"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
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…
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...]
Sonnenschein's Webinar Report: Week IV – Sonic Time-Space Continuum
It's time for another report of the Sound Design for Pros webinar series from David Sonnenschein. The last webinar was very good. David started reviewing several of the assignments of the last webinar. Then he talked about the relations between sound and the physical/social environment in a cinematic context and also talked about several techniques and methods to analyze and … [Read more...]
Variation
"Sound comes to us over time. You don't get a snapshot of sound. Therefore, what you notice with sound, the essential building block, is change." - Gary Rydstrom … [Read more...]
Loved Ones
"We know in post production you’re in a very tough business that takes a lot of sacrifice of your time and energy. I’ve never fully solved this problem, but I’ve learned over the years that you have to make time for your loved ones." - Ben Burtt … [Read more...]