The Optical 007 - Raiders of the Lost Ark, Mark Mangini, Dragonslayer, Go-Motion, Cinefex 6

Complete show notes (with links) are available at http://opticalpodcast.com/episode/007/

We interview sound designer Mark Mangini about his career, including his early work on Raiders of the Lost Ark, and chat with film/TV editor Brian Newell about Dragonslayer, and the invention of Go-Motion.

This is continuing coverage of Cinefex 6 — see episode 006 for even more Raiders and Dragonslayer goodness!

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Features

* Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

* Dragonslayer (1981)

* Follow along with our List on Letterboxd, featuring films we’ve covered, and upcoming films to watch.

Guests

* Mark Mangini, sound designer and re-recording mixer

* Brian Newell, TV/film editor

Music

* All tracks by Digital Droo

Research Materials

* Cinefex 6 — October 1981, available in the Cinefex iPad app

* Revisiting Cinefex (6): Early CGI, Dragonslayer and Raiders by Graham Edwards

* Indiana Jones: The Complete Adventures on Blu-ray

* The Complete Making of Indiana Jones: The Definitive Story Behind All Four Films by J.W. Rinzler and Laurent Bouzereau

* Dragonslayer on DVD

More Bits

Mark Mangini:

* Sound Design

* Walter Murch and his sound design expertise were discussed in detail in Episode 003 of The Optical

* Mark Mangini’s music

* Hanna Barbara - The New Fred & Barney Show (1979)

* Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

* V’Ger musical effect — Blaster Beam demonstration

* Replacing English with Vulcan Speech in Star Trek: The Motion Picture

* Gremlins (1984)

* Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)

* The Fifth Element (1997)

* Silent Films — Mangini’s open letter to a reviewer who neglected the role of sound in the CGI-heavy sequences in Godzilla.

* Ben Burtt

* Richard L. Anderson

* Stephen Hunter Flick

* Frank Welker

* The Wilhelm Scream

* The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)

* Kafka (1991)

* Steven Soderbergh talking about re-working Kafka — about halfway though the interview. Sounds like there will be a disc released after he’s done tinkering with it.

* Stigmata (1999)

* Warrior (2011)

* Space Jam (1996)

* Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)

* Treg Brown

* Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)

* War of the Worlds (1953)

* Forbidden Planet (1956)

* Jane Got a Gun coming in 2015

* Black Mass coming in 2015

* Dolby Atmos

* Mark Mangini’s Blog

* LA Sound Group Presents Mark Mangini — group chat

Dragonslayer and Go-Motion

* Go-Motion on Wikipedia

* Peter MacNicol

* Revenge of the Jedi teaser trailer

* The Vermithrax Pejorative Story: Behind the Scenes at the Making of Dragonslayer

* Dragonslayer Full-size Head Restoration

* The Rhamphorhynchus pterosaur that the design of the Vermithrax Pejorative was based upon.

* We talked about the tauntaun stop-motion animation in Episode 002 of The Optical

* G is for Greenscreen on the Cinefex blog contains a couple of great example images of ILM’s backlit bluescreen — one with Ghostbuster’s Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man in front of it, and the other with Jabba’s skiff from Return of the Jedi.

* Inverse square law for light

* Tremors (1990)

* We covered Ray Harryhausen’s stop-motion techniques and armatures in Episode 005 of The Optical

* Overcranking film

* You’ll believe a man can fly. — Superman (1978) tagline

* Dragonslayer Behind-the-Scenes Pictures

* Original Go-Motion tests for Jurassic Park created before the decision was made to make the dinosaurs digitally.

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* The Optical theme by Digital Droo

* The Optical “aperture” logo by Mike Gower

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