By: Karen Collins *note: some excerpts from this section are taken from my book, Playing with Sound (MIT Press, 2013). Music and sound design are often treated as separate disciplines. We describe ourselves as composers or sound designers, get hired to do one or the other (usually) and awards are given to these jobs as separate categories. It’s rare that sound design gets … [Read more...]
CAS Award Their Fav
You really can't beat RED CARPET DISTRICT'S coverage of the Cinema Audio Society awards last night, in which the mixers from "No Country for Old Men" walked away with the award for outstanding achievement in sound in motion pictures. Info on the rest of the awards are available HERE. Congrats to all the winners! … [Read more...]
Thursday Scatter Shots
With so many panel discussions and articles in the trades (please send anything I miss), its hard to keep up. Nevertheless, it is awesome to see so much coverage on our craft! NO COUNTRY PANEL (01.27.08) click HERE for the higher rez version (the panel starts after the clips) IN CONTENTION/TECH SUPPORT steals some time away from the sound team to discuss their work, … [Read more...]
Tuesday Scatter Shots
Media coverage momentum builds as award season approaches. Nominations trickle out as early as this Thursday with the Cinema Audio Society. For fun, I plan to have a few polls on the blog once the "bigger" nods are announced to let you guys vote on your favorites. Until then, below is this week's scatter shot of articles covering an array of film sound related topics. THE NEW … [Read more...]
“No Country for Old Men” – Exclusive Interview with Sound Designer/Re-recording Mixer Craig Berkey
“No Country for Old Men” found its way into theaters November 9th. Sound supervisor and re-recording mixer Skip Lievsay handled editorial, dialog, and music mixing on the Coen Bros film. A Coen mainstay, Lievsay was one of the first sound craftsmen I ever saw with an opening title credit on a movie as a supervisor. He is currently helping Will Smith figure out how to cope with … [Read more...]