[During this month, I'll be doing weekly reports about “Secret for Great Film Sound“, a new webinar series hosted by David Sonnenschein and Ric Viers.] Last week's webinar was fantastic. This time, Ric and David talked a lot about production stage. Ric is an expert on recording no matter if it's in the field, in the studio or on location. He explained a lot of interesting … [Read more...]
Exclusive: "From the Shadows of Film Sound", New Book by Rob Bridgett
Today I'm happy to announce that Rob Bridgett, one of our best friends here at Designing Sound (and who started the monthly special series almost a year ago) is releasing "From the Shadows of Film Sound", a new must-have book for anyone interested in sound for video games. As a practitioner in video game development, Rob Bridgett has explored and written about the connective … [Read more...]
Feedback
"Be prepared to listen to other’s opinions as well as expecting others to listen to yours." -Rob Bridgett … [Read more...]
Tom Bellfort on the Sound of "The Pacific"
Studio Daily had an interesting talk with Tom Bellfort, supervising sound editor of the HBO miniseries "The Pacific". The Pacific–the WWII miniseries from the producing trio (Tom Hanks, Steve Spielberg, Gary Goetzman) who brought us Band of Brothers–will debut on HBO on the evening of March 14. This ten-part series depicts the brutal war in the Pacific by following the … [Read more...]
Producing Dialogue for Video Games
Gamasutra has published another amazing featured article for audio, with Rob Bridgett, who examines the key issues and possible solutions to common problems in game dialogue production. Dialogue production for a large budget, cinematic video game can often be an intense and often brutally challenging process. Getting an actor in the booth and reading a script is in itself a … [Read more...]
Interview: Noah Timan
KIDINTHEFRONTROW.COM interviewed New York based production sound mixer Noah Timan recently. Timan who wrapped on Wes Anderson's "Fantastic Mr. Fox" a while back, is very honest and forthcoming with his answers one of which is abridged below. KITFR: "Do you ever find times when the director chooses something visual, or a performance, over the importance of the sound … [Read more...]
Video: The Soundmen
Couldn't resist posting this 1950 documentary short TCM has been airing. Simply called "The Soundmen" it documents the trip sound took from production to print back in the day. I love that last quote from the dapper looking production mixer. "The talking motion picture of today has brought to the screen new heights of expression, and we the sound men will continue to perfect … [Read more...]