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 […]
Category Archives: Sound Design
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
How I came to record bits of the Atlantic Forest
The Atlantic Forest domain stretches from the northeastern to the southern regions of Brazil and northern Argentina and southeastern Paraguay. In the northeastern part of Brazil it occupies a thin coastal strip not […]
II. The History of Sound in the Cinema: Magnetic:The Turning Point?
Georges Sadoul, on his book Histoire du Cinéma Mondial, des Origines à nos Jours, published in 1949, commented on the revolution that had been taking ground, concerning sound: The flexibility of the magnetic process […]
I. The History of Sound in the Cinema
This is one of a series of posts I’d like to keep writing about. To begin, I want to share this amazing article by Dion Hanson of Dolby Laboratories. Bellow, I provide […]
