Designing Sci-fi Weapon Sound Effects
A Sound Effect have posted up a fairly comprehensive post about sci-fi weapon sound effect design. Check it out at: http://www.asoundeffect.com/supreme-scifi-weapon-sound-effects/
Resources
Pro Tools 130 and 201 courses at CIT soon
Canberra Institute of Technology is running Pro Tools 130 Game Audio and 201 level production training in the coming weeks. It is very rare that this training is offered in Australia so is potentially a good opportunity for professional Pro Tools users. The workshops are run over 3 days at the Woden campus in Canberra: … Read more Pro Tools 130 and 201 courses at CIT soon
Bang-On Retro Drums
AudioTechnology magazine has a feature in their latest issue which covers recording and mixing of retro drum kit styles covering the 50’s through to 70’s. It’s a pretty cool resource: http://www.audiotechnology.com.au/wp/index.php/how-to-bang-on-retro-drums/
Avoiding Death by PowerPoint
Here’s a great TED Talk on avoiding Death by PowerPoint: To summarise the main points: – Only have 1 message per slide; – Don’t have sentences and speak at the same time; – Consider visual heirarchy, allowing the important content to be biggest; – Contrast helps with focus. Use a dark background; – Have … Read more Avoiding Death by PowerPoint
Interview with Production Sound Mixer Stephen Tibbo
There’s a great interview with Modern Family Production Sound Mixer Stephen Tibbo that has been posted up on the Designing Sound website. It discusses some of his approaches and gear, with some specific episode examples: http://designingsound.org/2015/08/interview-with-steve-tibbo-emmy-winning-production-sound-mixer-for-abcs-modern-family/
Hollywood Film Crew Sizes
You might have watched the credits of a movie and wondered how many people actually work on films. It can vary quite wildly of course, but Stephen Follows has done some research and compiled some interesting stats. Check out his post at: http://stephenfollows.com/how-many-people-work-on-a-hollywood-film/
A Peek inside an Indie Film Budget
British writer and producer Stephen Follows has a great blog that discusses the film industry, with a particular focus on the UK film industry. There are some great posts on there including one that breaks down the budget of a £1 million British indie film, Papadopoulos & Sons, including income up to the time that the … Read more A Peek inside an Indie Film Budget
Unvertising
Colossal published an article this week featuring the art of a guy who has bought large advertising billboards to “unvertise”. I like it. Check it out: http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2015/07/brian-kanes-unvertisement-billboards/?mc_cid=84ef55c497&mc_eid=b70530c66d
Kim Williams on Science and the Arts
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
A few vintage THX videos
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