IPR School has posted five additional videos to his compilation of videos about creating audio for videogames. Maybe you already seen some of these here at DS, but be sure to see the rest, very interesting! Playlist 1-5 [View] Heavenly Sword Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Gears of War Dead Space Gears of War 2 Playlist 6-7 [View] Scarface Game Chronicles … [Read more...]
The breaths in Film Sound
Tim Prebble from music of sound has published an interesting article talking about the role of breaths in Film Sound. Having suffered a nasty respiratory virus for the last while I’ve joked to a few people that my new hobby is ‘trying to breath normally” and its not far from the truth. Now I dislike ADR as much as most people, but when I meet someone who says they want … [Read more...]
Interview with the Creators of Brainpipe
Peter Kirn from CDM had an interesting interview with the creators of Brainpipe, a single-player arcade action game with a psychedelic twist from the masters of trippy computer gaming, Digital Eel. I love that you talk about sound being integral with the design process. Even for a musician, though, thinking in more than one medium can be a challenge. How do you approach this … [Read more...]
Gary Rydstrom Special: Minority Report
Minority Report, one of the most recognized sci-fi and futuristic films, another master piece directed by Steven Spielberg, with the sound work of Gary Rydstrom. A huge range of sounds, for a huge number of gadgets and devices that do not yet exist. Let's see this interesting article from Mix Online, with information about the sound of Minority Report. The story revolves … [Read more...]
Interview: Noah Timan
KIDINTHEFRONTROW.COM interviewed New York based production sound mixer Noah Timan recently. Timan who wrapped on Wes Anderson's "Fantastic Mr. Fox" a while back, is very honest and forthcoming with his answers one of which is abridged below. KITFR: "Do you ever find times when the director chooses something visual, or a performance, over the importance of the sound … [Read more...]
The IMAX Projector Sounds Off
Reader slash IMAX projectionist Derek Helmer, sent me a link to his blog which features some posts in and about the IMAX projection booth he works in (I've posted some of my favorites below). I am a huge fan of feature film presentation in IMAX, even with the recent hub-bub about their retro-fitted theaters, hopefully IMAX gets that screen size discrepancy and proper charge … [Read more...]
The Sound of Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
"Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs" Sound for Film Profile from Michael Coleman on Vimeo. Here is the info about the sound of Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, a 3D-Animation Movie directed by Carlos Saldanha and distributed by 20th Century Fox. Staff Sound Designer: Randy Thom Sound Effect Editor: Kyrsten Mate Comoglio Sound Mixers: Nathan Vance and James Spencer Sound … [Read more...]