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Building the Sounds of a Plane Crash, Layer by Layer: SoundWorks Collection Spotlights 'Flight'

12.29.12 @ 10:40PM Tags : dolby, flight, robertzemeckis, sound, sounddesign, soundworkscollection

The right blend of subtlety and hyper-realism varies in any successful effect, be it in light or in sound. The SoundWorks Collection has brought us many insightful looks into the sound design and mixing challenges of several films — in a recent case, though, a specific scene (to which sound is truly integral) is broken down, layer for layer, sound by sound, and shot by shot. Check out SoundWorks’ look at the crash scene from Flight below. More »

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Building the Fantastical Soundscape of 'The Hobbit' with SoundWorks Collection

12.15.12 @ 8:30PM Tags : atmos, dolby, dolbyatmos, flight, sound, sounddesign, soundworkscollection, thehobbit

Speaking of The Hobbit, thanks once again to Michael Coleman’s indispensable SoundWorks Collection we now have another angle of the rather extensive amount of behind-the-scenes material on the film (trilogy). Previously we’ve had a look at the environment the crew created to be creatively conducive, questioned the aesthetic nature of its 48 frames-per-second acquisition (and delivery, in many cases), all the way back to the films’ truly epic on-location shooting and production design. But foley work, mixing, and sound design in general are things that end up getting less making-of attention than the imagery of films, so check out the SoundWorks mini-doc that rounds out The Hobbit BTS goods below. More »

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SoundWorks Collection Presents: Making of the 'Chasing Mavericks' Sound Design in Dolby Atmos

10.30.12 @ 1:34PM Tags : atmos, dolby, dolbyatmos, sound, sounddesign, soundworkscollection

SoundWorks Collection has already brought us a number of great videos detailing a part of the process we don’t usually get much of a look at it — the creation and design of that other half of what we do. So far SoundWorks has brought us videos on Prometheus, The Dark Knight Rises, and more recently, Argo and a rock ‘n’ roll documentary. Now, they’re giving us a look at the biographical Chasing Mavericks, which fictionalizes the late surfer Jay Moriarty’s quest to ride The Great Wave. In a film largely taking place on beaches and the ocean, the sound designers were tasked with  characterizing the ocean’s sounds in a dramatic context, which probably wasn’t all that easy — especially when it came to mixing the film for Dolby Atmos. Bump the jump to see how the sound team optimized the film’s mix for a 42 speaker (18 of which are overhead) Atmos configuation. More »

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Dolby's Great Leap Forward - 'Atmos' Aims to Take Theatrical Sound Where 3-D and IMAX took Visuals

04.24.12 @ 7:07PM Tags : 3D, atmos, audio, dolby, dolbyatmos, imax, theatricalsound

What if you could hear Michael Myers’ footsteps as he moved through a victim’s house?  Or be immersed in the soundscape of a gun battle, with such life-like quality that you might run for cover from that tower sniper?  Dolby‘s newly announced format, Atmos, is aiming to push theatergoer’s auditory immersion in the way IMAX and 3-D pushed visual immersion.  So how exactly is this different from existing surround sound systems, and what effect will it have on a viewer’s experience?  Check this video out: More »