Hi all, I was wondering if any of you had a template for writing out treatments for film sound designs. Ičve scoured the net but nothing seems to be indexed...
If any exist I haven't seen them. Can you be more specific about what you're looking for? Every film is so different from every other film that it's...
i was asked once to write a sound design treatment for a script. not being a writer, we simply used to the traditional script format, and wrote scenes out...
I understand. My appologies for not being more specific. The words "template" and "treatment" may not have been the correct words to use. I'm basically...
Hi, Shaun! Some very broad stroke statements about sound style for a given film and for sequences within can be useful to you as the sound designer as well as...
Hey all, Is it just me or has anyone else noticed a change in the style of short films? Not only are they getting more ambitious but they are more and more...
If you're the sort of person that likes to have lots of charts and diagrams to aid you during your sound designing (something I get my students to do but don't...
Randy & devan, Thank you both so much for enlightening me more as to the process. Your responses have been very, very helpful. Thanks for taking the time!!! ...
I'm in the final stages of my PhD and I'm about to apply for academic jobs. What I was wondering is if anyone could direct me to universities and colleges in...
Dear Group. I'm hoping that someone of you could help me with contacting Richard Beggs. I'm about to start writing my thesis and "Rumble Fish" might become a...
Hi, I'm finishing a BSc degree in media and music technology and have been looking at a sound design Masters degree here in the UK for next year. The details...
Hi John, I couldn't see a link in that e-mail, maybe hotmail zapped it. It's not the Bournemouth course, because they offer an MA - is it the MSc at Edinburgh?...
Hey John, I thought I would chime in with my 2 cents. Im a big advocate of taking some time between undergrad and graduate school to find out if you actually...
Don't waste your money. I've gotten my sound design gigs by hustling, practicing my craft, having a musical background, and (most importantly), being social...
Aaron Diecker
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Jul 8, 2005 12:29 am
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I agree that these are all important aspects of growing as a sound designer. In fact you have named the main reason I am attending graduate school, taking a...
Hi everyone I saw a new Australian film called "Oyster Farmer" last night. I was troubled by a sense of 'unreality' about the early scenes. Much of the action...
Sally Corbett
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Jul 8, 2005 6:15 am
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This is one of the things that drove me out of the theater at "Cold Mountain" - woman on ground, worker fella on top of a house, both of them front and center...
Hi, Sally! Haven't seen or heard "Oyster Farmer," so I can't comment on it specifically. Your description does make it sound fairly odd. Hard to imagine I...
... Randy, thank you for your posts. You're especially eloquent in addressing Sally's distaste for the "Oyster Farmer" sound, which I don't doubt is merely...
Claudia Gorbman
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Jul 8, 2005 4:20 pm
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My experience may more directly reflect yours in that I worked in theatre for quite a while. First Sound design in Theatre and Film are very different. A...
Thanks so much, Claudia, for the kind words. I can only take credit for a few of the principal sounds in the movie, though. Richard King was the sound...
Hi Randy. I certainly don't feel it is sacrosanct, just that for me - personally - when it destroys the effect of the rest of the ambiance (visuals, setup,...
Dear Claudia, Sally and Randy: I agree with you Claudia, that the combination of Steven Spielberg, Randy Thom, plus Richard King, and Michael Kahn (do not...
Thanks Randy, once again for a stimulating reply. As soon as I sent my post I began anticipating such a discussion about the idea of 'reality' and 'unreality'....
Sally Corbett
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Jul 9, 2005 12:34 am
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Hi Friends, just joing the discussion on ambience/location sound. just to be brief , sound about a film gets written about when it is bad , similarly when...
pharikumar kumar Pillai
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Jul 9, 2005 4:40 pm
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Aaron, There is a lot to be said of musicians who think they can be sound designers. Having been trained in both and with plenty of professional experience I...
Hi Randy, I agree with you in part. Sound is definately an integral component in creating illusion OR reality in film and other visual media for that matter, ...
joe morrow
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Jul 9, 2005 4:41 pm
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Hey Scott, Thanks for your thoughts. While I love theatrical design I have found it to be very limiting in some ways (especially in the regional theater...
"We suspend our disbelief, and we are entertained." Perhaps the hardest thing for those of us involved in the entertainment industry is to suspend our...
Hello all, With all the talk in the group about the audio design in today's features I must say that there is still a lot of "educating" to be done to the ...
