Bruce Tanis, who was recently featured here, has made a post for Colin Hart talking about his two Emmy nominations for Fringe and Temple Grandin. Hi Colin. As you know, I was lucky enough to be nominated recently for a Sound Editing Emmy Award for this past television season. Actually, I was even luckier and received TWO nominations! One was for sound effects editing on … [Read more...]
Randy Thom on "The Last Airbender"
The July-August issue of Editors Guild Magazine is now available for viewing online. There is an interesting article about sound work of Randy Thom on "The Last Airbender". This movie is a playground for sound,” says Randy Thom, CAS, referring to director M. Night Shyamalan’s latest film, The Last Airbender, for which he serves as supervising sound designer, co-supervising … [Read more...]
"PREDATOR" 1987 – Exclusive Interview with David Stone
This is the start of something new here at Designing Sound. Once a month we'l try to interview a sound person from a past film. I haven't figured out a formula yet of what films or years to feature so It may be a little hurky jerky time period wise as I settle into this. That said, it was easy enough to follow up the "Predators" interview with one of my childhood favs, 1987's … [Read more...]
Kyma International Sound Symposium 2010 Announced
Everything is ready fot the Kyma International Sound Symposium 2010 that will be held in Vienna on 24-26 September. Here is the press information: Can music and sound-effects be symbolic? Sound designers, composers, sound artists, film makers, researchers and others sharing an intense interest in sound will be convening in Vienna Austria from the 24th through 26th of … [Read more...]
Having Fun with Rockets [Review & Video]
Following my limitation challenges, I wanted to do another one. This time is a video where I had to re-design all the sounds using only the Rockets library from Rabbit Ears Audio, a new sound effects company from Michael Raphael. The Library Well, Michael did a terrific work with his new company, an independent model of online sfx distribution, similar to Tim Prebble's HISS … [Read more...]
INCEPTION SOUND: Wired magazine
This one flew under our radar. Wired Magazine published this little piece on Inception's Richard King recording sound effects from what I can recognize in the background scenery out in Orange Country, CA. Nice video, seems like the "b" camera to some of the recording shots in the Soundworks video. In addition, I'd like to forward THIS ARTICLE from chud.com to everyone who's … [Read more...]
The Power of Limitations
As I told in my previous post, I would like to talk about my experience with setting limitations on my work, something that has helped me a lot since I'm on this sound world. Setting limitations is a really great exercise both for newbies and professionals. It's a fantastic way to improve your skills and learn new things and new ways to do the stuff you normally do. Also, in … [Read more...]