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
Last year Mike Thornton wrote a great series of posts on the Pro Tools Expert website outlining the Audio Post workflow, right from the assistant editor syncing files for the video editor. It is a great series, and I think it is great that he started at the Assistant Editor prepping sessions. You can check … Read more Audio Post Production Workflows Using Pro Tools
Yesterday I got a locked off picture from the film Editor, and could start work proper on sound editorial for the SB Feature Film. Picture Lock Off was scheduled for Monday gone, so we are 5 days behind already at this stage. I knew there was a chance that this would happen though. We had … Read more SB Feature Film Post Blog Post 1
When undertaking audio post-production projects, or really any large audio production work, it is vital to get organised. This is especially so if working with others in a team, as opposed to working on your own. Creating spotting logs, cue sheets and visual maps are all great tools for sound design planning, and a lot … Read more Audio Post Planning in Pro Tools
I found it interesting that Steve Albini was the keynote speaker at the Face the Music Conference in Melbourne late last year. Albini is best known for engineering a tonne of “records” for bands including The Pixies, Nirvana and Smashing Pumpkins, but also for his own bands Big Black, Rapeman and Shellac. Many years ago … Read more Steve Albini: the internet has solved music’s problem
A few years back, Brent Heber, Australian Audio Post guy and Pro Tools expert/advocate, put together a short 20 minute video discussing the common mistakes made by fresh filmmakers with regards to sound. He starts by touching on the basics like choosing locations and microphones, before moving on to considerations for sync, timecode, and workflow. People new to filmmaking … Read more Film sound: common mistakes
I got along to see Mad Max: Fury Road at the cinema yesterday. It was pretty over the top in many ways, but that is to be expected so it was a fun ride. There would have been many great challenges for the crew working on this movie, not least for the production sound team. … Read more Production Sound challenges for Mad Max: Fury Road
Designing Sound have posted up a cool interview with sound designer Chris Scarabosio from Skywalker Sound about comedy sound design. Check it out at: http://designingsound.org/2015/05/comedy-its-an-interesting-thing-to-try-and-nail-down-interview-with-chris-scarabosio/