Every time I start a film project, in the back of my mind is the eternal question; in hindsight, and five years from now, how will I reflect on this project? Its a hard question I know, but the older…
A Walking Sampler
If someone told me this was fake I would believe them, but with David Attenborough involved it would have to be a serious injoke to warrant the effort… best you decide; are you a cynic or a believer? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HatwDWfnkbA
CAN YOU SCREAM?
Have you ever had to record screams? We needed some for a film a few years back & for the same film needed a female loop group, so at the end of the ADR session we asked each woman to…
NO MUSIC DAY!
Incase you were unaware, as I too was until ten minutes ago, today has been No Music Day – so forgive me Father for I have sinned, such is life in the early part of the global time zone. But…
SD101: Wooshes
Ok this post comes with a warning: if its your first sound post gig & you want to be overtly, obviously, naively stylistic then please go ahead and misuse/abuse what I am about to suggest; use it on every whip…
No reason…
Speakers as ART?
Not sure I could ever call speakers sexy – whatever cranks your dial I guess – but many of the speakers featured in this rant definitely wouldnt look out of place in an art gallery… and given the price tag…
A Piano with gravity
Grotrian are a company who make pianos, real ones, not ROMplers or whatever… but that doesnt preclude them from engaging in a bit of beautiful interactive work, which in this case involves an algorthymic pianola, which utilises physics of gravity…
SAW ORCHESTRA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFEnvUpEQFU
Theremin orchestra
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09q9JFceY10 love the group pitch ramp on the first note of the theremins!
MAKING A BREAK
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7GGkKpBR-g brilliant!
Japanese Motion Graphics
I love animation, motion graphics & VFX….. but only when they blurr your sense of reality – not, as seen in many big budget & dumb Hollywood flicks, but more often as seen in short films and music videos where…
FX Recording in Japan with a Zoom H2 Recorder
Unfortunately just before I left for my trip to Japan my Fostex FR2 recorder died. Although I wasnt planning to take it and my Sanken shotgun mic & Rycote with me, I did want to be able to record sounds…
How much music is too much?
Arrived home (Wellington, New Zealand) last night at midnight after an indeterminate amount of time flying back from Tokyo… I crossed enough time zones as to have no real idea as to how long the flights took but it was…
30 Days of Night Q&A
I just completed a Q&A for the excellent filmsounddaily site and its online now – have a read here. Also great news; 30 Days of Night was number one at box office in USA for its first weekend and is…
Timelapse #2 Shinjuku
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYiCB1-YdMg
MY FIRST TIMELAPSE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eacFTZlyKnk Its really just a test but its the first time I have shot timelapse with my Canon D30 controlled by a TC80N3… the youtube vid is so reduced in quality it isnt funny – the D30 is shooting about…
AWAY…
Please excuse my lack of posting here, but if you want to check out some of my photos from Japan then have a look at my TRAVEL ZEN photo blog
great sound/foggy video
I mean foggy video in a good/interesting way! Tomorrow I am going to go check out an installation at the ICC Gallery in Shinjuku, Tokyo featuring the work of Ryuichi Sakamoto and Shiro Takatani… The project is called LIFE and…
Nervous Flying?
then dont watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMZM_RSs8bM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzVAWrKcCDE From the brilliant movie Flight Club – I’ve often since wondered if this film would get funded if it was made now, in the current political climate? Hmmmmm… And incase you haven’t seen it,…