[During this month, I'll be doing weekly reports about “Secrets for Great Film Sound“, a new webinar series hosted by David Sonnenschein and Ric Viers.] Last week's webinar was fantastic. Lots of theory and techniques from Ric Viers about the roles in post-production audio and also talked a lot about foley, including history, tips and techniques. Then he shared a lot of stuff … [Read more...]
“Secrets for Great Film Sound” Webinar Report #4 – Dialogue, ADR & Character Development
[During this month, I'll be doing weekly reports about “Secret for Great Film Sound“, a new webinar series hosted by David Sonnenschein and Ric Viers.] Last week's webinar was fantastic. David and Ric talked about dialogue, sharing all kind of techniques, tips and tricks on recording, mixing and editing dialogue. Ric shared a lot of useful tips and things to keep in mind when … [Read more...]
SWC: The Sound of “The King’s Speech”
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/19920118[/vimeo] New video at SoundWorks Collection, featuring Production Sound Mixer John Midgley and his work on "The King's Speech". You might not know Production Sound Mixer John Midgley, but you definitely have heard his incredible collection of work including the first three “Harry Potter” films, “Children of Men”, and “Hotel Rwanda”. John … [Read more...]
The Sound of “The King’s Speech”
The february issue of AudioMedia Magazine is available now and includes a very interesting article featuring the sound team of "The King's Speech". AudioMedia - February 2010 (Online, Free) … [Read more...]
AudioMedia – November: The Sound of "James Bond 007- Blood Stone" and "America: The Story of Us"
The November's Issue of AudioMedia Magazine is also available now, including two interesting articles; one about the sound of "James Bond 007 - Blood Stone", including conversations with lead sound designer Mathias Grunwaldt and composer Richard Jacques. The second article is a very cool read about the sound of the "America: The Story of Us" "docu-drama", with comments of … [Read more...]
Interview with John Purcell at Waves
Waves has published an interview with another guy from its artists team. This time is not a sfx guy... it's a dialogue editor! and a great one: John Purcell, author of the wonderful Dialogue Editing for Motion Pictures: A Guide to the Invisible Art book. A very cool read for anyone: What's the main goal of a dialogue editor? A dialogue editor is responsible for every sound … [Read more...]
Exclusive: "From the Shadows of Film Sound", New Book by Rob Bridgett
Today I'm happy to announce that Rob Bridgett, one of our best friends here at Designing Sound (and who started the monthly special series almost a year ago) is releasing "From the Shadows of Film Sound", a new must-have book for anyone interested in sound for video games. As a practitioner in video game development, Rob Bridgett has explored and written about the connective … [Read more...]