When Thelonious Monk sat down at a piano for the first time in a club, he would play a wild arpeggio which would cover most of the keys on the piano. If he...
Actually I think there are, or should be, opportunities for artistry in almost any piece of "commercial" work. Taking mainstream conventions and twisting them...
Hello guys, Randy, let's go further than The Godfather, and think of a film like Jurassic Park. The film has a lot of known Spielberg's topics, but in many ...
I agree about JP. I don't think anybody was suggesting it in a post, but I resist strongly the idea that the only interesting art is either bizarre, overtly...
I work primarily on lo/no/micro budget projects. Most of the time I am retained after the first edit is completed, and that happens when the client realizes...
Gustavo wrote: "the outstanding use low frequencies (remember the first appearance of the Tyrannosaurus Rex, close shot of a glass of water being moved by the...
Well, if we think of Mozart's The Magic Flute, it was not consider exactly an opera at the time, it was a singspiel, which is a sort of a light musical....
Hola Ernesto, For sure Bergman's film is a masterpiece, and the use of low frequencies is great, mostly those scene with things coming from the window (I guess...
Hi Robert, Maybe I am wrong about Michael Bay, and instead of being provocative, I should be more careful in mentioning some names. For me it is easier, since ...
I think there are many reasons not to say negative things about living filmmakers on this forum. One of the best reasons is that "dissing" is such an easy and...
Hi Randy, I absolutely agree with you,... acoustics ionvolve those concept that were discussed many threats ago about Sound concepts,... warmness, coldness,......
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One of the best lessons I learned when growing up was "It's very hard to make friends, it's very easy to make enemies."...
Hi Randy, Aside from lobbying for the best/cleanest production recording what sort of pre-production discussion about acoustics are you referring to? I'm...
just wanted to say that i never intended to turn this topic into a commerce vs art thing. the beauty of cinema is that the lines between high brow and low brow...
Here in Europe the situation can be quite different. When a director deems himself to be sound-conscious (whether he really is or not is another question), he ...
I would like to weigh in, in response to Uncle Bob's question about when sound teams are hired for Post. I think this one aspect of my own career is typical...
"Cinéma copain" means working with buddies ("copain" being the French word for buddy), i. e. in a flat hierarchy, as opposed to the studio production mode ...
David's description of the usual process is accurate. The process I'm advocating is not the usual. It's based on the way Walter Murch has worked with...
Hi, Mitch! When cinematographers and production designers meet with directors in pre-production they talk about, among many things, the quality of light they...
It occurs to me that at the end of the scene it could be cool to "follow" the street sounds coming in from the little broken alcove window as they waft into...
Yes I do. I've said in numerous posts that Walter's position as picture editor on most of the films he's also supervised the sound for has put him in a nearly...
The point I was trying to get at was, the way to realize these kind of changes is to cultivate relationships with filmmakers and to insinuate oneself into the...
You should pose the question to the propsal for the name change: "Deaf Arts" and let let the administration know that the new department will no longer...
<unclebob6958@ > I am a filmmaking teacher in Chongqing China. Could you help me to get Murch's article mentioned in your post "Stretching Sound to Help the...
That article, and a whole lot more, can be found at www.filmsound.org The Murch article is here: www.filmsound.org/murch/stretching.htm Peace, Uncle Bob ALCOVE...
