Posted on July 24, 2010 in Sound Design | 1 Comment
Creating the sounds of dreams featuring supervising sound editor and sound designer Richard King, Re-recording Mixer Lora Hirschberg, and Re-recording mixer Gary Rizzo.
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Posted on February 15, 2010 in Selling Your Film, Sound Design | No Comments
With the international box office nearly twice that of the domestic, dubbing English language films for foreign markets is serious business. But, have you ever wondered how dubbing works? Zachary Pincus-Roth of Slate has some insights into this mysterious process.
…James Cameron’s Avatar has earned over $440 million at the domestic box office but [...]
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Posted on September 30, 2009 in Sound Design | No Comments
By Kevin Reylek
It feels like Adobe is fairly new to the audio editing game. While they’re the kings of photo editing, they’re not the first company you may think of when it comes to professional audio editing. However, they’ve been at it longer than you might think. With Audition 3, the latest version [...]
Posted on April 9, 2009 in Cinematography, Sound Design | No Comments
“Gospel John” Hess demonstrates a simple and quick method of leveling a tripod.
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Posted on March 4, 2009 in Sound Design | 1 Comment
In this behind-the-scenes clip, Andrew Stanton, Jim Morris, and Ben Burtt discuss the sound effects used in the film.
What if mankind had to leave Earth and somebody forgot to turn the last robot off? WALL?E, a robot, spends every day doing what he was made for. But soon, he will discover what he was meant [...]
Posted on October 3, 2008 in Sound Design | No Comments
From: digitaljuicetv – 5 tips to help prevent those painful plosives so you can record powerful, pop-free soundtracks.
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Posted on September 29, 2008 in Sound Design | 1 Comment
The biggest myth about composing and sound designing is that they are about creating great sounds. Not true, or at least not true enough. Recommended by Member: Uncle Bob
…What is Sound Design? You may assume that it’s about fabricating neat sound effects. But that doesn’t describe very accurately what Ben Burtt [...]
Posted on September 5, 2008 in Sound Design | 1 Comment
The Free Sound Project is a huge, collaborative database of sound clips licensed for free sampling and remixing. Freesound focuses only on sound, not songs.
Search for sounds or browse the tag list, which includes “water,” “tick,” “toilet,” “children,” “screaming,” “kitchen,” “subway” and “sweep” – all sounds released under a Creative Commons license. Great [...]
Posted on August 14, 2008 in Sound Design | No Comments
This segment explores the Digital Juice Sound FX library and show you how to find exactly what you need to finish your scene.
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Posted on July 30, 2008 in Sound Design | No Comments
It’s not what you see, but what you HEAR that sells most scenes… And most of what you hear when you go to the movies or watch TV was created with Sound FX. Whether you need to sound out the literal, imply existence or add ambience… Sound fx are a powerful tool in the hands [...]
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Posted on July 20, 2008 in Sound Design | No Comments
Manipulating sound until it seemed to be something that existed in real space. This refers to playing back existing recordings through a speaker or speakers in real-world acoustic situations, and recording that playback with microphones so that the new recording takes on the acoustic characteristics of the place it was “re-recorded.”
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Posted on July 20, 2008 in Sound Design | No Comments
From: digitaljuicetv
This episode uses animations and audio examples to explain the fundamentals of sample rate and how it affects the quality of digital audio.
Posted on July 18, 2008 in Sound Design | No Comments
You may not know the name Ben Burtt, but odds are you have heard his work. Here is a great interview from the BBC with the Oscar-winning sound designer.
…Star Wars, Indiana Jones, E.T. and Invasion Of The Body Snatchers – some of the most famous movies in modern film history. Ben Burtt is [...]
Posted on July 15, 2008 in Sound Design | No Comments
A question and answer session from FilmSound.org with many helpful tips on improving less than perfect dialogue tracks.
…Ari: I’m working on a feature film and the dialogue is not that bad but not fantastic (probably not as bad as I think). There is a scene where 2 people are being filmed and the camera [...]
Posted on July 8, 2008 in Sound Design | No Comments
Here is a great article from THX & Skywalker Sound that has been persevered by Archive.org. The article is copyrighted 1998, but still an essential guide for crafting a soundtrack.
…Skywalker Sound is George Lucas’s state of the art post production company located in Marin County, California. It is a part of Lucas Digital Ltd., [...]
