Here is a little video interview with Re-Recording Mixer Gary Rizzo about his work on "Sicko". Rizzo mixed Michael Moore's Last film "Fahrenheit 9/11", too. Mixonline.com … [Read more...]
“Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” – Exclusive Interview with Sound Designer Andy Kennedy
" Harry Potter and the Order if the Phoenix" materializes into theaters July 11th. Helping to make all those spells sound "wicked" is sound supervisor James Mather. This the fifth Potter flick, is Mather's first enrollment into Hogwarts. Joining an alumni that includes Randy Thom and David Evans, Mather enters a great pedigree of Muggle free sound soups. Sound designers James … [Read more...]
Interview with Chris Boyes
DOLBY: In Broken Arrow, there’s this scene where the A-bomb goes off and the ground sort of heaves up in a wave toward the audience. CB: This kind of thing is always a big challenge, because so often the production wants to arrive at the major climactic moment, and they’ve already brought a freight train of sound. So I have to try to figure out a way to work against that. You … [Read more...]
Sound Behind the Picture: Transcribed
O'CONNELL: What percentage of what we do is artistic vs. technical? LANDAKER: It's very much artistic––at least 50-50 but more like 70-30 [artistic to technical]. You can have all the chops in the world about faders and EQ, but it's actually the fine balancing act of putting that movie together than makes it a reality. You have to have a feeling for that screen. Here is a … [Read more...]
“Transformers” (Pt.3) – Exclusive Interview with Sound Designer Erik Aadahl
Holy Crap! I went to see "Transformers" tonight. I just wanted to applaud all the great work in this film. Too much cool stuff to list! Check it out in the best sounding theater available. Thanks so much to Sound Designer Erik Aadahl for taking some time out to do this Q and A! Designing Sound: I've read a lot of discussions lately about defining a Sound Designer. What … [Read more...]
“Transformers” (Pt.1) – Exclusive Interview with Supervising Sound Editor “Ethan Van Der Ryn”
"Transformers" explodes into theaters this July 3rd. Collaborating to make those sounds more then meets the ear, are Sound Supervisor's Ethan Van der Ryn and Mike Hopkins. This is the first movie the pair supervised since winning their second sound-editing Oscar for their work on "King Kong". Sound mixing took place over at Sony with Greg Russell and Kevin O'Connell manning … [Read more...]
“Ratatouille” – Exclusive Interview with Sound Designer Randy Thom
A sound job with great taste, Ratatouille scurried into theaters June 29th. Sound supervision was cooked up by Randy Thom and Micheal Silvers. No strangers to animated film sound this is their second Pixar film together, winning the very first sound editing Oscar for an animated film in 2004 for The Incredibles. Thom mixed the show along side Zodiac re-recording mixer Michael … [Read more...]