime) has taken the cultural world by storm. Large conventions across North America attract hundreds of thousands of visitors annually while streaming services dedicated entirely to Anime have millions of subscribers watching every day. Just as modern manga artists share common influences to their art … [Read more...]
Is Sound Design the Next Frontier for Branding?
Joel Beckerman, Man Made Music (Photo credit: Mickey Alexander)PHOTO CREDIT: MAN MADE MUSIC Intriguing article on branding and “audio pneumonic” construction. Interviews Joel Beckerman, composer and sound designer, on the importance and emergence of audio branding, as compared to visual branding. Beckerman expresses that there is no "lying in sound" … [Read more...]
ProSoundEffects: Jacob Ribicoff and the Sound of HBO’s Fahrenheit 451
Image from ProSoundEffects.org Jacob Ribicoff sat down with Vinny Alfano of ProSoundEffects to talk about working on the HBO film Fahrenheit 451. In the interview, Ribicoff discussed his relationship with Ken Burns and his workflow for crafting the sound for the film. The full interview can be found here. … [Read more...]
Interview with Peter Albrechtsen on Generation Wealth
CulturedVultures has published an interview with Peter Albrechtsen on his work on the documentary "Generation Wealth". Albrechtsen talks about how he combined an intimate and personal sound with the cold topic of the docu, materialism, and reveals a couple of sound design tricks along the way. Peter Albrechtsen is affiliated with designingsound.org Read the full … [Read more...]
Barnaby Smyth Records Foley for The Night Manager
The British TV series The Night Manager follows an eponymous hotel night manager as he enters the worlds of the intelligence community and the international illegal arms trade. The series itself was nominated for 36 awards, including the 2016 Creative Emmy Awards for Outstanding Sound Editing and Sound Mixing. In this video, foley artist Barnaby Smyth of Feet First Sound … [Read more...]
A Trip to “One Square Inch” with Field Recordist Thomas Rex Beverly
In this blog post, Thomas Rex Beverly shares parts of his recordings, tips about keeping gear dry and lessons learned from his trip to Hoh Rain Forest. One of the recordings is a thirty-five minute take of the natural silence from "One Square Inch". Listen to the recordings and read the full post on Beverly's blog here. … [Read more...]
Interview with Detunized on Sound Library Creation
The Audio Spotlight has interviewed Detunized on the process of creating a sound library. Stephen Marche, the owner of Detunized, explains how he went about recording his sample library "Room Tones" with an IRT cross setup and shares parts of the recordings on youtube. Read about Marche's process and listen to some examples on The Audio Spotlight. … [Read more...]