This is a guest contribution by Carlos Manrique Clavijo. Carlos Manrique Clavijo is a Colombian/Australian sound editor/sound designer and animation producer based in South Australia. He's worked on award winning fiction, documentary and predominantly, animation from 2002. With Ana María Méndez, he is the co-founder of animation company, KaruKaru. Carlos has taught film … [Read more...]
Interview: Tony Orozco on the theme of “hibernation” in sound design
The topic of the month is hibernation. As the winter weather comes in and things get cold, many animals go to sleep for the winter. I decided to turn to Tony Orozco for some help. Tony Orozco is a supervising sound editor and re-recording mixer and has worked on shows such as Steven Universe, Adventure Time, The Batman, Robot Chicken, SpongeBob SquarePants, and SuperMansion. … [Read more...]
Interview: Johnnie Burn on Creating the Sound for The Favourite
Korey Pereira: Johnnie, thanks for taking the time to talk to me and the designingsound.org readers about the sound of Director Yorgos Lanthimos’ latest film, The Favourite. This is the third of Yorgos’ films you have worked on; how did that relationship begin? Johnnie Burn: Hi Korey! Thanks so much for your time. I’ve got so much from Designing Sound and feel really … [Read more...]
Interview: Aaron Glascock on the theme of “hibernation” in sound design
Aaron Glascock is a supervising sound editor, sound designer, and re-recording mixer with a long list of films behind him. To date he has received the MPSE Golden Reel for his work on War of the Worlds, an Oscar nomination for Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), and has received several other nominations. More recently, he has worked on Creed 2 and … [Read more...]
Interview: Mac Smith on Experimentation
This interview was originally conducted for inclusion in our “experimentation” theme. Mac Smith is a Sound Designer and Supervising Sound Editor at Skywalker Sound, who has been working on films since 1999. Mac has worked on Toy Story 3, Tron: Legacy, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Little Evil, and Transpecos, as well as many other films. DS: Can you tell us about your … [Read more...]
Interview: Jeff Jacoby on sound art
This interview was originally conducted for inclusion in our “Sound Art” theme. Jeff Jacoby is a Sound Designer and Sound Artist with over 40 years of experience. With an Emmy to his name plus two other Emmy nominations, 2 Cine´ Golden Eagles, 2 Crystal Radios, 2 Benjamin Franklins, and 5 BEA Best of Competition awards, Jeff Jacoby is a name that you should know. Coming from … [Read more...]
Don’t Fall Asleep!
My last post here was in July. In keeping with the theme, you could say I was hibernating, but that’s not really true. Life, work, projects, recording: all these things fought for my time and unfortunately what suffered was the amount I had left for a volunteer position I loved as a contributing editor here at designingsound.org. Unlike our wild mammalian sisters and … [Read more...]