Extremely Loud and Incredible Close is one of those films that I will remember for a long time. The excellent sound design makes it a great experience. The excerpt above is by far what got my ears most attention. Not only is this dialogue edit impressive by itself as it translates Oskar´s emotions and state of mind […]
Category: Sound Editing
Why Editing Recordings is so Rewarding
In the current week I’ve been given the very cool task of recording and editing mechanical sounds for my Sound Design course at the Masters I am attending. My first idea – and actually concretion – was to record a copy machine. I love machine sounds and now I do even more. So, I was […]
III. The History of Sound in the Cinema: The Alchemists of Sound
Once more, a link to a BBC production. On the previous post of this series, I questioned the role of the magnetic tape on sound design development in its early days. Here, this question is answered, around many many interesting matters on sound, processes, archive footages and much more… What follows you encounter at DocumentaryStorm: […]
Sound Editing – The Invisible Art
Very recently, on a one-day ride, I edited the sound of this footage by Sérgio Miguel Silva. As he went to this very important public protest with his camera, the final video was composed of short shots in a rhythmic editing. For sound, this meant a lot of abrupt cuts, broken rhythm a little less […]
Air Conditioned Sound is your friend too
Whilst we spent time and brain cells to cut off air conditioned from a lot of recordings, some weeks ago, in the studio, my friend and owner at the place – João Azevedo – was looking at the air conditioned tube for the tenth time and saying ‘we should record this sometime. I’m sure that […]