It’s still June and the gifted Coll Anderson is still the sound designer of the month here at Designing Sound. Among many other things, Coll has done a long list of impressive documentaries and doing an interview focused on this part of his work was an obvious choice. Among many award winning documentaries, Coll has worked on Restrepo (2010), Catfish (2010) and the Academy … [Read more...]
The Sound of “Transformers: Dark of the Moon”
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/25669979[/vimeo] Director Michael Bay and Producer Steven Speilberg return this summer for the third film in the Transformers franchise, Tranformers: Dark of the Moon. The amazing visual effects in this film are complimented by the talented efforts of the sound team including Re-recording Mixers Greg Russell and Jeff Haboush, and Supervising Sound … [Read more...]
The Sound and Music of “Cars 2”
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/25497102[/vimeo] The busiest man in Hollywood (North), John Lasseter returns to the Directors chair in Cars 2 as Lighting McQueen and tow truck Mater head overseas to compete in the first-ever World Grand Prix. Helping to bring to life the sound and music of this international espionage adventure include Composer Michael Giacchino, Re-recording … [Read more...]
Post Magazine: Recording ‘Mr. Popper’s’ Penguins
Quick article from Post Magazine featuring Mark Mangini, who talks about his work on"Mr. Popper's Penguins". Mangini decided to capture original penguin recordings, so he arranged to have access to the birds that were used in the film. “We couldn’t use a regular recording facility because penguins need to be in an environment that is 40 degrees or colder at all times,” he … [Read more...]
Detroit Chop Shop Video Diary – Season 2
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04uPgdICn_A[/youtube] After the great first season of the Detroit Chop Shop video diary, Ric Viers and three new interns have started to record more sounds and have more fun in a second season. You can follow the series directly from DSTV. … [Read more...]
BOOM Library Releases Cinematic Trailers, Plus Tutorials, Special Offers
BOOM Library has released Cinematic Trailers, a huge package with over 2000 sound effects, including all kind of whooshes, impacts, rises, stingers, and more. As usual, BOOM offers two different packs: Construction kit: This huge 2 DVD collection contains unique recordings of all sorts movement, impact and rising sounds. We recorded a live orchestra for rises, had a big … [Read more...]
West Texas Gun Recording
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/23313309[/vimeo] René Coronado has recently published a fantastic three-part article on gun recording, including details on pre-production, reports of the sessions, how was the editing/tagging process and more. So a little while back I packed up the mics and headed out west to record some gunfire with my friends. Not because I had a project that … [Read more...]