Hi, Rob! Just a thought or two about your post... It's almost always much easier to erect a light barrier than a sound barrier, even when it comes to covering...
... But even in the country, the noise increases. Try recording simple soft sound of nature and see how far you get before a plane flies by or a truck or some...
Well, I share the upset over our increasingly noisy world. I am quite the city girl, but am finding that I never chose to live in a city anymore. I simply...
... I wonder if there are any progressive Architecture practices out there who regularly simulate the acoustics of the spaces they are designing. Obviously the...
I, for the most part, agree with all of you. I don't necessarily believe that our world is too noisy. I mean, loud sounds have a time and a place, but the...
Matthew S. Makowski
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Dec 6, 2008 11:44 pm
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... Of course FAST food places are designed to be noisy to encourage you to eat and leave to make room for more "guests."...
Acoustics is a bit of a voodoo science. There are lots and lots of variables in every acoustic design project, some of which are almost impossible to...
Amen, Matthew! ... believe that our world is too noisy. I mean, loud sounds have a time and a place, but the overabundance of loudness, especially in films is ...
Oh yes. I live in NYC, and bars and most music venues here are terribly terribly loud. A friend of mine just had a birthday party at a bar and the music level...
I think what you're bringing up about action films, particularly super hero films, is incredibly relevant. Having to switch between dialog and action without...
My analogy for trying to explain this problem to non soundies (film maker/photographer/lay person) is to is engage their visual cortex with - Imaging painting...
Randy, I completely agree with you! I did the sound design for my friend's senior animation project and it sounded fantastic in the final mix, but when it was...
Matthew S. Makowski
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Dec 9, 2008 2:43 pm
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Also, I was just wondering, are you THE Randy Thom? Skywalker Sound Randy Thom? Sound genius Randy Thom? Sorry, I'm a sound design major and you're an...
Matthew S. Makowski
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Dec 9, 2008 2:43 pm
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Hello list, I have yet to post but am hoping someone might help me with a little curiosity. I am deeply fascinated by all of Frank Warner's soundtracks and am...
I had the great pleasure of meeting Frank in Sedona AZ a few years ago and chatting about his experiences, especially with Scorcese and Spielberg. The Zaki...
Hi Randy, Good to hear from you. I'm very interested in the ways that thinking about sound in other media and parts of our lives, can inform the way we work...
... Here's an excerpt from Soundscape: http://tinyurl.com/68tkgw plus an excerpt from his interview on Sound-On-Film: http://tinyurl.com/5kvf9v Have a nice...
... "Sound effects editor - Frank Warner" in Gaffers, Grips and Best Boys by Eric Taub /Sven E Carlsson www.filmsound.org [Non-text portions of this message...
Thanks so much David, your "Sound Design" was the gateway drug for my soundtrack obsession so it's nice to get a tip from you. And thanks so much Matteo and...
Hi, Katie! Frank Warner is a towering figure in film sound editing. His work on Raging Bull alone would qualify him as one of the greatest sound effects...
Hi, Matthew! Thanks for the kind words. And you too, Bob. My head may not fit through the door of my studio now! Fire away with a question or a comment, and...
Thanks Randy! And you deserve every word of it for all of your accomplishments! I guess my first question would be which film are you the most proud of that...
Matthew S. Makowski
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Dec 10, 2008 7:38 am
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Hi Randy! I hope all is well. Sorry to throw another topic at you but I just thought of something that I would love to get the opinion of a professional about....
Matthew S. Makowski
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Dec 10, 2008 8:40 pm
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"I feel as though the sound department never really gets included in the planning process nor do we ever really get taken seriously as a vital addition to a...
Read "An Open Letter from your Sound Department" at http://www.filmsound.org/production-sound/openletter.htm /Sven E Carlsson FilmSound.org [Non-text portions...
The sad story you report, Matthew, has been our situation in film sound (with a few rare but wonderful exceptions) since the newness of film sound began to...
I won't presume to answer for Randy, but for myself that is one of the hardest parts of being in the audio post biz; actually convincing producers and...
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