Freelancing with Sanity – a quick guide to be an awesome respectable badass
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 […]
Author Archives: melissapons
Thinking Natural Soundscapes in Films
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 […]
3 Film Directors That Place Importance on Sound
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 […]
Working Across Aesthetic Boundaries
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 […]
Using Sound Design to reveal the under layers
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 […]
Nocturnal Sounds of the Atlantic Forest
*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 […]
The Wind Rises – Sound Design Analysis III – challenging and supporting the notions of vococentrism
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 […]
Being a sound guy as a girl…
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 […]
The Wind Rises sound design analysis II – elements of nature / the earthquake
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 […]
The Wind Rises – sound design analysis I – the oneiric realm of Jiro (part 2)
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 […]
