Recording of the sound design panel at Moogfest 2011, with Richard Devine, Diego Stocco and Scott Martin Gershin. Moderated by Eric Persing. The recording is divided in 6 parts, which you can watch here. … [Read more...]
Francis Ford Coppola Talks About the Evolution of Movie Sound
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-fNpE9vQJw[/youtube] As early as the Apocalypse Now movie in 1979 when Francis Ford Coppola and sound designer Walter Murch pioneered a quadraphonic sound system for the film tour, Coppola has made sound and audio technology an important part of filmmaking, including building a dedicated mixing facility, American Zoetrope. In 2010, under … [Read more...]
SFX Lab #3: On Transformation
[SFX Lab, the laboratory of sound effects, a place dedicated to experiment and explore sound libraries. The main goal is to hear what happens when sounds of a specific kind are combined, processed, and transformed in several ways.] Over the years, transformation of sound has become a giant field that barely touches the infinite. Sounds can be manipulated in a lot of … [Read more...]
Beyond 5.1: The Future of Sound for Picture
Full Sail has uploaded the recording of a panel called "Beyond 5.1: The Future of Sound for Picture", with sound designers Harry Cohen and David Farmer, and re-recording mixers Marc Fishman and Gary Rizzo. Livestream embed code doesn't work properly, so go to this page for watching the video. … [Read more...]
The Sound of “Transformers: Fall of Cybertron”
Game Informer has published several videos about the sound of "Transformers: Fall of Cybertron". When we decided upon Transformers as a cover story, I started asking around the office looking for ideas for our video coverage. Without a second of hesitation, Game Informer's own Jeff Cork demanded to learn how the team at High Moon Studios recreates the iconic sounds of the … [Read more...]
Designing Sound for the BMW Tunnel Experience
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/25022786[/vimeo] Andrew Spitz has published a great post on his blog talking about the sound he designed and programmed for the BMW Tunnel Experience. A few months back, with Mann Made Media, I had the privilege to work on a great project for BMW. BMW was announcing their sponsorship of the South African rugby team – the Springboks. Our brief was to … [Read more...]
Supervising Sound Editor Lon Bender on “Drive”
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvBhpkeckTY[/youtube] Supervising Sound Editor Lon Bender of Soundelux discusses the creative process behind the sound design for DRIVE. Soundelux … [Read more...]