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Creating Blade Runner 2049's Sound

Mon, 11/20/2017 - 09:39 -- Pro Sound Effects

The sound of Blade Runner 2049 is striking. Even non-soundfolk are likely to recognize the crucial role it plays throughout the expansive follow-up to Ridley Scott’s 1982 sci-fi cult classic. Artfully sweeping from immersive to hyper-focused to nearly silent, the film’s stellar sound propels the viewer through a dystopian world feeling at once futuristic yet jarringly human. Leading the sound team was supervising sound editor Mark Mangini: winner of the 2016 Best Sound Editing Academy Award for Mad Max: Fury Road, and renowned audio post veteran with over 100 film credits across several decades.

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MPSE to Honor John Paul Fasal with Career Achievement Award

Mon, 11/13/2017 - 13:05 -- Nick Dager

The Motion Picture Sound Editors announced today that it will present sound designer and sound recordist John Paul Fasal with its 2018 MPSE Career Achievement Award. A 30-year veteran of the sound industry, Fasal has contributed to more than 150 motion pictures and is best known for his groundbreaking work in field recording. Among his many credits are Top Gun, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, Interstellar, The Dark Knight, American Sniper and this year’s box office hit Dunkirk. Fasal will receive his award at the MPSE Golden Reel Awards ceremony, February 18, 2018 in Los Angeles.

Alchemy Adds Second NY Foley Stage

Tue, 10/03/2017 - 13:16 -- Nick Dager

Alchemy Post Sound has added a second Foley stage to its facility in New York. The new space is designed to complement the company’s original Foley stage with a live sound environment meant to enhance the production of interior effects that can benefit from natural ambiance. The new stage will also enable Alchemy to boost production, allowing two Foley teams to work simultaneously.

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Sony Pictures Upgrades Foley Department

Mon, 09/25/2017 - 12:20 -- Nick Dager

Sony Pictures Post Production Services has completed a major upgrade of its Foley department, adding new, state-of-the-art recording technology to its control room and stage where sound effects for scores of studio features, including the current hit Spider-Man: Homecoming, have been produced.

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Avid S6 M40 control surface
Avid Pro Tools HDX digital audio workstation
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MPSE to Sponsor Sound for Picture Event

Fri, 09/08/2017 - 10:30 -- Nick Dager

For the fourth straight year, the Motion Picture Sound Editors will serve as event sponsor for Mix Presents Sound for Film and TV, an all-day exhibition and conference spotlighting the technologies and techniques behind sound for picture, from production to playback. The event is scheduled for September 16 at Sony Pictures Studios, the event host sponsor.

Recording Ambient Sound

Tue, 08/29/2017 - 12:14 -- Nick Dager

As a Foley mixer, Geordy Sincavage has worked on a variety of films and television series throughout his career, including The Revenant, and HBO original series' The Leftovers and Westworld. Sincavage is the owner of Sinc Sound, a sound effects company that records ambient sound for productions, without using an audio library.

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Broadway Video’s Pelino Nominated for Sound Emmy

Mon, 07/31/2017 - 12:05 -- Nick Dager

Sue Pelino of Broadway Video was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Awards as part of the sound mixing team for outstanding sound mixing for a variety series or special. The nomination was awarded to the audio production team on the 2017 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony that aired on HBO. Pelino served as re-recording mixer on the project.

Foley Plays a Good Time Role

Tue, 07/11/2017 - 15:25 -- Nick Dager

Alchemy Post Sound provided Foley effects for Good Time, the new thriller from directors Benny and Josh Safdie, supporting its action, vivid imagery and dark humor with creative sound. Working under the direction of supervising sound editor Ryan M. Price, MPSE, and re-recording mixer Evan Mangiamele, the Alchemy team (consisting of Foley artists Leslie Bloome and Joanna Fang and Foley mixers Ryan Collison and Nicholas Seaman) produced a vast assortment of custom sounds in preparing the film for festival screenings.

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Storyline Changes the Audio Workflow

Mon, 07/10/2017 - 12:40 -- Nick Dager

For Gisle Tveito, a 26-year veteran, supervising sound editor, dubbing mixer, and one of the owners of Storyline, getting the sound design process to run closer to parallel with the video editing process has always been a goal. While many sound departments wait for picture-lock before starting to work on the sound, the team at Storyline is breaking the mold of the traditional serial workflow by closely aligning audio with video editors from the first cut.

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