"The ultimate metaphoric sound is silence. If you can get the film to a place with no sound where there should be sound, the audience will crowd that silence with sounds and feelings of their own making, and they will, individually, answer the question of, "Why is it quiet?" If the slope to silence is at the right angle, you will get the audience to a strange and wonderful … [Read more...]
Francis Ford Coppola Talks About the Evolution of Movie Sound
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-fNpE9vQJw[/youtube] As early as the Apocalypse Now movie in 1979 when Francis Ford Coppola and sound designer Walter Murch pioneered a quadraphonic sound system for the film tour, Coppola has made sound and audio technology an important part of filmmaking, including building a dedicated mixing facility, American Zoetrope. In 2010, under … [Read more...]
Harry Cohen Special: Collaborating with Oliver Stone and Quentin Tarantino
It’s still Harry Cohen’s month here at Designing Sound and now is the time to dig into two of Harry’s most celebrated collaborations: his prolific work with Quentin Tarantino and Oliver Stone. Harry has been an integral part of the Tarantino Sound Team since the first Kill Bill in 2003 and was the sound designer on Oliver Stone’s three latest films, World Trade Center, W. and … [Read more...]
The Sound of “The Muppets”
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/32188511[/vimeo] On vacation in Los Angeles, Walter, the world’s biggest Muppet fan, and his friends Gary (Segel) and Mary (Amy Adams) from Smalltown, USA, discover the nefarious plan of oilman Tex Richman (Chris Cooper) to raze the Muppet Theater and drill for the oil recently discovered beneath the Muppets’ former stomping grounds. To stage The … [Read more...]
Supervising Sound Editor Lon Bender on “Drive”
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvBhpkeckTY[/youtube] Supervising Sound Editor Lon Bender of Soundelux discusses the creative process behind the sound design for DRIVE. Soundelux … [Read more...]
Ben Burtt’s Sound Lab for “Forbidden Planet”: Artifacts from the Krell
Ben Burtt explains how the electronic score of "Forbidden Planet" was created. The video is at the right side of this page. Prior to the screening, Oscar-winning visual effects supervisor Craig Barron and Oscar-winning sound designer Ben Burtt investigated some of the secrets behind the making of the film. Barron examined the film’s breakthrough effects sequences that used … [Read more...]
Interview with David Stone
Great interview at Woody's Sound Advice with supervising sound editor David Stone. If you’ve seen any 70′s era Hanna Barbera cartoons or any major motion pictures over the last several decades you’ve heard the craftsmanship of David Stone. He has worked with some of the most creative and unique directors and producers in Hollywood and picked up an Academy Award along the … [Read more...]