The September's Issue of Mix Magazine is now online, and includes features several articles on sound for film and television: Beyond 5.1 - From the megaplex to amusement parks, audio playback is taking audiences to new dimensions. We reveal the projects and trends leading the way to 7.1, and beyond. Designing Paul Massey's Mixing Studio Reality TV - Sound mixer and … [Read more...]
Bruce Tanis Writes on his Two 2010 Emmy Noms
Bruce Tanis, who was recently featured here, has made a post for Colin Hart talking about his two Emmy nominations for Fringe and Temple Grandin. Hi Colin. As you know, I was lucky enough to be nominated recently for a Sound Editing Emmy Award for this past television season. Actually, I was even luckier and received TWO nominations! One was for sound effects editing on … [Read more...]
Bruce Tanis Special: Cutting Weird Things on "Fringe"
I started editing sound effects at Todd-AO back in 19.......... Something-or-other! I started working on a show called "Brooklyn Bridge" produced by Gary David Goldberg. I worked in television for a few years and then moved over to working on features. With a few brief side trips back to TV, I stayed in the feature world ever since until starting in on "Fringe" in August, … [Read more...]
Bruce Tanis Special: Scale/Perspective on Cutting Sound Effects
Creating sounds for gadgets, machinery, and weapons beyond any mundane character they may have as ordinary objects is a core task of sound effects design. To be sure, there are many of these core tasks, or categories, that most of our work as designers falls into. Creatures and Monsters, Alien Planets, Future Tech, and Comic Book Violence effects are examples of some others. … [Read more...]
Inside the Sound of "Lost"
Avid has published a new episode of The Rough Cut, featuring a special event they had at NAB 2010 with Re-recording mixers Scott Weber and Frank Morrone and Film Editor Chris Nelson talking about the sound of "Lost". The video from the top is a preview of the complete episode, wich has a duration of 35:57. What does a sound re-recording mixer do? Why does the picture editor add … [Read more...]
Bruce Tanis Special: Exclusive Interview
Let's get started with this new special. Here is a great talk I had with our special guest Bruce Tanis talking about the general aspects of his career, his techniques, the way he works, and more! Designing Sound: Bruce, please introduce yourself and tell us how you get started with your sound career. Bruce Tanis: I'm a freelance sound effects editor working in Los Angeles, … [Read more...]
The Sound of "Fringe"
Colin Hart has published on his blog an interesting interview with Bruce Tanis, sound designer of "Fringe", a sci-fi show of Fox. CH: How old were you when you discovered your passion for sound? BT: I came to sound editing a bit later than most people I guess. I finished my degree in Forestry from the University of Nevada in Reno but this was in the early eighties when … [Read more...]