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Author Archives: melissapons

Freelancing with Sanity – a quick guide to be an awesome respectable badass

March 22, 2019by melissapons 9 Comments

For the past 5 years I have been freelancing as a sound mixer and now exclusively as a sound editor & designer. If you had at least one client as […]

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Thinking Natural Soundscapes in Films

December 10, 2018by melissapons Leave a comment

Being a natural environment enthusiast, a field recordist and a sound designer it has been great to research for this article. There I mention Chris Watson approach to build a […]

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Creative Process, Emotions & Sound Design, Field Recording, SFX, Sound Design, Sound Editing, Sound Recording

3 Film Directors That Place Importance on Sound

November 13, 2018by melissapons Leave a comment

What follows is an article I wrote for the SFX website SoundSnap. I discuss some examples of films of Terrence Malick, Gus Van Sant and Hayao Miyazaki (whose sound design’s […]

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Creative Process, Emotions & Sound Design, Field Recording, Sound Design, Sound Editing

Working Across Aesthetic Boundaries

January 22, 2018by melissapons 2 Comments

Recently my name was short listed amongst incredible field recordings on SoundFly, an audio educational website with great content that is definitely worth following (I’m still stunned by this!!) What […]

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Creative Process, Field Recording, Sound Design, Sound Recording

Using Sound Design to reveal the under layers

November 11, 2017by melissapons Leave a comment

Two films I am involved in inspired me mostly to write this article. I have been giving this matter a lot of thought, which bursted particularly while working for 8 […]

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Creative Process, Documentary, Emotions & Sound Design, Sound Design

Nocturnal Sounds of the Atlantic Forest

July 28, 2017by melissapons 1 Comment

*purchase the album at any price you’d like – half of the profit will be donated to Iracambi* This album combines my interest for field recording and nature. A post […]

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Field Recording, Sound Recording

The Wind Rises – Sound Design Analysis III – challenging and supporting the notions of vococentrism

May 21, 2017by melissapons Leave a comment

For the purpose of this review, principles and notions from Chion are going to be referenced and hopefully challenged at times. Chion’s notion of the central role of voice in cinema […]

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Creative Process, Dialogue Editing, Emotions & Sound Design, Review, Sound Design

Being a sound guy as a girl…

May 18, 2017by melissapons 10 Comments

As I write I question myself if this is necessary, who are the ones who are going to raise eyebrows, what jobs will I be missing in the future. This might […]

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The Wind Rises sound design analysis II – elements of nature / the earthquake

May 8, 2017by melissapons 3 Comments

The earthquake In September 1923, Tokyo became a hell on earth. In less than three days, a magnitude approximate 7.9 earthquake and subsequent conflagrations reduced nearly half of Japan’s capital […]

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Creative Process, Emotions & Sound Design, Review, Sound Design, Sound Editing

The Wind Rises – sound design analysis I – the oneiric realm of Jiro (part 2)

April 30, 2017by melissapons 2 Comments

Part 1 of this analysis can be read here. 6/ [00:54:54] / A world with pyramids After his stay in Germany, Jiro proceeded west, sent by his company “to see […]

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Creative Process, Emotions & Sound Design, Review, SFX, Sound Editing

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