Features
Mixing the French Way: Working on ‘Le Divorce’ in Paris
I recently traveled to Paris to mix ‘Le Divorce’. […]
Sound
Features
Recording Artists: One of the Oldest Sound Classifications Faces Uncertainty
Perhaps no other classification in the Guild is so caught in the middle between yesterday and tomorrow, with one foot in the analogue past and the other in the digital present, and a future that is still very much to be determined. […]
Union Made
UINON MADE: A Sound Career Decision
With an electronics background in the Guard, I acquired a 1st Class FCC license in the hope that it might open a door to the industry––and it did! […]
Features
They Make the Noises for the Talkies: Foley Artists are of Sound Mind and Body
What is a Foley artist? 41 years after its namesake’s death, Foley is among the last bastions of organic filmmaking––a cinematic art that is still relatively untouched by the digital revolution, and whose true origin belongs more to the Golden Age of radio than to the visual medium it so greatly enhances. […]
Features
Troubleshooting Stars:
Sound Techs to the Rescue
Though their jobs run the gamut from low-tech to the highest levels of digital file management, they all have certain attributes in common: an ability to step into a variety of situations. […]
This Quarter in Film History
‘Broadway’ Playback
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s film legacy is its musicals. Perhaps because it was the most politically conservative of the major studios, MGM was more comfortable with melodramas and musicals than with social issues. […]
Features
Sound Trek:
The Audio Explorations of Ben Burtt
The crack of Indiana Jones’ whip, the roar of an Imperial TIE fighter, the hum and crackle of clashing lightsabers, the voice of Wall-E speaking through his circuitry… all can be traced to the same source: sound designer extraordinaire Ben Burtt. […]
Union Made
UNION MADE: The Mixing Console as a Musical Instrument
As a conductor leads an orchestra, and a composer creates ideas and sounds, so does a mixer. All the elements of dialogue, sound effects, music, creativity and technical ability coalesced as a career choice. My goal of sound for picture evolved. […]
Features
Mix Master: Kevin O’Connell’s Brilliant Sound Career
“I believe that movies are getting more and more complex visually, and the more visually complex they get, the more they have to rely on the sound to sell those visual effects.” – Kevin O’Connell […]
Features
‘Basterd’ Sounds:
Wylie Stateman and Harry Cohen
From hyper-real audio effects to vintage-sounding equipment, the sound in a Quentin Tarantino film is always distinctive. it has been the handiwork of supervising sound editor Wylie Stateman and sound designer Harry Cohen, MPSE. […]
