In this episode we talk with the team behind the music documentary Billie Eilish: The World's A Little Blurry. Joining us are director RJ Cutler and members of the sound team including re-recording mixers Elmo Ponsdomenech & Jason "Frenchie" Gaya as well as Supervising Sound Editor Richard E. Yawn. They talk about the challenges of having source footage originally recorded on everything from VHS to iPhones, mixing music for concert footage and keeping Billie's home life sounding intimate.

171 - Billie Eilish The World's A Little Blurry

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TV & Film

For many people that work in sound design, their dream job would be to work on a western. There are the guns, the horses, the creaky floors, and most of all the dusty wide open spaces.  They all provide a great playground to create compelling sound, to support the stories of lawmen and the outlaws they seek to bring to justice. So we got the sound team behind the new western series Lawman: Bass Reeves, to take us through how they made this series sound so great. Dialog & Music Re-Recording MIxer Lindsey Alvarez, Effects & Foley Re-Recording Mixer Brad Zoern and Supervising Sound Editor George Haddad, tell us why they love working in this genre.
Show Notes:  https://tonebenderspodcast.com/260-sound-design-for-westerns-bass-reeves/

Podcast Homepage:  https://tonebenderspodcast.com

Tonebenders Host This Episode: Timothy Muirhead

260 - Sound Design For Westerns: Bass Reeves

In the new film Música (on Prime) we go into the musical mind of Rudy Mancuso. We learn how everyday sounds are re-contextualized into rhythms and music in his brain while he goes about his day. Because the POV of the film changes from what is real to what Rudy is hearing internally, the sound design and mix are extremely important to sell what is happening to the viewer. Re-Recording Mixers Christopher Aud (also Sound Supervisor) and Aaron Glascock take us through how the action "was recorded on set as if it was an orchestra" using up to 100 microphones, placed perfectly to capture each sound clearly. Then Sound Editorial and Mix had to go through everything that makes up the complex rhythms being played on camera by doors, knives, basketballs, and whatever else is handy.

Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/259-musica/

Podcast Homepage:  https://tonebenderspodcast.com

Tonebenders Host This Episode: Timothy Muirhead

259 - Música

Are you nervous about starting a new project? Don’t worry; so is everyone else, including your sound design hero, Randy Thom. Spotting sessions are a chance to talk through the edit, scene by scene. These gatherings give the director, the composer and the rest of the editorial team a chance to sort out out technical issues and determine the direction and shape the soundtrack is going to take.  Randy joins us to talk about about what kind of attitude, questions and objectives he brings to the spotting sessions for new film projects. (This episode was originally released in March 2020)
Show Notes & Full Transcript: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/258---randy-thom-on-getting-the-most-out-of-spotting-sessions-re-podcast/
Podcast Homepage:  https://tonebenderspodcast.com

Tonebenders Hosts This Episode: Timothy Muirhead & Teresa Morrow

258 - Randy Thom On Getting The Most Out Of Spotting Sessions (Re - Podcast)

Laurence Anslow, who recently recorded and mixed the score for the recent Percy Jackson series and also worked on Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, joins us this week.  He is at the top of the game, and yet his workflows as a score recordist and mixer, are a complete mystery to many in audio post.  So I asked him to come on the show and talk us through what a orchestral score recording session is like, how he delivers his tracks and who he is interacting with the most from the rest of the sound team. I learned a lot while talking with Laurence and I hope you are able to gain a bunch of knowledge as well.
Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/257---the-art-of-recording--mixing-score-with-laurence-anslow/

Podcast Homepage:  https://tonebenderspodcast.com

Tonebenders Host This Episode: Timothy Muirhead

257 - The Art Of Recording And Mixing Score With Laurence Anslow

Magic is always a massive challenge to do sound design for and we can alway use advice on how to tackle it.  So we brought in the experts from the team behind the impressive new sound library Conjure, from Echo Collective.  Rene Coronado and Brad Dale discuss their approach to magic sound design, recording new material and props, the tools they use in processing and lots more. Check out their Conjure magic library at https://echocollectivefx.com/product/conjure
Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/256---sound-design-for-magic/

Podcast Homepage:  https://tonebenderspodcast.com

Tonebenders Host This Episode: Timothy Muirhead

171 - Billie Eilish The World's A Little Blurry

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