In over 30 years working in sound, Foley artist John Roesch has amassed an impressive list of credits, including major films like "Inception" and "The Matrix" and games like "Final Fantasy X" and "Dead Space." With over 400 credits to his name, John was awarded the MPSE's Career Achievement Award earlier this year. I recently had the opportunity to sit down with John on his … [Read more...]
3rd International FilmSoundHamburg Summer Academy
The 3rd International FilmSoundHamburg will take place from August 17th to 25th, 2013 in Hamburg, Germany. This 7-day summer academy for Film Music, Games Music and Sound Design includes a number of workshops and discussions. Highlights include master classes by Randy Thom, Shigeru Umebayashi and Mark Griskey. Check the official website for more information. … [Read more...]
The Sound of Man of Steel
In another exclusive SoundWorks Collection profile we talk with the sound team for Director Zack Snyder's new film Man of Steel including re-recording mixer Chris Jenkins, re-recording mixer Frank A. Montaño, supervising sound editor and designer Eric Norris, supervising sound editor and designer Scott Hecker, and dialogue supervisor Kira Roessler. … [Read more...]
The Sound of Monsters University
[vimeo width="400" height="300"]http://www.vimeo.com/69126435[/vimeo] In this exclusive SoundWorks Collection profile we talk with Sound Designer Tom Myers of Skywalker Sound about his work on Pixar Animation's latest film, Monster University. Be sure to check SoundWorks Collection for other great audio profiles. … [Read more...]
Interview Rewind – The Sound of Simon Killer
In light of the film opening this weekend, I thought that I would remind you that we have an interview with Antonio Campos (director) and Coll Anderson (sound designer) about the sound of Simon Killer. It was originally posted about a year ago; shortly after they completed final mix of the film. Maybe that gives you a bit of an idea of what life is like for an indie … [Read more...]
Audiovisual Correspondences
Guest contribution by Martin Stig Andersen The following is extracted from the author’s article "Electroacoustic Sound and Audiovisual Structure in Film" (supervised by Denis Smalley) originally published by eContact. Music Versus Sound Effects — Sound Designer qua Composer? Given sound’s ability to create temporal experiences unique to that of other media, it seems no … [Read more...]
Getting professional quality sound design with what you’ve got – a post-mortem for Robert Glickert’s DR0NE
By Mark Camperell - Founder / Creative Director at Empty Sea Audio Services THE MISSION DR0NE is a high-concept, sci-fi web series that is exclusive to YOMYOMFnetwork, a new professional YouTube channel. The series is executive produced by Justin Lin (Fast and Furious, Fast Five) and directed by Robert Glickert. DR0NE stars Lance Reddick (The Wire, Lost and Fringe) and … [Read more...]