Rafael De Cardenas, visionary designer, and Sahra Motalebi, sound artist, combined to bring an eerily unsettling, yet super aesthetic environment based on the design of the maze, entitled AMAZE. The space itself looks like a David Lynch movie combined with mid century modern design, and the sound is a wild, interactive vocal-only sound scape by Sahra Motalebi. … [Read more...]
Sunday Sound Thought #88 – The Bigger Picture
As has come before; many of these posts will be philosophical in nature. Some will be in contradiction to previous postings. These are not intended as truths or assertions, they’re merely thoughts…ideas. Think of this as stream of consciousness over a wide span…Please bare with us as we traverse the abstract canals of audio musings. This weekend I have a filmmaking … [Read more...]
Sunday Sound Thought #85 – Always There For You?
As has come before; many of these posts will be philosophical in nature. Some will be in contradiction to previous postings. These are not intended as truths or assertions, they’re merely thoughts…ideas. Think of this as stream of consciousness over a wide span…Please bare with us as we traverse the abstract canals of audio musings. The lifecycle of all things seems … [Read more...]
Sunday Sound Thought 21 – Visibility Problem…Still
As the year continues, many of these posts will be philosophical in nature. Some will be in contradiction to previous postings. These are not intended as truths or assertions, they’re merely thoughts…ideas. Think of this as stream of consciousness over a wide span… I'm trying to remember on which podcast I heard it this week [ed. I've been searching, but to no avail], but … [Read more...]
Inspirations / Distractions – Andrew Rohrmann
Andrew "SCNTFC" Rohrmann is a sound designer and composer based in Seattle, WA. "If you want to make sounds/music inspired by nature? Go hang out in the woods. But when I'm looking for inspiration beyond that first degree of separation, I'll look laterally towards other creative fields." "By going one step further and deciphering how other artists interpret their own … [Read more...]
The Art and Craft of Foley
"Footsteps with character: the art and craft of Foley", a great essay written by Benjamin Wright, included in the Screen journal. "In this essay I look more closely at modern Foley performance and aesthetics, giving special attention to the customized nature of Foley effects and the importance of creating sound with ‘character’. What interests me is not only how Foley … [Read more...]
The Details That Matter
Guest Contribution by Randy Thom When someone tells me that they admire the sound design work my team has done on a project they often go on to say that what they like most is the little sonic details we've covered in a given scene, like the sound of an object being picked up by a character in the background of a shot. I thank them for the compliment, but I'm usually left with … [Read more...]