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
Yesterday we went into Arc Cinema at the National Film and Sound Archive for what was meant to be the final day of mixing. The Arc Cinema is a beautiful, well-specced 250 seater theatre in a nice art deco style. You can check out more about the theatre at: http://www.nfsa.gov.au/arc/arc-experience/ It was really great … Read more SB Feature Film Post Blog Post 11
Yesterday I sat with the Director and watched the whole film from start to finish. The main reason was check over all the sound editorial stuff and see where we are at with the mix. We both came up with some things to add or tweak as we went through, but overall it is sitting … Read more SB Feature Film Post Blog Post 10
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/
Over the last few days I have pretty much completed the dialogue and effects pre-mix, with just a few sounds still to be slotted in. Last night I went to see the Composer to check where we are up to with music. At out Spotting Session I was advised that the music would hopefully be … Read more SB Feature Film Post Blog Post 9
Yesterday I met with the Director and checked out some stuff. We watched through the first 20 minutes of the film which is pretty close to being completed for sound, including mix but without the music in there. We also checked out some specific spots in the film where there is more scope for sound … Read more SB Feature Film Post Blog Post 8
Over the last few days I have been focusing mostly on backgrounds editing. I have gone out to record a few backgrounds in that time too for specific places. Here is a picture of my six channel surround recording rig I used for some of it: Yesterday there was an opportunity to record some walla … Read more SB Feature Film Post Blog Post 7
Dayne’s World took out the iView and Best Editing awards at Melbourne WebFest yesterday. Congratulations to Mike Nayna, Dayne Rathbone and all the rest of the crew that worked on it. It was a fun project to be involved with.
Car crash recording day was yesterday. It was a fun day. The business situated downstairs from Infidel Studios where I am set up is a scrap car place, and as there is a car crash scene in the film Duncan asked the guys downstairs if we could record some car smashing sounds. In the end … Read more SB Feature Film Post Blog Post 6