A fellow sound editor heard Jason Schwartzman on the radio this morning describe the unorthodox voice recording in Wes Anderson's "The Fantastic Mr. Fox". I poked around a bit to see if anyone else was talking about how they captured the voices for the animated film and Yahoo didn't disappoint. Enjoy the following clip and go see the film, it's a lot of fun! 'Fantastic Mr … [Read more...]
The breaths in Film Sound
Tim Prebble from music of sound has published an interesting article talking about the role of breaths in Film Sound. Having suffered a nasty respiratory virus for the last while I’ve joked to a few people that my new hobby is ‘trying to breath normally” and its not far from the truth. Now I dislike ADR as much as most people, but when I meet someone who says they want … [Read more...]
Exclusive Interview with Miguel Rivera, ADR Editor on "The Last House on the Left"
A remake of Wes Craven's 1972 horror classic, "The Last House on the Left" hit theaters March 13th. The film was mixed at Widget Post in West Hollywood with Rick Ash and Gary Gegan at the helm. Sound editorial and design was handled by the LA based company "Fury and Grace" headed up by supervising sound editors Jon Johnson and Sandy Gendler. Production sound mixer Simon Rice … [Read more...]
Exclusive Interview with Tammy Fearing, ADR Editor on “Step Brothers”
Following all that production sound talk from "The Dark Knight" I knew I needed my next post to focus on something I never really covered here, ADR. In a mix, ADR and production dialog try to play nice, hopefully resulting in a pristine dialog track that keeps an audience engaged. Luckily, people like ADR supervisor Tammy Fearing are on call, ensuring the viewing public an … [Read more...]
Bee Movie Dol(Bee) Clip
"Bee Movie" doesn't come out until this November but, there is already a fun little clip available online showcasing the kind of thing us sound effect folk have to deal with everyday. Recording bugs in an ADR studio. The guys over at gizmodo.com have a little piece about the clip HERE. … [Read more...]