I followed a bit the discussion about sound design and the myth of tecnology. I'm a programmer of a national festival (Slovenian Film Festival) which is...
Being a sound designer, I can tell you that some movies really need Dolby Digital. If your sound design includes a lot of low end, then you really need Dolby...
Jerome Boiteau
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Apr 1, 2002 1:13 pm
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Dear Jerome, thank you very much. You said you never rely on technology, when you are creating sound as part of a story. But I have a problem that all the...
nerina62, ... If the sound in the movies is used in creative ways which help to tell the story, I think the lack of Dolby Digital isn't really an issue. OK, it...
Hi Neb, I'm also a student of film sound who has a similar interest. As a matter of fact, what yout are looking for already exists to some extent not only in...
Mario Alves
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Apr 1, 2002 3:52 pm
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I agree with Pluk. If a theater with Dolby Digital is set up correctly (this is rare even in Beverly Hills) the sound will be noticeably better than a ...
If I was to make a decision, I would say listen to all the movies in the same room, making sure that this room is perfectly calibrated before (which is NEVER...
Jerome Boiteau
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Apr 1, 2002 8:24 pm
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I would like to thank you all for your precious advices. Tomorrow I could face the problem easier. Thank you lot! ... in the ... before (which ... that ... ...
I noticed the brief discussions about sound design in computer and video games as compared to cinematic sound design. Mario made an interesting assertion that...
Sally Corbett
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Apr 3, 2002 4:31 am
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I don't know if the terminology is for semi-laymen, but this article is chock full of new terms: "Audio-Vision and Sound," by Michel Chion It's chapter 9 in...
Carrie Giunta
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Apr 3, 2002 5:11 am
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Hello Sally, Im sound designer in game development company. I dont want make the difference between game and movies sound design. It just sound design :) But...
Dear all, I am currently studying Sound Design for the screen, and my tutor made an interesting point to sound design for games. He proposed that rather than...
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Hello all; ... And with what followed. But maybe there is one, if we take a more carefully look: The "big difference" in sound designing for movies or for...
webster
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Apr 3, 2002 12:52 pm
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Well, Sally, your questions are very pertinent, and can open up a broad discussion about the medium. What do I mean by more advanced?At first it is just ...
Mario Alves
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Apr 3, 2002 2:43 pm
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My feelings in this are that the baseline for this is that a good sound designer will do their job appropriate to the task or brief given. Passive or active...
Mary Dennison
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Apr 4, 2002 12:44 am
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Does technology rule? ... Do you think you can really call the innovations of our famous sound innovators like Walter Murch and Orson Welles (and many others) ...
Sally Corbett
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Apr 4, 2002 11:50 am
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Why not make an interesting exercise : I guess "Resident Evil" is screened worldwide, isn'it ? So let's go watch the movie and after playing the game or vice...
webster
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Apr 4, 2002 3:06 pm
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... Isn't this a bit too simple, though? Not speaking as a sound designer, it nevertheless seems natural for me to think that ideas in general also develop in...
Arnt Maasø
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Apr 4, 2002 3:49 pm
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I think the points are valid that a good sound designer is going to be good in either location, since the tools are the same but I will say that a game sound...
hi sally, in terms of emotional participation the terms passive and active are ambiguous. i was talking about the technical aspect of sound. the soundtrack in...
hi, thanks for all the feedback on cinematic sound design and game design. it's definitely a given that a sound designer will assess the restrictions of any...
I don't think there is anything intrinsic to the film medium which forces it to be voice-dominated. Listen to the first 45 minutes of The Black Stallion by...
I totally agree with Randy that there is nothing intrinsic in the film medium that makes it voice-dominated. Avant-garde, experimental and the Art Cinema...
thanks for your comments. naturally there are examples of film where dialogue is used sparingly. i was referring to mainstream hollywood film-that to me is...
I certainly agree that computer games, being new on the scene, have already evolved and will probably continue to evolve away from the traditional film...
Dear Randy Thom et al others With an impassioned affinity for sound as a medium, I'm respectfully writing to ask you your professional opinion regarding...
I don't know whether I hate the term "post modern" or just think it's silly. But by your definition, "Post Modernism' is the new, alternative application of...
