Audient have posted up a neat video about the Foley process. This one is a useful resource in that it has Foley artist Barnaby Smyth from Feet First Sound working through a short scene from The Night Manager. Check it out below.
Mike Thornton from Pro Tools Expert is a bit of a guru with regards to loudness management for media production. A few years ago he did a talk at BVE 2015 which is available to view online, and provides a good summary of the changes in loudness measurement and regulation for broadcast that came in … Read more EBU R128 Loudness Implementation for Broadcasting
The film A Quiet Place by John Krasinksi is a great example of a film where sound is truly integral to the whole story. A lot of times sound is not considered too much at the script writing stage, which can make for some missed opportunities, but in the case of A Quiet Place, it was … Read more A Quiet Place — Telling a Story with Sound
Last year Mike Thornton wrote a couple of articles for Pro Tools Expert about loudness and dynamics in Cinema, including input from Eelco Grimm from the Loudness Petition Group and the results of a survey. It provides some interesting, if somewhat depressing at times, reading. You can read the full article at: https://www.pro-tools-expert.com/home-page/2017/6/21/loudness-and-dynamics-in-cinema-sound https://www.pro-tools-expert.com/home-page/2017/4/29/cinema-survey-results
There are a stack of short videos about Foley that I have linked to on this site, and here is a recent one from Mashable. It is a fairly straight-forward doco style interview which serves as a good intro to what Foley is.
Michael Cullen has set up a YouTube channel called Film Sound Tutorials with what appears to be some useful tutorials for people starting out the audio post process without the knowledge of workflow and processes. I only really checked out one of the videos to see what his process is like, and it seems like … Read more Film Sound Tutorials
I was recently having a play around with a stereo widener plug-in on a track and noticed that it was having some issues with causing level drops when monoing the mix, so I decided to have a play around with a few different stereo width plug-ins to see how differently they might treat things. I … Read more Stereo Widener Plug-in Testing
Soundworks Collection have posted up a neat short masterclass video with sound editor Mark Mangini (Blade Runner 2049, Mad Max: Fury Road) about his process, particularly with regards to choosing sound effects. Check it out below:
The BBC have released more than 16,000 sound effects online under the RemArc Licence which allows for personal, educational or research purposes. This is a fantastic resource for students and can be accessed at: http://bbcsfx.acropolis.org.uk/ http://bbcsfx.acropolis.org.uk/
Chris Lane has written up a review for Designing Sound of a few of the common and free 3d audio spatialization plug-ins currently available for gaming and VR. It also serves as a good introduction to some of the possibilities allowed through these tools. Read the full article at the link below. http://designingsound.org/2018/03/29/lets-test-3d-audio-spatialization-plugins/