Web Exclusives
Emmys 2019: How the Team Behind ‘Deadwood: The Movie’ Captured the Sounds of the Old West
“I wanted to make sure that we were hearing the right train, the right kind of Baldwin Locomotive.” […]
Recordists
What Our Members Do
What Our Members Do: Geraldo Gutierrez
“Watching ‘Lost’ was one of the reasons I wanted to get into audio post production.” […]
Columns
Jeannette Browning on ‘The Milagro Beanfield War’
From early in her career in the film business, Jeannette Browning recognized that she was something of a rarity. “I was really interested in dubbing, but I realized that there were no female dubbing mixers,” she says. […]
Features
American Soundtrack Story
The world of episodic TV and cable has been experiencing some major challenges during recent seasons. As appointment viewing transitions to more on-demand streaming and even binge-watching, there is a pressing need to deliver increasingly innovative and enveloping soundtracks for a wider range of offerings. […]
Web Exclusives
Post-Production as a Team Sport:
Masters of Sound Panel Focuses on Collaboration
“Developing a soundtrack is a collaborative process, from the spotting session to the dub stage,” stressed Oscar–nominated sound designer, supervising sound editor and re-recording mixer Ai-Ling Lee, CAS. […]
Industry
Editors Guild Members Invited
to Join Motion Picture Academy
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has extended invitations to join the organization to 928 artists and executives from 59 countries — including 37 Editors Guild members in good standing — who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures […]
Features
Outstanding in Their Soundfield:
‘Westworld’ Mixers Keith Rogers & Andy King
With a promise of offering a novel direction for HBO’s multiple-Emmy Award-winning sci-fi drama ‘Westworld,’ its second season is also breaking new ground in the sound department. […]
Columns
Robert “Bubba” Nichols on ‘Top Gun’
To hear Robert “Bubba” Nichols describe it, working as a recordist sounds a little like serving as a fighter pilot. Okay, okay — pilots operate under life-and-death pressures in the air, while recordists toil under far less challenging conditions on a re-recording stage. […]
Features
Disney’s Deus Ex Machine Shop
In the early days of the motion picture industry, progress often required that new technologies be innovated by a studio that was advancing the art of cinema. […]
Columns
Blame It on the Beatles
The Launch of an All-Around Sound Career
When I was born and raised in the west San Fernando Valley in the late 1950s; television was black-and-white, radio was mono and AM radio channel KHJ with “The Real Don Steele” was the coolest thing. […]