The Washington Post has published an article by film critic Ann Hornaday, who talks about the use of sound in film, specially the sound effects. She talks about the importance and good use of sound in several films such as "Secretariat, "Buried", "The American","Inception", "The Social Network", "Cast Away", "Pearl Harbor" and more. This might be not too much new stuff for a … [Read more...]
David Sonnenschein's Webinar Report VI, Recordings Available Now
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPV8he1cQ2s[/youtube] The Sound Design for Pros webinar series has finished. The last class was very cool. David talked more about storytelling and the different things you can do with sound to help the story. David talked about different elements and methods of organization and sound mapping with emotional and dramatic elements in the … [Read more...]
A Tour of the Universal Studios Audio Facilities
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/15863412[/vimeo] The guys at SoundWorks Collection have published a new video featuring an exclusive tour of the sound division of Universal Studios. In this SoundWorks Collection exclusive video, take an exclusive tour of the Universal Studios located in Universal City, CA hosted by Chris Jenkins, Senior Vice President of Sound Services. About … [Read more...]
Friday Game: Looking for Chicken Clucks in "Saving Private Ryan"
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIEx9gVTuRk&feature=related[/youtube] Charles Maynes sent me this video of an scene from Saving Private Ryan (which by the way is one of my favorite scenes in films ever) and asked me if I could hear some cool chicken clucks included in a particular moment of the scene. And he adds: This would be a great example of Gary Rydstrom … [Read more...]
David Collins on The Sound of "Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II"
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3zJgA3vd3w[/youtube] Bluntmation has published a great video featuring Audio Lead David Collins talking about several aspects of the sound of a cinematic scene of the "Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II" game. Also, David directs a pretty cool voice over session, where he makes Nate Burr (Bluntmation blogger) to sound like Darth Vader. … [Read more...]
Sound Design Tutorial: Varispeed and Mapping to Tempo on Elastic Audio, by David Farmer
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P33FGQyc0vY[/youtube] David Farmer has published the second part of his video tutorial on Elastic Audio, this time talking about varispeed and mapping to tempo functions. … [Read more...]
The Sound of "Enslaved"
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8pcT4AY-Vg[/youtube] Composer Nitin Sawhney and Audio Lead Tom Colvin talk about the music and sound of Ninja Theory's upcoming game called "Enslaved". Via The Sonic Spread … [Read more...]