You really can't beat RED CARPET DISTRICT'S coverage of the Cinema Audio Society awards last night, in which the mixers from "No Country for Old Men" walked away with the award for outstanding achievement in sound in motion pictures. Info on the rest of the awards are available HERE. Congrats to all the winners! … [Read more...]
“Transformers” Sound Off
Wow, I feel like Daniel Plainview in "There Will Be Blood": "I've abandoned my child! I've abandoned my child!" Sorry for the long gap in posts. The current gig has ruined any free time I had to do this thing, but we're almost into final mix so things here will get back on track. So I promised some coverage on last week's "Transformers" event. There is some great stuff already … [Read more...]
Thursday Scatter Shots
With so many panel discussions and articles in the trades (please send anything I miss), its hard to keep up. Nevertheless, it is awesome to see so much coverage on our craft! NO COUNTRY PANEL (01.27.08) click HERE for the higher rez version (the panel starts after the clips) IN CONTENTION/TECH SUPPORT steals some time away from the sound team to discuss their work, … [Read more...]
Exclusive Interview with Anna Behlmer, Re-recording Mixer on “Cloverfield”
"Cloverfield" terrorizes theaters January 18th. Creating the sounds of rampage and mayhem are co-supervising sound editors Douglas Murray and Will Files. Both Skywalker Sound mainstays, Douglas "Owned the Night" this past fall, while Files designed sounds for a rat chef, a bee movie, and santa's little helper. "Cloverfield" mixed on the Howard Hawks Stage at Fox with Andy … [Read more...]
“There Will be Blood” – Exclusive Interview with Re-recording Mixer Michael Semanick and Sound Designer Chris Scarabosio
Paul Thomas Anderson's "There Will Blood" gushed into limited release this December. Supervisor Matthew Wood and Sound Designer Chris Scarabosio manned editorial. Scarabosio lent his sound expertise in 2007 on "The Simpsons Movie." Wood supervised the "Star Wars" prequels. Mixing took place at Skywalker Sound on the Akira Kurosawa Stage. Tom Johnson handled dialog while Michael … [Read more...]
Tuesday Scatter Shots
Media coverage momentum builds as award season approaches. Nominations trickle out as early as this Thursday with the Cinema Audio Society. For fun, I plan to have a few polls on the blog once the "bigger" nods are announced to let you guys vote on your favorites. Until then, below is this week's scatter shot of articles covering an array of film sound related topics. THE NEW … [Read more...]
Exclusive Interview with Skip Lievsay, Supervising Sound Editor/Re-recording Mixer on “I am Legend”
"I Am Legend" spreads to theaters today. Sound editorial for Will Smith's search for survivors in NYC was administered by Skip Lievsay. Hot off the great "No Country for Old Men", (and considering his track record) we can expect Skip to start soon on the Coen Bro's next, "Burn After Reading". On "Legend," In addition to his editorial work, he also mixed the film's dialogue. … [Read more...]