The “early bird” ticket sale prices for this animation master class end this evening. You can save up to $200 by taking advantage today. If you’ve ever been inspired to make your own animated film, don’t miss this LA event hosted by @aaronblaiseart.bsky.social
I'll be speaking at this 2 day animation event in May in LA. Learn about animation from concept to distribution with legends: John Musker, Ron Clements, Pam Coats, Peter Ramsey, & many more. I'll be speaking about sound (of course). Hope to see you there!
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Here’s a clip of the sound design I created for the start of the “drug phase” for Pizza Movie. This is the one you hear right before the “No Bad Words” phase begins. I love challenges like this where you can go in so many different directions
Much love to our fantastic filmmakers Nick Kocher, Brian McElhaney, Max Butler, Billy Rosenberg, Jason Zaro, Molle DeBartolo, John Sylva , Bobby Williams, Matt McBrayer, Wes Smith and the rest of the American High team. Thank you all! (4/4)
Thanks to our Skywalker Sound crew, Dmitri Makarov, Tim Farrell, Rich Quinn, Steve Slanec, Angela Ang, Malcolm Fife, Andrea Gard, Shelley Roden, Dennis Leonard, Trisha Golec, Dorothy Lee, Leff Lefferts, Pete Horner, Scott Lewis & our re-recording mixer Tony Villaflor (3/4)
I remember seeing an interview with David Lynch. He talked about how he was afraid to make an all out comedy because it’s too hard. So many comedies are based on rhythm & pacing. It has to be just right for the jokes to land. That was true for the dialogue but the sound FX. (2/4)
Pizza Movie has been released for the world to see (and hear)! This movie is ridiculous from top to bottom and it was so much fun for our Skywalker Sound team to collaborate on a crazy comedy with BriTANicK!
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I just wrote a @mpeg700.bsky.social letter: Keep Post in California Alive!
The legislation would support productions that complete sound, foley, picture editing, music recording/ mixing & VFX in CA.
This is a critical moment for industry support
Write one here:
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Yes you do
Safe travels!
You sure know how to craft cocktails!
Today I got to experience Kabe’s Oasis for the first time. It was everything I anticipated & so much more. I’m thankful to have such super cool Star Wars friends. Thank you @halfmoth.bsky.social & @hollyfrey.bsky.social!!!
Shredding gaffer tape & sellotape for #soundfx - new HISSandaROAR MiniFX Library released:
FX033 100K STICKY TAPE
recorded 192kHz with Sanken CUX100K mics
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Are you a fan of Francis Coppola, Walter Murch, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, and/or David Lynch? Have you seen the documentary film "Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound" that they all appear in? If not, you are missing out. It's available to stream on Peacock and Tubi
So many things had to go right (& wrong) with the making of this film for me to end up where I am today. If GWL hadn't gone over budget & hadn’t had to negotiate with Fox for the merchandising , there would be no Skywalker Ranch. It's where I've worked for the last 25 years (Skywalker Sound)
Thanks for checking it out
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Good friends of mine are shooting a short film in Missoula, Montana in a couple of months & they're looking for local actors. Here's the link to the casting call... www.spacedreamproductions.com/comic-relief
Please spread the word!
Shanna examines their habits & helps them detox their homes & lives. It’s a timely story & it makes you think twice about your plastics exposure. I hope you have some time to check it out and please spread the word about “The Plastics Detox” film on Netflix
“The Plastics Detox” dives into what microplastics & their chemicals are doing to our health & how we can take matters into our own hands. Reproductive epidemiologist Shanna H. Swan takes us on this journey with six couples who have been struggling to conceive. (2/3)
Today is the Netflix release of “The Plastics Detox” documentary. I’m the proud sound designer & this is the second film that I got to be a part of with filmmaker Louis Psihoyos. We previously collaborated together on “The Game Changers” (1/3)
Congrats Nathan!!
If you have the opportunity to experience the film ROCK SPRINGS in a theater at @sxsw, I highly recommend it. The score by Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe is both gorgeous & haunting. Support indie film & filmmakers who take big swings. (3/3)
These early sound experiments helped steer the sonic direction of the film. Vera & I developed a short hand. Many filmmakers think that early collaboration isn’t possible on a low budget film, but we proved them wrong on ROCK SPRINGS (2/3)
I had the honor of working with a very sound driven filmmaker recently & her film is screening at @sxsw. Vera Miao & I started collaborating early on the vocals of the creature for ROCK SPRINGS. This preliminary sound design helped inform the picture cut 🧵 (1/3)
my thoughts were about starting to think about sound as a storytelling device from the 1st concept, writing & planning stages of a project. This essay from Randy Thom entitled "Designing a Movie For Sound" brings all these thoughts together. (2/2) www.asoundeffect.com/designing-a-...
