Award winning radio drama and comedy writer/producer Roger Gregg discusses and demonstrates some of the instruments and gadgets used for producing sound effects in live-audience and studio-based radio comedy & drama productions. A serie of 9 videos that I found at Live Sound Effects Blog from filmsound. More info at Crazy Dog Audio Theatre, a professional production … [Read more...]
"Star Trek" – Exclusive Interview with Supervising Sound Editor Mark Stoeckinger
On May 8th J.J. Abrams boldly went where 10 men have gone before by directing a Star Trek film. In his reboot of the waning franchise, Abrams re-recruited a lot of sound folk he used on his past feature efforts. "Star Trek" dubbed at Fox Studios crediting four re-recording mixers with their services, Paul Massey and Andy Nelson on dialog/music with Dave Giammarco and Anna … [Read more...]
Crank 2: Hight Voltage – Exclusive Interview with Production Mixer Robert Sharman
What do a grip of prosumer HD cameras, a high voltage film star, and a greenlight to follow up a successful action film have in common? They all converged to produce, “Crank 2: High Voltage” which quickened audience's heart rate's April 17th. Re-recording mixers Joe Dzuban and Bob Beemer set up shop at Todd-AO's Hollywood local while Sounddelux's Scott Martin Gershin served as … [Read more...]
Exclusive Interview with Tammy Fearing, ADR Editor on “Step Brothers”
Following all that production sound talk from "The Dark Knight" I knew I needed my next post to focus on something I never really covered here, ADR. In a mix, ADR and production dialog try to play nice, hopefully resulting in a pristine dialog track that keeps an audience engaged. Luckily, people like ADR supervisor Tammy Fearing are on call, ensuring the viewing public an … [Read more...]
Exclusive Interview with Amy Kane, Foley Artist on “Redbelt”
"Redbelt" puts theaters into a suppression hold May 9th. Insuring audiences a cauliflower ear-less experience are supervisor's Michael Kirchberger and Roy Waldspurger. The team last co-supervised last year's romantic comedy "Feast of Love". Mixing took place at Sony with Gary C. Bourgeois pounding the music and dialog faders into submission and Roy Waldspurger going no holds … [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...]
Exclusive Interview with Skip Lievsay, Supervising Sound Editor/Re-recording Mixer on “I am Legend”
"I Am Legend" spreads to theaters today. Sound editorial for Will Smith's search for survivors in NYC was administered by Skip Lievsay. Hot off the great "No Country for Old Men", (and considering his track record) we can expect Skip to start soon on the Coen Bro's next, "Burn After Reading". On "Legend," In addition to his editorial work, he also mixed the film's dialogue. … [Read more...]