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
The six part short series Dayne’s World (https://www.facebook.com/DaynesWorldSeries/) has been picked up to air on ABC’s iView platform. Congratulations to Dayne, Mike and all the rest of the crew that put it together. http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/canberra-life/daynes-world-picked-up-by-abcs-iview-20160205-gmmfuz.html
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/