The winter 2020 Journal of Media and Diversity included an important study produced by our good friend Emma Butt, illustrating the current state of diversity in the film sound industry in the UK.

In this episode we discuss the origin and methodology of the study with Emma, and get into some possible solutions.

Tonebenders - Emma Butt Diversity Survey

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TV & Film

Have you ever been watching a stand-up comedy special and felt like you were in the room the day it was recorded?  A lot of that energy relies on the sound of the crowd as they laugh and react to what the performer is doing on stage.  Vinny Alfano has worked on the audio post-production on stand-up specials from Mike Birbiglia, Sarah Silverman, Iliza Shlesinger, Louis C.K, David A. Arnold and more. He talks us through how to translate that energy from the live performance to the screen by making crowd reactions immersive, and the performer crisp and clear.

Also.... Attention Sound Designers and Mic Lovers! The Field Recording Slack is currently running a MACHINE themed crowdsource library. Whether you're just getting started or already sleep with a mic under your pillow, your sounds are needed!  There are some serious prizes  up for grabs from Pole Position, Aftertouch Audio, Penguin Grenade, Tonsturm, Sonorous Objects, Articulated Sounds, Thomas Rex Beverly, Shaping Waves, Axl Sound, Western Tiger, JSE, Surround Sound Lab and more. Mark Mangini and Ezra Dweck will choose the winning sounds after the June 30th deadline. For details on how to take part go to: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cwXn-h6YBOaKaA9QSOofII_hkQLgX9OlYUKj-xDvFtc/edit  There have already been 130 machines recorded and submitted, so lets get your sounds in too—You Don’t miss this one!

Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/266-audio-post-for-comedy-specials-with-vinny-alfano/

Podcast Homepage:  https://tonebenderspodcast.com

Tonebenders Host This Episode: Timothy Muirhead

266 - Audio Post For Comedy Specials With Vinny Alfano

This show hits hard! Invincible may be an animated series, but it is definitely not for young kids.  There are real consequences here, characters die, battles leave marks.  The sound design has to be big and impactful to match the powers of the super heroes going toe to toe on screen.  Punches are huge, explosions really go BOOM.  Blood rains down.  Supervising Sound Editor Brad Meyer, Re-Recording Mixer Jeff Shiffman and Sound Effects Editor Katie Jackson tell us the secrets behind the sound design of the punches, the endless blood, inter-dimensional portals and lots more.
Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/265-invincible/

Podcast Homepage:  https://tonebenderspodcast.com

Tonebenders Host This Episode: Timothy Muirhead

265 - Invincible

How do you use sound to amplify feelings of awkwardness and discomfort? In The Curse the sound design is tasked with making the viewers skin crawl in a very unusual way. The series is not horror, but there are times you feel you have to look away. Long silences (that are never actually silent!) lead to unexpected emotions in both the characters on screen and those watching at home. The show's main characters, played Emma Stone, Benny Safdie and Nathan Fielder, lie to themselves and each other while their lives spiral as a result. It is quite a ride. Re-recording mixers Tim Hoogenakker and Larry Benjamin are joined by Production Sound mixer Phillip Bladh to explain how they captured and sculpted the sound to be an emotion driving force for the series.
Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/264-the-curse/

Podcast Homepage:  https://tonebenderspodcast.com

Tonebenders Host This Episode: Timothy Muirhead

264 - The Curse

How much Fun would it be to have the opportunity to record one of the few working B17 "Flying Fortress" planes that are still operational? The sound team from AppleTV's "Masters Of The Air" got to do just that.  They were able put 60 microphones all over the B17, to record every part of it that made a noise.  Then they took those sounds back to the sound editorial team and turned the recordings into to the amazing sound design of the intense air battles featured in the series.  Supervising sound editor Jack Whittaker and re-recording mixers Michael Minkler & Duncan McRae tell us all about the challenges this series presented and the ways they met them.
Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/263-masters-of-the-air/

Podcast Homepage:  https://tonebenderspodcast.com

Tonebenders Host This Episode: Timothy Muirhead

263 - Masters Of The Air

Today marks the opening weekend for Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, a prequel for the character first introduced in MadMax: Fury Road.  So it seemed like a perfect time to reach into our archives and go back to May of 2015, when we did an episode with Oliver Machin about his work on Fury Road. Hear his amazing story of how the sounds of the vehicles used in the film, were recorded in the African desert days before they were destroyed in principle photography. It is one of my all time favourite Tonebenders episodes. As a bonus, Mark Mangini makes a short appearance discussing how important these recordings were to the final soundscape of the film.  Make sure to go to our website to this episode's homepage (link below) to see dozens of fascinating pictures of Oliver recording the vehicles.
Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/262-mad-max-fury-road-with-oliver-machin-re-podcast/

Podcast Homepage:  https://tonebenderspodcast.com

Tonebenders Hosts This Episode: Timothy Muirhead & René Coronado

Tonebenders - Emma Butt Diversity Survey

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