Contender – Supervising Sound Editor Shannon Mills, Pirates of the Caribbean:...
On any franchise it gets tough to “keep it fresh” when it comes to sound. On the fourth installment of Walt Disney Pictures’ Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, three-time winner and nine-time...
View ArticleContender – Supervising Sound Editor Eric Aadahl, Argo
Sometimes sound design starts with research, according to Erik Aadahl, supervising sound editor and sound designer for Argo. He offered, "Authenticity is so important in a film like this based on true...
View ArticleContender – Sound Mixer Drew Kunin, Life Of Pi
For production sound mixer Drew Kunin, working on director Ang Lee's Life Of Pi was anything but business as usual.
View ArticleContender – Sound Editor Eugene Gearty, Life Of Pi
Sound design on director Ang Lee’s Life Of Pi required a tremendous amount of ocean sounds for a major part of the movie that takes place aboard small life boat adrift in the Pacific ocean. The epic...
View ArticleContender – Sound Mixer Michael Semanick, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Everyone is talking about shooting the new Peter Jackson film, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey in 48 frames per second – as opposed to the normal 24 fps – and what the doubled frame rate does to...
View ArticleContender – Composer Dan Romer, Beasts of the Southern Wild
One of the more unusual soundtracks from this year’s crop of Oscar contender films comes from a relative newcomer, Dan Romer, who co-composed the score for the movie Beasts of the Southern Wild with...
View ArticleContender – Sound Editor Brent Burge, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
One of the hardest things for the sound team on a big picture like The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, the prequel to the Lord of the Rings film trilogy, is to make it sound familiar and yet new and...
View ArticleContender – Sound Editor Wylie Stateman, Django Unchained
For Quentin Tarantino, sound is extremely important. He has stated that even before he starts writing, he selects an opening credit theme song, and that starts the writing process. According to Wylie...
View ArticleFor Your Consideration – What Makes for Award-Winning Sound Editing
It’s a given that all the top choices for best sound editing are first-rate candidates. After all, if a picture is an awards contender, every element of the film, including sound, has to be at the...
View Article60th MPSE Golden Reel Awards
Life of Pi was the big winner at the 60th Annual Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) Golden Reel awards at the Bonaventure Hotel in downtown Los Angeles Sunday night.
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