Resources

Michael Moore declares the word “documentarian” dead at Toronto International Film Festival. Potentially controversial, but he brought up some interesting points in his keynote at the event. Check out details here: http://www.indiewire.com/article/michael-moores-13-rules-for-making-documentary-films-20140910?fb_action_ids=10153116635521777&fb_action_types=og.shares Oh, and one of his points is that sound is more important than the picture and that the soundo should be paid as … Read more Michael Moore’s 13 Rules for Making Documentary Films

For all the audio nerds who think they know about using a tape machine: http://www.playbuzz.com/scottj11/analog-tape-trivia

Scientists from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology seem to be onto a new acoustic absorption technology that is really effective on fixed, tunable frequencies, and is extremely small relative n to wavelengths. The potential for this in acoustic treatment is great. Check it out: http://www.neomatica.com/2014/08/27/designed-metasurface-thin-near-perfect-acoustic-absorber/

There are a bunch of good books out there for different aspects of film sound, but one that I have checked out and liked is David Lewis Yewdall’s “Practical Art of Motion Picture Sound”. In the 4th edition of the book they changed the format a little to include resources on a website rather than … Read more Practical Art of Motion Picture Sound Resources