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Conforming and Re-conforming in Pro Tools

July 24, 2016July 25, 2016 by Tim Duck

Pro Tools Expert has been publishing some great posts discussing the process of conforming and re-conforming audio post sessions in Pro Tools. Here are the links to parts 1 to 3: http://www.pro-tools-expert.com/home-page/2016/7/1/pro-tools-conforming-and-re-conforming-in-audio-post-production-part-1 http://www.pro-tools-expert.com/home-page/2016/7/1/pro-tools-conforming-and-re-conforming-in-audio-post-production-part-2 http://www.pro-tools-expert.com/home-page/2016/7/1/pro-tools-conforming-and-re-conforming-in-audio-post-production-part-3

The Village Film Budget

July 24, 2016July 24, 2016 by Tim Duck

Ever wondered what a Hollywood film budget looks like? Website The Smoking Gun has some interesting resources including a copy of the budget for M Night Shyamalan’s film “The Village”. The budget comes to over $70 million US dollars. According to IMDB, the gross box office income for the film came to over $110 million. … Read more The Village Film Budget

Get Real on Rates

July 12, 2016 by Tim Duck

The MEAA’s draft market rates for screen industry crew are published here: Get Real On Rates Production Sound Mixer, Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor and Re-recording Mixers have a suggested minimum of $2,200 per week, with Boom Ops at $1,800 and other non-supervising sound editorial staff at $1,850. These rates are wages for time only, … Read more Get Real on Rates

Audio for DVD

July 6, 2016 by Tim Duck

Another older blog post from film-mixing.com discusses a few of the issues relating to doing a separate mix for DVD movie releases. The method for dealing with frame rate conversions for the audio from 24 to 25 fps is an interesting approach that I wasn’t actually aware of. Check it out at: Audio for DVD … Read more Audio for DVD

The LFE Explanation

June 22, 2016 by Tim Duck

Using the LFE channel in 5.1 surround film mixing properly is an art and science in itself. Sreejesh at Film-mixing.com has written some great information about phase considerations and how he approaches the LFE in his film mixes. You can check it out at: https://film-mixing.com/2016/01/25/the-lfe-explanation/

Foley Artist John Roesch Video

April 22, 2016April 22, 2016 by Tim Duck

Wired have posted up a neat little video feature of Skywalker Sound Foley Artist John Roesch. Check it out: Watch this on The Scene. http://www.wired.com/2016/04/skywalker-sound-foley-artist/

Sound for Nurse Jackie

April 4, 2016April 5, 2016 by Tim Duck

Gotham Sound, in conjuction with Tekserve and Avid, hosted a live event talk by the Production Sound Mixer and Supervising Sound Editor for the TV show Nurse Jackie. The show is based in a hospital environment primarily, which can be a challenging environment for sound. The talk discussed many of the aspects to capturing and producing great … Read more Sound for Nurse Jackie

A Song short film makes CIMMFest official selection

April 1, 2016April 1, 2016 by Tim Duck

Dianna Nixon’s short film “A Song” has been selected for screening at CIMMFest in Chicago this month. I was fortunate enough to have worked on the re-recording mix for the film, which is predominantly based around a single music piece heard in different ways. Congratulations to Dianna, DoP Miguel Gallagher, Editor Ben Wade and the … Read more A Song short film makes CIMMFest official selection

Exit Wounds makes Official Selection

March 2, 2016March 2, 2016 by Tim Duck

Congratulations to Pattie Collins and her team including Lead Actor and Editor Graham Gall for making the Official Selection for the Ethnografilm Festival in Paris for the short film ‘Exit Wounds’.Re-recording mix by me (Tim Duck).