This is the first time I've ever heard of this, and I've worked with Lucasfilm doing sound design and mixing for nearly all of the last 25 years. It's...
... From a study of at least 20 years ago (not related to Lucasfilm): - When subjects are asked to judge only the Audio Quality of an AudioVisual stimulus the...
This reminds me of "the old days", when we mixed to a film image. Most pre-mixing and final mixing was done to a "slash dupe" print, invariably black & white....
Absolutely, Steve! Everybody I know who worked with black and white dupes experienced this phenomenon. My crackpot theory is that since our heads tend to be ...
I've heard this story too. Perhaps someone should make a Skywalker urban legends website? The other variation on this I heard was something about Pixar or...
Eric Johnson
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Sep 2, 2003 11:00 pm
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... Re: [sound-article-list] Re: looking for a study... Yeah and now its happening all over again with the new visual effects insanity. What used to be black...
Thanks for the replies. The answer below came to me off the list... ... This was the article I had heard referenced. I tried a quick search of the MIT...
I also think there was (is - as Andrew refers to in his post with VFX/CGI work-in-progress Avid/FCP cuts etc these days) an element of sitting back and finally...
Greetings- I've been lurking for some months and have really enjoyed the list. I'm a sound designer and composer living in Europe and working for clients in...
Aaron Day
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Sep 3, 2003 4:55 pm
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... Last month I was designing martial arts effects. VFX kept arriving and always changed in a way they no longer matched the sound. Which was, of course,...
Why does "this group discourages technical discussions about tools used to record sound"? Is it beacuse its not artie enough? Is the sound design community so...
If you track the rest of the messages, you will find one by Randy Thom -who clearly has no problem discussing technical problems or tools- explaining this and...
It is useful to have different groups which specialize in different areas. = On a given day, if you're more interested in talking about mics, pre-amps,...
I am working on a statement of what the job of Sound Designer for films, games and commercials is: Sound designers are the worlds best listeners first. They...
Geoff Edwards
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Oct 3, 2003 9:10 pm
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Hi Geoff, I would add that they can confirm and also contradict the Trompe l'oeil (nearly) that is 12<>30 fps 50/60Hz, regards, James Faculty of Creative Arts...
I like to think of a sound designer as someone whose job it is to help the writer, director, and editor figure out how to use sound in the story as well as how...
Are these extraordinary aurally gifted people always male? Ian <<< Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2003 14:13:35 -0700 From: Geoff Edwards <lakeside@...> Subject:...
... Hello Ian! Good point Your making there! About 25% of the scollars I teach are female, and a great part of these are now enyoying very succesful careers as...
I think that Sound Designer is someone that believe in the fact that Sounds are the best communication way ever used by human race. The fastest way to speak...
Gianni Ricciardi
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Oct 6, 2003 5:16 am
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Hi, Gianni: I agree. I should add something else: Sound is the fastest way because the ear perceives faster than the eye. This might be "sound" strange, but...
Hi Mr. Thom, Of course yours is a very valid description. I will use similar words to describe what I do thanks. I am working on a little artsy piece of video...
Geoff Edwards
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Oct 6, 2003 4:10 pm
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I admit I'm a bit of a romantic too. Otherwise, why would I suggest, contrary to most evidence, that a sound designer would or should ever have an opportunity...
hi! newbie here... i'm presently taking a sound design class for my film course and find it absoluely fascinating... primarily i'm a visual person, but taking...
Hi, I'm a newbie here, sorry to just come straight in with a question! I was wondering if anyone has any comments on the MA in "Post Production : Sound Design"...
Hi, Can someone tell me which piece of music was used for the BBC coverage of this event. Many thanks, James ===== Sending from 56 North 3minutes West. ...
Hey Steve, I'm from last years bunch - just finishing off my dissertation! If you do the course because you enjoy working creatively with sound, and want to...
For those of you who live in Northern California and might be interested in attending... I'll be conducting a seminar on sound design at Pixar Animation...
I've noticed that a lot of you have mentioned these 2 great movies with regrads to having excellent sound design in film but have not really gone on in detail...
I've talked about those films some other time, but I would like to insist in some things (and scenes). The Godfather has many sound ideas: not only that...
