The Lost Thing is a beautiful 15-min animated short film based on the book by Shaun Tan, who is also director of the piece, along with Andrew Ruhemann. The film has won several awards, including an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. I have interviewed John Kassab, sound designer on the project, and responsible of giving life sound to the characters, places and all the … [Read more...]
Walter Murch: “The Perfect Sound Film has Zero Tracks”
Wise words of Walter Murch: I think it's generally misleading to say, "Well, that sequence had eighty tracks, it must be great." Ideally, for me, the perfect sound film has zero tracks. You try to get the audience to a point, somehow, where they can imagine the sound. They hear the sound in their minds, and it really isn't on the track at all. That's the ideal sound, the one … [Read more...]
“Sound Design for Pros”, New Webinar Series by David Sonnenschein
If you missed David Sonnenschein's "Sound Design for Pros" the last year, now you have the opportunity to attend again, since David is announcing new webinar series, starting with two free introduction sessions. Each of the six webinar sessions has an hour lecture-demo presentation, plus an hour of interactive analysis of participants’ submitted sound design (completed or … [Read more...]
Audio Media: Dialogue Special, Production Sound of “127 Hours”
The March issue of Audio Media magazine is available now and, along other interesting stuff, it features an article on voice/dialog recording, ADR, voice acting, etc; and also an insight on the production sound of "127 Hours". Audio Media Magazine - March 2011 … [Read more...]
Opposite
"Sometimes in the creativity area like sound, my instincts tell me to do one thing, but I do exactly the opposite and see what happens. For example, if you're designing a scary weird creature, try putting in a high-pitched, low-level sound. Who knows, maybe that will be scarier." - Gary Rydstrom … [Read more...]
Exclusive Interview with Mark Mangini and Dave Whitehead of “The Rite”
The following is an exclusive interview with Supervising sound editor Mark A. Mangini and Sound Designer Dave Whitehead about their work on "The Rite". Designing Sound: What ideas did Director Mikael Hafstrom have about the sound design for the film? Did he reference any past exorcism movies for inspiration or homage? Mark A. Mangini: Mikael did not come to the film with any … [Read more...]
“Secrets for Great Film Sound” Webinar Report #6 – The Final Mix
[During this month, I've been doing weekly reports about “Secrets for Great Film Sound“, a new webinar series hosted by David Sonnenschein and Ric Viers] The last week we finished the webinar series, discussing a lot of things regarding the final mix Ric started giving a lot of advices and overall overview of mixing. He talked about how to focus the audience with the mix and … [Read more...]