With Oscar rearing his ugly head, and people again becoming obsessed with little gold statues, I thought it might be a good opportunity to start a discussion on a topic that has been floating around the professional sound community for some time. A few years ago, we began hearing that there was talk within the Academy about the two sound awards, those of Best Sound Mixing and … [Read more...]
Randy Thom Interview at VIEW Conference 2011
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-6r9WW5ecI[/youtube] An interview with sound designer Randy Thom at VIEW Conference 2011. Thanks to Matteo for the link! … [Read more...]
Mavericks Of Sound Design Panel
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMjaGA9zo_o[/youtube] Spectrasonics has uploaded the full sound design panel that Eric Persing, Diego Stocco, Richard Devine and Scott Gershin gave at the 2011 Moogfest in Asheville, North Carolina. Maybe you remember that we shared several video recordings from the panel a couple of weeks ago, but this one has much better quality and … [Read more...]
The Sound and Music of “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo”
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/33682539[/vimeo] In this SoundWorks Collection exclusive we talk with Composers Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Sound Re-recording Mixer Michael Semanick, and Re-recording Mixer, Sound Designer, and Supervising Sound Editor Ren Klyce. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is a 2011 English-language drama/thriller film. It is the second film to be adapted from … [Read more...]
Why Sound Matters Webinar, by Stephan Schütze
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/17338722[/vimeo] Pro Sound Effects is hosting a webinar called "Why Sound Matters" (part 2), presented by sound designer Stephan Schütze. It's tomorrow, no cost. After high demand, Stephan Schutze of the Foundation Sound Effectst Libraies and PSE are hosting a second webinar about the importance of sound in education. This webinar will focus on sound … [Read more...]
Recording of the Sound Design Panel at MoogFest 2011
Recording of the sound design panel at Moogfest 2011, with Richard Devine, Diego Stocco and Scott Martin Gershin. Moderated by Eric Persing. The recording is divided in 6 parts, which you can watch here. … [Read more...]
Francis Ford Coppola Talks About the Evolution of Movie Sound
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-fNpE9vQJw[/youtube] As early as the Apocalypse Now movie in 1979 when Francis Ford Coppola and sound designer Walter Murch pioneered a quadraphonic sound system for the film tour, Coppola has made sound and audio technology an important part of filmmaking, including building a dedicated mixing facility, American Zoetrope. In 2010, under … [Read more...]