The 2nd International Hamburg Summerschool for Filmmusic, Gamesmusic and Sounddesign will take place from June 17th to 26th 2012 in Hamburg/Germany. An event that covers a number of different workshops, master classes, round-table-discussions and live-concerts attended by students from all over the world. official website … [Read more...]
The Sound of an Android’s Soul
Brilliant article on Cinephile talking about the sound of Yasuhiro Yoshiura's "Time of Eve". At a crucial reveal halfway through Yasuhiro Yoshiura’s Time of Eve (Evu no jikan, 6-part OVA, 2008-9, compiled into a feature film in 2010), teen Rikuo remembers a past conversation with his best friend, Masaki. Unbeknownst to them at the time, they innocently stand at crossroads. … [Read more...]
Ren Klyce Interview
With the Academy Awards just days away, we’ve started working on our Oscar pools and that got us to thinking: what is sound design, really? We know that sound is so integral to film. It creates emotion, fills empty space, and adds context and texture to the picture. The problem, of course, is that, like editing, good sound design is almost indiscernible to the uninitiated. And … [Read more...]
On the Unification of the Sound Awards
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...]
Randy Thom Interview at VIEW Conference 2011
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-6r9WW5ecI[/youtube] An interview with sound designer Randy Thom at VIEW Conference 2011. Thanks to Matteo for the link! … [Read more...]
Sylvain Lasseur Interview
Symbolic Sound has published on their blog called "the eight nerve", an interview with sound designer Sylvain Lasseur talking about his use of Kyma system and several aspects about his work. Sound designer Sylvain Lasseur is not just bi-coastal; he’s bi-contintental, working part time in Paris and part time in Los Angeles! We recently had a chance to ask him a few questions … [Read more...]
The Sound of “Hugo”
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/36426777[/vimeo] In this exclusive SoundWorks Collection video profile, producer Michael Coleman sits down with the oscar nominated sound team of HUGO including co-supervising sound editor Philip Stockton, co-supervising sound editor Eugene Gearty, and re-recording mixer Tom Fleischman. Martin Scorsese’s adaptation of Brian Selznick’s award-winning … [Read more...]