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C5 Kicks Out the Jams At Its State-of-the-Art House of Sound
C5’s 20-year history as one of the top houses for feature film post in the city continues to grow. […]
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Sounds Like Team Spirit: When Mixers Match
Mixing teams work best when the chemistry is good, the working style is compatible and the size of the job calls for a team approach. […]
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Imagebender Conrad Buff: The Editor as Manipulator
While overseeing the mix of The Last Airbender at Skywalker Sound in San Rafael, California, Buff found the time to speak to CineMontage about his current project, discussing some of the challenges on the film, his experience working with Shyamalan, and his philosophy of picture editing. […]
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‘Resident Evil’ Edit Team Operated in Another Dimension
“3-D doesn’t have to be things constantly flying in your face. If you feel like you’re immersed within this space in front of you and interacting with this fantasy world, that’s the perfect cinema.” – Niven Howie […]
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Spider-Man’s Sonic Stratagem: Sound Editors Shannon Mills and Addison Teague Have Spidey Sense
The prevailing wisdom within Hollywood seems to be that a successful franchise needs a fresh start every few years to ensure a contemporary perspective and, hence, appeal to a newer generation of filmgoers for whom previous versions may seem passé. […]
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The President’s Pocket Watch Is Ticking: The Authentic Sounds of ‘Lincoln’
“There it was, ticking after 150 years, and we recorded it. We were able to use that during the few, brief moments where Lincoln was actually handling his watch.” – Ben Burtt […]
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Stand Up for Your Work!
The idea of standing while sound editing had been in my mind for many years. My initial thoughts were that it would be too hard to be on my feet all day, and I didn’t really have any idea how to do it from a practical standpoint. […]
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The Iron Men of Post-Production
CineMontage caught up with the editors, and their first assistants Matthew Schmidt and John Dietrick, as they were finishing the film, which sees Stark/Iron Man pushed to his limit while battling the Mandarin (Ben Kingsley). […]
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THIS MONTH IN FILM HISTORY: Are You ‘Experience’d?
The American Experience had a unique style and zeitgeist. The stories were never pat interpretations of historical figures and events, nor did they shy away from the chronicles of lost causes, defeats, rough compromises and violence. […]
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Daydream Believer: Greg Hayden on the Reimagining of ‘Walter Mitty’
Greg Hayden was worried that the story might not be as interesting when the fantasies ended. But he was pleased when the opposite happened, and he worked diligently on maintaining a balance between fantasy and reality. […]
