Yesterday I met with the Director and checked out some stuff. We watched through the first 20 minutes of the film which is pretty close to being completed for sound, including mix but without the music in there. We also checked out some specific spots in the film where there is more scope for sound … Read more SB Feature Film Post Blog Post 8
Over the last few days I have been focusing mostly on backgrounds editing. I have gone out to record a few backgrounds in that time too for specific places. Here is a picture of my six channel surround recording rig I used for some of it: Yesterday there was an opportunity to record some walla … Read more SB Feature Film Post Blog Post 7
A couple of months ago there was an ABC Radio National Big Ideas program that presented a talk by Kim Williams on the state of arts in Australia. Williams is a media executive, musician and entrepreneur who has managed large organisations including Musica Viva, FoxTel, the Australian Film Commission and more. In the talk, which … Read more Kim Williams on Science and the Arts
Dayne’s World took out the iView and Best Editing awards at Melbourne WebFest yesterday. Congratulations to Mike Nayna, Dayne Rathbone and all the rest of the crew that worked on it. It was a fun project to be involved with.
Car crash recording day was yesterday. It was a fun day. The business situated downstairs from Infidel Studios where I am set up is a scrap car place, and as there is a car crash scene in the film Duncan asked the guys downstairs if we could record some car smashing sounds. In the end … Read more SB Feature Film Post Blog Post 6
It’s been about a week since my last blog post about the SB feature film project. Things are progressing fairly well, although I have been a little slower to get where I am than hoped as I ended up on a location sound job for a couple of days early in the week. I have … Read more SB Feature Film Post Blog Post 5
A little while back SoundWorks Collection posted up a few classic videos from THX including a demo reel featuring bits from some classic Lucasfilm movies, a short documentary of the production of the soundtrack, and a video about the origin of THX. Check them out at: http://soundworkscollection.com/news/check-out-three-retro-thx-videos-thx-wow-the-thx-story-thx-soundtrack
I felt good about where I got to yesterday. As I slowly chip away at the jobs list and get more organised I start to stress a little less. There were a few odd things with the edit or files provided which I confirmed what the story was with the Editor and Director yesterday. I … Read more SB Feature Film Post Blog Post 4
I mostly caught up with my work yesterday, although it was a long day in the end. It would have been after 11pm when we left the studio, and I was getting a bit vague towards the end. I checked through all the main issue spots, and I believe everything to be workable at this … Read more SB Feature Film Post Blog Post 3
When I went to set up my Pro Tools session yesterday I found out that the OMFs were at 16 bit when my original files were at 24 bit, and that the OMF didn’t have the handle length as long as I requested, so I had to get them re-exported by the Editor. That held … Read more SB Feature Film Post Blog Post 2