Beau Anthony Jimenez has written a nice, neat, short analysis of Walter Murch’s use of train sounds in some of his sound design work over the years for Designing Sound. Check it out here: http://designingsound.org/2016/01/walter-murch-and-trains-a-sound-exploration/
Mark Mangini, sound designer for a host of great films, has posted up a video of a keynote address he gave at Mix Magazine’s Sound for Film symposium at Sony Studios Cary Grant Theater September 26, 2015. It is an inspiring talk about the why rather than the how of sound design, and I recommend … Read more Mark Mangini Keynote Address
A little while back I was interviewed in the CIT Woden Control Room by a few CIT students as part of ACTSIA’s Canberra Creatives series of profiles. The students did a great job (thanks Eddie, Vince and Jonathon) and you can check out a short profile here: Canberra Creative Presents Sound Engineer Tim Duck … Read more Canberra Creatives Profile
The Pro Tools Expert blog has shared some great Pro Tools tips for film mixers from Sreejesh Nair. Check it out at: http://www.pro-tools-expert.com/home-page/2015/11/28/ninja-keyboard-pro-tools-shortcuts-for-film-mixers?mc_cid=29258ef528&mc_eid=875b351bf8
Kate Finan from Boom Box Post has put together a neat blog post/article on their website outlining a short history of animation sound, with neat little summaries and supporting videos on the Disney, Warner Brothers and Hanna-Barbera cartoons. Check it out at: http://www.boomboxpost.com/blog/2015/11/8/the-history-of-animation-sound
The Foley Artist is a recent award-winning short film showing a fashionable lady in a film, with a Foley Artist at work in the studio on the sound design. Quite well done, and somewhat amusing:
Georgina Jenkins’ short film Past Imperfect was announced Best Film in the Canberra category at Canberra Short Film Festival over the weekend. The film took out a huge haul of 7 awards in total. It was a pleasure to work on audio post-production for the film. Big congratulations to Georgina, Robb and the rest of … Read more Past Imperfect takes out Best Film at Canberra Short Film Festival
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/
This summer’s blockbuster at the National Gallery of Australia features the art of Australian artist Tom Roberts, who is responsible for some iconic paintings. I was fortunate enough to be asked to help with some audio post for a TVC and video promoting the exhibition. You can check out one of the videos and find … Read more Tom Roberts Exhibition at NGA
The film is completed! Well it is for sound at least. Yesterday the Re-recording Mixer sat with the Director and watched through and did the final tweaks. Just a couple of music level adjustments really at that point, mainly to do with new music cues that got put in to replace other cues yesterday. All … Read more SB Feature Film Post Blog Post 12