Randy Thom on ‘Making Waves,’ the Documentary That Gives Voice to 90 Years of Sound in Movies
“Sound is generally undervalued as a creative asset, and sound people are undervalued as creative contributors.” […]
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What Our Members Do: Michael Babcock, Supervising Sound Editor/Sound Designer/Re-Recording Mixer
“I do my most creative work when there are constraints.” […]
Now Hear This: 2019 Mix Event at Sony Gave Sound Pros a Chance to Pick Up Secrets Buried in the Tracks
“The show’s music sets the tone.” […]
2019 Emmys: See Photos of the Guild’s Nominated Women at MPEG Awards Brunch
“This event has grown in the most wonderful ways.” […]
Emmys 2019: Foley Team Alyson Dee Moore and Chris Moriana Make the Right Noise on ‘Barry’ and ‘Star Trek: Discovery’
“This isn’t the real world … That’s our challenge, right?” […]
A Bundle of Sounds – New Krotos Audio Plug-Ins Cover a Spectrum of Sonic Effects
Along with a compelling musical score, convincing sound effects are one of the most important audible ingredients in a motion picture or television production. In a movie with a chase scene through the downtown area of a city, all sorts of sounds are required, such as revving engines, flying helicopters and the rapid fire of automatic weapons. In an off-world, sci-fi movie, you might need the sounds of futuristic spaceships, laser beams and robots (maybe even a scary monster or two). Whatever the movie happens to be, if you’re the sound designer, you’ll need to create authentic effects so that audiences believe what they’re watching is real. […]
Gregg Barbanell on ‘Breaking Bad’
Like most Foley artists, Gregg Barbanell, MPSE, aims for his work to go undetected by audiences. After all, footsteps should sound like they are emanating from the shoes of the actor who appears on screen, not the Foley artist behind-the-scenes, right? […]
A Sonic Odyssey: Sound Editors Share Their Personal Effects Library
The Odyssey Collection: Complete is a library featuring more than 100,000 sound effects in close to 300 categories. The library was created from sound editors Mark Mangini and Richard L. Anderson’s private archive built-up over 30 years of working in the feature film and TV post-production industries. […]
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. […]
What Our Members Do: Rick Owens, MPSE
“As a Foley artist creating sound effects on a sound stage, I am responsible for bringing a natural human element to a sound track by re-creating the movements of characters as seen on screen: footsteps, clothes, props, etc.” […]