In a recent video, SoundWorks Collection speaks to Sound Designer (and Designing Sound Contributing Editor) Peter Albrechtsen and Sound Rerecording Mixer Lars Ginzel about their work on the Danish film "The Idealist". In the video, they discuss their uniquely sonic approach to the film, which concerns a journalist who exposes the biggest political scandal in Danish history. … [Read more...]
SoundWorks Collection: The Sounds of Age of Ultron
In a new sound profile video (and on a new website!) SoundWorks Collection speaks with Supervising Sound Editor and Sound Designer Christopher Boyes of Skywalker Sound about his work on Avengers: Age of Ultron. Check out SoundWorks's new look, and this fantastic video, here. … [Read more...]
Ripping Apart the Harmonic Structure of a Sound
I thought it would be boring to go the obvious route and talk about breaking a real world object for this month's destruction theme. Don't get me wrong, breaking stuff is a ton of fun...even more so when you can justify it as part of your job. Instead, I thought I'd try to go a little more creative and tangential. Let's take a look at some of the fun that can be had by messing … [Read more...]
DSDG: Scouts Honor – Documentary Sound
We're discussing sound for the documentary "Scouts Honor: Inside a Marching Brotherhood" with Director Mac Smith and Co-producer John "JT" Torrijos. The live stream will begin at 8PM (U.S. Eastern). If the stream is not available immediately on the hour, it's simply because we're waiting for someone to log in to the hangout. You can watch in the embedded video above, … [Read more...]
The Sound of the Rapture – Interview with Audio Designer Adam Hay
Following on from last month's interview with The Chinese Room's Director and Composer Jessica Curry I was lucky enough to grab some time to chat with the studio's Audio Designer Adam Hay. Designing Sound: Thanks for taking the time to speak to me Adam. So, looking back through your credit list the first games you worked on were at Traveller’s Tales? Adam Hay: That’s … [Read more...]
Broken Age – An Interview with Camden Stoddard and the audio team at Double Fine
Broken Age launched Act I in January 2014. Funded through Kickstarter with it’s development the subject of an epic (and ongoing) documentary courtesy of 2 Player Productions, the game was noteworthy for a number of reasons. I personally really enjoyed the games sound and music so in August 2014 I caught up with Camden Stoddard, the lead sound designer on the game for a chat. I … [Read more...]
A Sound Effect: The Key to Outstanding Animation Sound Design
In a recent post on the blog over at A Sound Effect, Asbjoern Andersen interviews long-time animation sound pro Jeff Shiffman of Boom Box Post. They discuss Jeff's workflow and approach to sound design, as well as the specific challenges and successes he had working on numerous animated shows. Take a look at the interview here. … [Read more...]