This guest contribution comes to us from Chris Didlick. Chris is the Head of Sound Design at Box Of Toys Audio, a music and sound design studio in London. A phrase and rule of thumb I often read is that sound design should go unnoticed, it should not draw attention to itself for fear of awakening the audience from their enrapture and shatter the suspension of belief. … [Read more...]
Monthly Theme: Tropes and Clichés
Do you dream in reverb? Do you scream like Wilhelm? Do you hear sound in space? Do your eagles sound like red-tailed hawks? Do you speak deeper when you move slowly? Do you see distant lightning and hear thunder with no delay? Do your computers make bleeps and bloops for every single animation? Do you hear cymbal swells and crowd gasps when you utter a … [Read more...]