Sound designer John Kassab recently interviewed supervising sound editor James Mather about his work on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1. He kindly sent me the full Q&A for publishing here on the site, so we hope you enjoy it. [By John Kassab for Designing Sound] JK: To What extent is sonic consistency a priority when creating sounds for a film franchise like … [Read more...]
Craig Henighan on the Sound of "Black Swan"
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/17717688[/vimeo] SoundWorks Collection has released a new fantastic profile, featuring Craig Henighan and his work on Darren Aronofsky’s "Black Swan" Darren Aronofsky’s (Requiem for a Dream, The Wrestler) “Black Swan” is a ballet thriller that follows Nina (Natalie Portman) as she is given the lead role in Swan Lake. As Nina sinks deeper and deeper … [Read more...]
Video Interview with Watson Wu
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pca9rIkuUkI[/youtube] Rode Microphones has started a new video series called Rode Rage featuring Ric Viers, who takes us on a tour of the 'who's who' of the entertainment audio world. In this episode of RØDE Rage Ric drops in on sound designer Watson Wu (Transformers: War for Cybertron, Need for Speed, Operation Flashpoint). Winston … [Read more...]
CAS Quartely: Game Sound from the Ears of a Linear Mixer
The CAS Quartely Fall 2010 Edition is available for download now at Cinema Audio Society's Website. FEATURES Primetime Emmy Awards CAS Career Achievement Award - Jeffrey Wexler, CAS receives highest honor A New Honorary CAS Member The Possession - Part one of on-set adventures Got Sync? - A music video director talks about PluralEyes That’s a Game?! - Game sound … [Read more...]
The Sound of "TRON Legacy"
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/17426879[/vimeo] SoundWorks Collection has released a new profile featuring the creators of the sound of "TRON Legacy". Explore the world of TRON: LEGACY, a high-tech adventure set in a digital world that’s unlike anything ever seen or heard. In this exclusive sound for film profile we talk with Sound Re-Recording Mixer Gary Rizzo, Supervising Sound … [Read more...]
The Sound Design of "The Warrior's Way"
Tim Prebble has published a fantastic article on his blog, talking about the sound design of "The Warrior's Way". Tim talks about several of the creative challenges he had on the film, how he used different recordings and effects and also describes the sound work in specific scenes. It's very inspiring! We started sound editorial at the beginning of May and did an initial 10 … [Read more...]
Emotion
"The lesson is, don’t play the visual, play the emotion." - Al Nelson … [Read more...]