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The Sound of Looper – Interview with Jeremy Peirson

May 30, 2013 by Shaun Farley

I contacted Jeremy Peirson, the sound designer for Looper (2012), to talk about his role in the best received time travel movie in a very long time. What follows is a transcription of our phone conversation. Enjoy! DS: For our theme on the site this month we're talking about "time," and I though it would be interesting to talk about Looper (2012) as a time travel movie and … [Read more...]

Sonic/Temporal Ambiguity as Evidence of Psychosis in Martha Marcy May Marlene

May 6, 2013 by Shaun Farley

"Where are we?" "Connecticut." "No. How far are we?" "From what?" "Yesterday." Directed by Sean Durkin, Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) centers around the damaged psyche of Martha, portrayed by Elizabeth Olsen. Martha is a young woman who, through the time spent living as part of a small farm commune, has lost nearly all sense of boundaries...from social through temporal. … [Read more...]

Time

May 4, 2013 by Shaun Farley

Guest Contribution by Randy Thom I'm on a plane from San Francisco to New York, May 3, and I see that the Designing Sound theme for May is time.  Two notions relating to time and sound design come to mind.  One is that fiddling with time in storytelling is always a playground for sound.  Jumps to the past or the future in a movie swing the door wide open to using sound in … [Read more...]

In Consideration of Time…

May 1, 2013 by Shaun Farley

Image from Wikimedia Commons Archive, used under CC license as specified by owner "Cannedcat"

April has ended and May has begun. No matter what we do, or how we may try to control it, time continues to march forward at its own pace...regardless of our needs or wants. Last month, we had a very specific theme. While there was ample opportunity to explore different approaches and uses, everything focused on a particular type of toolset. We thought it would be interesting … [Read more...]

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