Sound

Book Reviews

School of Doc

February 16, 2018

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

June 7, 2019

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. […]

Columns

Gregg Barbanell on ‘Breaking Bad’

April 1, 2019

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? […]

Web Exclusives

What Our Members Do: Rick Owens, MPSE

March 1, 2019

“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.” […]

Awards

2019 Oscars: Post-Production ‘Rhapsody’

February 25, 2019

Once again, in what has become a trend at recent Oscars, the awards in all three post-production categories were swept by the same film, in this year’s case ‘Bohemian Rhapsody,’ the biopic of the British rock band Queen and its charismatic lead singer, Freddie Mercury. […]