[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...]
Greg Russell and Mark Stoeckinger on the Art and Craft of Sound
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZZylpvlySs[/youtube] David Poland has made two great interviews at DP/30. In one he talks with Greg P Russell about the sound of "SALT". The other one is with Mark Stoeckinger, talking about the sound of "Unstoppable". Both are relatively "long" (33 and 45 min respectively) but fascinating. And even better: they not only talk about … [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...]
Performance
"Mixing is a performance. You sit down at the console. You're alert, and you're playing parts in the picture: You're a robot, you're a door, you're a laser gun. And you get into it. You should be breathing hard and sweating when it's over with." -Ben Burtt … [Read more...]
Sound One Studios Tour
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/19688642[/vimeo] SoundWorks Collection has published a new video profile, featuring the creative talent of Sound One Studios talking about the story of the facilities and also about their workflow, collaboration and approach. The history and creative talent that fill the halls of Sound One is a who’s who of the New York film and audio community. Many … [Read more...]
“Secrets for Great Film Sound” Webinar Report #3 – Sound Design
[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 very interesting. David talked about his methodology for enhancing story and emotion by using sound, and how to create a soundscape with good relationship with the dramatic content of the project. That … [Read more...]
Interview: Greg P. Russell on “Salt” and Mark P. Stoeckinger on “Unstoppable”
In Contention has published an interview in the "Tech Support" section, featuring ‘Salt’ sound re-recording mixer Greg P. Russell and ‘Unstoppable’ supervising sound editor Mark P. Stoeckinger. When Oscar voters spoke up last Tuesday, two intriguing craft category nominations stuck out, both coming from the same branch: Mark P. Stoeckinger’s third bid to date for the sound … [Read more...]