More game audio stuff for everyone with a new featured sound designer: Andrew Lackey. We'll have several interviews talking about some games and Andrew's career, and several articles exploring the world of sound design, foley with techniques, tips, and more! Bio Andrew Lackey is a Sound Designer at Wabi Sabi Sound, a company he started last year. Over the last 10 years, he … [Read more...]
How to Effectively Direct Actors
George Spanos has published a new interesting article at his website Game Sound Design, covering several points about Directing Actor Sessions. Voice direction is definitely not a task for the under-prepared. It requires a lot of patience, empathy, and as much experience as possible to get it right. Some of the best voice directors out there, be it for film, television, or … [Read more...]
Rob Bridgett Special: The Role of an Audio Director In Video Games
The audio director’s role in games is very similar to the role, defined by Walter Murch, of the ‘Sound Designer’ in film, whereas the role of ‘sound designer’ in games, has a very different implication. (Although to be honest, I still think the perception of a ‘sound designer’ in film, to a wider audience, is that of someone who creates cool sound effects, rather than someone … [Read more...]
Rob Bridgett Special: A Post Production Model for Video Game Audio
Check this fantastic article given by Rob Bridgett, called "Post-production sound: a new production model for interactive media". One of the most profound differences between film sound design and game sound design is that where film contains linear visual footage against which any number of sounds can be synchronized and blended, a game triggers individual sounds based on … [Read more...]
Rob Bridgett Special: Hollywood Sound
Let's read one of the best articles of Rob Bridgett, called: Hoollywood Sound. Rob Bridgett: These three features for Gamasutra were written at a point on the production of the Scarface game where my thinking about how the worlds of game audio and movie sound could intersect began. At that time the industry had already seen movie sound personnel working very well on music in … [Read more...]
The Importance of Video Game Localization
George Spanos has published a new article on his website Game Sound Design, talking about the importance of video games localization and his role in game audio production. Video game localization is the process whereby a game's primary language is translated into other languages in order to accommodate foreign speaking gamers. Many video game publishers require their titles to … [Read more...]
Make your questions to Rob Bridgett!
You probably already read the interview with Rob Bridgett. Now you have the opportunity to ask your own questions to Rob. There are several ways to do that: … [Read more...]