Features
Demme Does Dogme: Sound Crew Overcomes Obstacles
Director Jonathan Demme put his talented sound design and editing crew up to a Dogme 95-style challenge for his latest feature, Rachel Getting Married. […]
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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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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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Train Spotting
Scoring Mixer Bobby Fernandez
Catches ‘The 15:17 to Paris’
Robert “Bobby” Fernandez was never in any doubt about what he wanted to be while growing up. “My mother used to take me every week to see a movie in downtown Los Angeles,” he recalls. “I always wanted to be a scoring mixer — even before I understood the job.” […]
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My Morning with Marlon: ADR Editor Vs. Superman’s Father
“I had no other recourse but to go to work…or pretend to…” – Norman B. Schwartz […]
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Teaching Sound Consciousness: The USC Years
Having retired after 45 years in the business, Don Hall, was asked to join the University of Southern California’s School of Cinema. “After I retired in January 1996, my wife Teddy and I started to do all the things retired people do,” Hall remembers. […]
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How I Mixed Your Mother: Sitcom Sound Guys Charlie McDaniel & Bob Bradford Reveal Their Workflow
In the time-critical world of half-hour TV sitcoms, the seasoned team of re-recording mixer Charlie McDaniel and sound editor Bob Bradford has lead the way for the past 18 years. As McDaniel explains, “We have four hours — maybe six for the busier shows — to mix and print master 22 minutes of surround sound, and then prep the room for the next session.” […]
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‘Lost in Space’ Again…50 Years Later
An unexpected landing on a distant planet spells danger for the Robinson family. If that sounds vaguely like a flashback to baby boomers who watched primetime TV back in the Sixties, it is. Well, sort of… […]
