Indiewire has published a guest post by Dolby Institute's director Glenn Kiser in which he talks to filmmakers about the importance of sound design from the beginning of production. Making a movie is a never-ending series of compromises, and nothing is as good as the original concept you had in mind. But if you're really lucky, there's a moment of alchemy that can happen in … [Read more...]
Getting professional quality sound design with what you’ve got – a post-mortem for Robert Glickert’s DR0NE
By Mark Camperell - Founder / Creative Director at Empty Sea Audio Services THE MISSION DR0NE is a high-concept, sci-fi web series that is exclusive to YOMYOMFnetwork, a new professional YouTube channel. The series is executive produced by Justin Lin (Fast and Furious, Fast Five) and directed by Robert Glickert. DR0NE stars Lance Reddick (The Wire, Lost and Fringe) and … [Read more...]
Advantages of Nuendo for Sound Post-Production
Mix Online has published an article with sound editor Kelly Pieklo, who shares his thoughts about using Nuendo as his main workstation for sound post-production: Minneapolis-based post-production company Splice Here® (www.splice.tv) and Sound Editor Kelly Pieklo are enjoying some recent successes, thanks in large part to Steinberg’s Nuendo platform. Director Eric Howell’s … [Read more...]
Ambivalence
Nathan Moody has published a brilliant post on his blog Noise Jockey dedicated to explore several things about ambivalence and its relationship to our creative decisions in sound. I’m not talking about ambiguity. When the viewer or listener comes to your work, it’s OK to be ambiguous. The best art and design only goes halfway: The viewers themselves must ideally step up to … [Read more...]