Features
Brando Talks! and Superman Listens
“Brando’s voice and presence serve as a memory bridge back to that time.” – Craig Berkey supervising sound editor/sound designer […]
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Features
Mmmm… Popcorn: ‘The Simpsons’ Goes to the Movies
The Simpsons Movie will not feel like most animated films of recent years, what with its 2-D production and an almost minimalist soundscape. […]
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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. […]
