Another amazing work by Walter Murch, with the sound and picture editing on the remake of Touch Of Evil. Really interesting techniques applied in both sound and picture. And as usual in Walter Murch articles... you can't miss this! Orson Welles' 1957 film noir masterpiece, Touch of Evil, has recently been re-edited and released to enthusiastic reviews--many revolving around … [Read more...]
Walter Murch Special: Womb Tone and Dense Clarity/Clear Density
Walter Murch has created for an essay called Womb Tone as a companion to his lecture, Dense Clarity - Clear Density, published at Transom. The article is illustrated with sound and film clips, detailing all the process. Don't miss it!.. is very interesting. Womb Tone Hearing is the first of our senses to be switched on, four-and-a-half months after we are conceived. And for … [Read more...]
Walter Murch Special: BAFTA Lecture
I found at USO a really interesting lecture of Walter Murch at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 2003. He talks about picture and sound. If you are interested in film/sound editing, this will be very interesting. Walter Murch in conversation at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 2003. Winner of 3 BAFTA Awards and 3 Oscars for picture editing and … [Read more...]
Walter Murch Special: Apocalypse Now
Walter Murch was the sound designer and sound editor for the known film Apocalypse Now, a classic film with fantastic sound editing and magical sound design. There is an interview at Salon.com with Walter Murch, who talks about the sound of Apocalypse Now and the techniques he used. When did you and Francis know that you would key so much of the movie off the sound of the … [Read more...]
Walter Murch Special: The Concept of Worldizing
Worldizing, an amazing sound design concept created by Walter Murch. Watch the video to know all about that process. There are at Filmsound one interesting article about Worldizing; Walter said: George (Lucas) and I took the master track of the two-hour radio show with Wolfman Jack as DJ and played it back on a Nagra in a real space - a suburban backyard. I was fifty-or-so-feet … [Read more...]
Walter Murch Special: Roadtrip Nation Video Interview
Let's begin the Walter Murch Special, with a interesting video interview at Roadtrip Nation: Fortunately for Walter, he discovered at an early age that he had a gift for sound recording, even though he didn't take his youthful experiments seriously until after he had explored other paths, including architecture and oceanography. Always eager to push things and see what … [Read more...]
October's Featured Sound Designer: Walter Murch
For Octuber, I'll make an special of Walter Murch, a master known for his fantastic work as sound editor/sound designer for several years ago. He make a lot of innovations and has received several awards for sound of amazing films such as The Conversation, Apocalypse Now, The English Patient and many others. Bio Walter Scott Murch is an film editor/sound designer, the son of … [Read more...]