I can’t embed this short film & I respect that – youtube & even vimeo have their limits in terms of the quality of streaming videos, so go watch it here as a quicktime video…. its definitely worth your time…
The Creative Cost of Piracy
Everyone knows piracy is an issue, and the worst kind of piracy has to be the leak. There is no greater insult to an artist than for their work to be stolen & released to the world before it is…
Why Film Festivals Matter
One of the best things about winter in New Zealand is the Film Festival, and its always a lottery as to whether I’m flat out working at the time & have to juggle schedules to catch movies, or I’m between…
Bending reality
When VFX first started to make their presence felt in movies, I was like a fan boy! Yeah! More, more, more – there simply cannot be too many VFX in any movie! But as the years passed I slowly became…
Oh the tragedy!
Ben Burt was robbed! I can’t really imagine it keeps him awake at night, and as with any awards ceremony if you dont win at least all that adrenalyn is dissipated instantly (as in; sheesh at least now I don’t…
Tantrum 101
Ok, can you guess who the actor is throwing the massive tantrum on set? download tantrum mp3
Oscar Nominations Announced
The Oscar nominations were announced this morning – heres the sound nominations, congratulations to everyone involved! Whats your picks? I suspect Wall E has a good chance at cleaning up both categories which would be double Oscars for Ben Burtt…
Film Marketing
There is a very good indepth article about movie marketing in the New Yorker here that also provides an interesting insight into the minds & behaviour of Hollywood studios… heres a few excerpts: “It is often said in Hollywood that…
SlumDog Millionaire Production Audio
There is a very interesting article here about the production sound recordist for the hit movie SlumDog Millionaire by Danny Boyle. Heres a little excerpt – I am (nearly) always very impressed with the great work production sound people do;…
The role of Sound Effects in film…
There was an interesting post on the gearslutz forum a while back quoting something composer Danny Elfman said; the article/interview cited was called: “Sound Effects Suck.” But rather than be reactionary, what he has to say is worth thinking about,…
How R2D2 got his name
Here is the perfect gift for the Star Wars fan that has everything – an R2D2 media centre/video projector/ipod dock! But wait theres more! A Millenium Falcon remote control! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpVQ_BXZOHw I think R2D2 is one the coolest robots in film…
Berlinale Talent Campus – the good, the bad & the absent…
Back in February 2006 I was lucky enough to attend the Berlinale Talent Campus, I’ll explain what it is & my experiences, which were mostly good, often brilliant & inspiring, but also importantly in the year I attended, totally lacking…
Show of Hands
Show of Hands is a film by Anthony McCarten that we completed sound design for earlier this year, so I was thrilled to hear the other day that it had been accepted to screen at the Montreal Film Festival. The…
The Six Stages of Film Production
Thankfully I havent been in any situations where this could be applied but it made me smile to read it… The Six Stages of Film Production 1. Wild Enthusiasm 2. Total Confusion 3. Utter Despair 4. Search for the Guilty…