With Oscar rearing his ugly head, and people again becoming obsessed with little gold statues, I thought it might be a good opportunity to start a discussion on a topic that has been floating around the professional sound community for some time. A few years ago, we began hearing that there was talk within the Academy about the two sound awards, those of Best Sound Mixing and … [Read more...]
MPSE Golden Reel Awards Promo: The Importance of Film Sound
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FijiJTAKa1o[/youtube] Very nice video by MPSE, featuring some great comments on film sound, taken from previous editions of the Golden Reel Awards. Recipients: Michael Bay, Ben Burtt, George Lucas, Clint Eastwood, Bill Wistrom and Steven Spielberg. Vía sounddownunder … [Read more...]
August’s Featured Sound Designer: Tim Nielsen
It’s a great pleasure to introduce this month’s featured sound designer at Designing Sound: Tim Nielsen. Mainly located at Skywalker Sound, Tim has a long, diverse and impressive credit list, working both as a sound designer, supervising sound editor and effects editor, and he will share lots of articles, tips and thoughts with us. Enjoy! Bio: Tim Nielsen was born in 1971 … [Read more...]
November's Featured Sound Designer: Jamey Scott
Wow, this year is almost over! One year ago I started with the exclusive sound design specials. It's amazing to see the incredible persons that have visited us each month. And November will not be an exception. It's an honor to announce the visit of a very talented sound designer: Jamey Scott. Bio Jamey Scott is a multi-talented, creative sound engineer and post-production … [Read more...]
September’s Featured Sound Designer: David Farmer
New month means a new special on DS. I'm very glad to announce the visit of one of my favorite sound designers out there: David Farmer. He will be sharing a lot of interesting stuff, including articles, interviews, videos, and more! I hope you enjoy it. Bio David Farmer grew up in the little town of Gladys, Virginia. He was always interested in music growing up, and played … [Read more...]
Cinesonika, The First International Film and Video Festival of Innovative Sound
The first international festival dedicated to sound on film and video has arrived. It's called Cinesonika. This first annual festival will showcase international works of film and video with fascinating soundtracks, idiosyncratic sound design, eclectic scoring and innovative approaches to the sound-image relationship. These works will be screened in a two weekend festival at … [Read more...]
July’s Featured Sound Designer: Bruce Tanis
New month and new guest! For July I'm glad to announce the visit of Bruce Tanis as our special guest. He is a veteran sound effects editor who will share his knowledge with us. We will have a fantatic month with several articles on sound effects editing and design. Hope you enjoy it! Bio (written by Bruce) I was born in Oakland, California in 1959. My father was in the Navy … [Read more...]