The Sound of “Zero Dark Thirty”
SoundWorks Collection talks with Oscar winning Sound Re-recording Mixer and Supervising Sound Editor Paul Ottosson about his work on Director Kathryn Bigelow’s film, Zero Dark Thirty.Read More
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Designing the Sound of “Apocalypse Now”
This 15 minute featurette dives into the audio aspect of building Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse NowRead More
John Storyk: Designing Rooms for Sound
Architect and acoustician John Storyk has designed and provided construction supervision services for the professional audio and video recording community since the 1969 completion of Jimi Hendrix’s Electric Ladyland Studios in New York City. In this video profile for SoundWorks Collection, Storyk discusses the new challenges and changes that he is faced with today while Read MoreRead More
The Sound of “The Hobbit”
This SoundWorks Collection sound profile visits Park Road Post Studios in Wellington, New Zealand to talk with the sound team of Director Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit. Featured interviews include Re-recording Mixer Michael Hedges, Re-recording Mixer Chris Boyes, Re-recording Mixer Michael Semanick , Co-Supervising Sound Editor Brent Burge, Co-Supervising Sound Editor Chris Ward, and Dolby Atmos Read MoreRead More
How Sampling Rate and Bit Depth Affect Sound Quality
Jay Pedersen of Baltic Recording Studio talks about how higher sampling rates reduce phasing issues and why higher bit depths give you more data to work with in quiet passages.Read More
How to Get the Most Out of a Cheap DSLR Shotgun Microphone
When you don’t have a ton of money to blow on an expensive microphone, shooting video with an inexpensive mic can still render you decent results. In this video Elvin from Audioneer.com shows us how it is done. Full write up here.Read More
10 Soundtrack, Score and Music mistakes made by filmmakers
Chris Jones runs down ten common mistakes made by filmmakers in the sound design and scoring stage of a film. The Music IS VERY IMPORTANT And so it follows that the composer is a key crew member – I would say their contribution ranks alongside the screenwriter, editor, DP, designer. In some instances, even greater. Read MoreRead More
The Hobbit Vlog #9: Post Production
Previous Hobbit vlog entries saw Peter Jackson and the crew trekking across New Zealand, Now that principal photography is done, the work is turned over a team of animators, artists, colorists, sound designers, and composers. Older Entries: Part 1-2 Part 3-4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8Read More
The Sound of “Life of Pi”
The SoundWorks Collection talks with the sound and picture team behind Director Ang Lee’s newest film, “Life of Pi”. Interviews include Phil Stockton (Supervising Sound Editor), Tim Squyres (Picture Editor), Doug Hemphill (Sound Re-recording Mixer), Ron Bartlett (Sound Re-recording Mixer), and Erich Stratmann (Music Editor).Read More
Finding the Sounds of “Lincoln”
The SoundWorks Collection talks with Skywalker Sound’s Sound Designer Ben Burtt (Designer on Star Wars) about his work on Steven Speilberg’s new film Lincoln including looking for real life every-day sounds in Washington DC that may have been heard by the great railsplitter himself.Read More
The Sound of Skyfall
The latest installment in the long-running saga based on Ian Fleming’s James Bond character. Director Sam Mendes (American Beauty and Jarhead) brings the audience an entirely new storyline to the Bond character in “Skyfall”. Exploring the sound and music of the film Soundworks talks with Scott Milan (Sound Re-recording Mixer), Greg Russell (Sound Re-recording Mixer), Read MoreRead More
Gary Hecker – Veteran Foley Artist
From “The Empire Strikes Back” to “Robin Hood”, award-winning Foley artist Gary Hecker of Todd-AO says it takes “timing and a huge creative mind” to be the man behind the sound. Here, he shares tips and tricks he’s learned during a career that has spanned more than 200 films.Read More