Awards
Oscars 2020: Here are All the MPEG Members Nominated for Academy Awards
The Oscar ceremony will be held February 9 at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood and will be telecast live on ABC. […]
Sound
Web Exclusives
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.” […]
What Our Members Do
What Our Members Do: Michael Babcock, Supervising Sound Editor/Sound Designer/Re-Recording Mixer
“I do my most creative work when there are constraints.” […]
Web Exclusives
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.” […]
Web Exclusives
2019 Emmys: See Photos of the Guild’s Nominated Women at MPEG Awards Brunch
“This event has grown in the most wonderful ways.” […]
Web Exclusives
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?” […]
Book Reviews
School of Doc
Jacob Bricca’s book on editing documentary film is a how-to that is firmly lodged in the digital technology of 2018. While new in many ways, it employs basic editing logic and draws on timeless, as well as current, examples to illustrate editing skills. […]
Departments
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. […]
Web Exclusives
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. […]
Columns
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? […]
