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
“I just learned a lot of lessons on the job, that took me, probably took me about 10 years to learn what I could have learned in a couple of years of school.” – Mark Mothersbaugh in this nice little 1 minute stop motion animation. Mothersbaugh is one of the great composers of our time, … Read more Mark Mothersbaugh on Learning about Timecode
There seems to be a whole raft of short films about Foley lately. Here is another really well put together one called “The Secret World of Foley”: The Secret World of Foley from Short of the Week on Vimeo.
Great Big Story have published a well put together short video about Bernie Krause finding the silencing of ecosystems over time: http://www.greatbigstory.com/stories/sound-of-extinction
Acoustics company Resonics have put up a post about “12 Lesser-Known Buildings With Amazing Acoustics”, including some audio samples. Check it out at: http://resonics.co.uk/12-buildings-amazing-acoustics/
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/
“Solemnity, on the other hand… I don’t know what it’s for. I mean, what is the point of it?” – John Cleese There is a great talk by John Cleese on YouTube where he discusses creativity. Check it out: He suggests the main things we need for creativity are: Space Time Time Confidence Humour … Read more John Cleese on Creativity
I have been using parts of John Huntington’s book Show Networks and Control Systems as a reference for a class and John has some video lectures that accompany the book posted up on his website. You can check them out at: http://controlgeek.net/book-video-lectures/ The videos might be a useful reference, but I haven’t checked many of … Read more Show Control Video Lectures
I came across an article on the A Sound Effect website from a couple of years back where sound designer Charles Maynes gave some tips on creating inspiring sound design. Check it out at: http://www.asoundeffect.com/charles-maynes-10-inspiring-notions-for-great-sound-design/
I recently posted up a link to a Mark Mangini talk where amongst other things he mentions using whale sounds for the War Rig in Mad Max Fury Road. The Frame have posted up a neat short article and 5 minutes of audio discussing the approach in a neat and accessible format. A good introduction … Read more Mad Max and Moby Dick