“Sound is 50 percent of the movie-going experience...” - George Lucas The Star Wars series is the perfect example to Mr. Lucas’ statement. From the sound design of the fictional spacecrafts to the lightsaber, the soundtrack of these films enhances the experience and draws audiences to the cinema. One of the most famous sounds in these films is the often-mimicked voice of Darth … [Read more...]
Escape Room Sound Design for the Battle of Britain
photo credit: Oli Harrison, Oliharrison.com Interesting description of escape room sound design, which appears to be an up and coming avenue for sound designers. Escape room sound designer Oli Harrison describes his process of creating an immersive WWII experience for an escape room, transporting the attendants into the audio world of 1940. … [Read more...]
Sound Design and Anime: A Brief History
In the last decade or so, Japanese Animation (more commonly known as Anime) has taken the cultural world by storm. Large conventions across North America attract hundreds of thousands of visitors annually while streaming services dedicated entirely to Anime have millions of subscribers watching every day. Just as modern manga artists share common influences to their art … [Read more...]
Is Sound Design the Next Frontier for Branding?
Joel Beckerman, Man Made Music (Photo credit: Mickey Alexander)PHOTO CREDIT: MAN MADE MUSIC Intriguing article on branding and “audio pneumonic” construction. Interviews Joel Beckerman, composer and sound designer, on the importance and emergence of audio branding, as compared to visual branding. Beckerman expresses that there is no "lying in sound" … [Read more...]
ProSoundEffects: Jacob Ribicoff and the Sound of HBO’s Fahrenheit 451
Image from ProSoundEffects.org Jacob Ribicoff sat down with Vinny Alfano of ProSoundEffects to talk about working on the HBO film Fahrenheit 451. In the interview, Ribicoff discussed his relationship with Ken Burns and his workflow for crafting the sound for the film. The full interview can be found here. … [Read more...]
Interview with Peter Albrechtsen on Generation Wealth
CulturedVultures has published an interview with Peter Albrechtsen on his work on the documentary "Generation Wealth". Albrechtsen talks about how he combined an intimate and personal sound with the cold topic of the docu, materialism, and reveals a couple of sound design tricks along the way. Peter Albrechtsen is affiliated with designingsound.org Read the full … [Read more...]
The Met’s Characterful Binaural Exhibition
This is an interview with Nina Diamond about a special exhibition entitled Visitors to Versailles that took place at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Nina is a Managing Editor and Producer in the Digital Department at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Previously, she created award-winning digital media for The J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles. Her … [Read more...]