Sounds Good! Sound for Film and Video by Andrew Norton


Sounds Good! is your guide to professional audio recording. This episode we teach you how to record sound for film and for video.

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Brought to you by the Canadian Audio Council, Mr. Sub and www.Transom.org

Sounds Good is hosted and created by Andrew Norton

Varanasi // Beyond Life by Aeyaz


A film by Aeyaz (facebook.com/aeyaz)

Direction, Cinematography, Edit & Grade : Aeyaz
(ayas@aeyaz.com)
Sound Design : Rahul Prabhakaran
(http://ift.tt/2p8E4Zb)
Music : Ryan Taubert (Anamog
We wish it was never light)
Narration : Alan Watts (Recording from 1970s)
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Varanasi, The spiritual capital of India – a place where people come from all over the country to breathe their last, and immerse the ashes in the holy Ganges for the beginning of a new life. A visit to Varanasi has always been in my bucket list, and being able to film there was like an icing on the cake.

Honestly, words fail to describe what I have seen while on this epic trip with Photowalk Dubai. No wonder Varanasi is called the „City of Life“. Simply love this place. And this is my attempt to give you a sense of what it was like to experience the amazing „Varanasi“ and the mysterious vicious cycle of life and death…

„Varanasi – Beyond Life“ – A personal project shot, edited and directed by me. Have put my heart and soul into it.

Enjoy. Like. Share!!!
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Completely shot on Sony A7s.
Lens : Mainly ZEISS Batis 2/25 and Sony 70-200.
Plus few shots with Canon 24-105 and Samyang 35mm T1.5
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Transcript:

There really isn’t anything radically wrong with being sick or with dying. We can’t say that it’s a good thing for everything to go on living. In a very simple demonstration that if we enable everybody to go on living, we overcrowd ourselves. So therefore, one person who dies in a way is honourable because he’s making room for others…

It’s a far more amusing arrangement for nature to continue the process of life through different individuals then it is always with the same individual, because as each new individual approaches life is renewed. And one remembers how fascinating the most ordinary everyday things are to a child, because they see them all as marvellous.

It is not, therefore, natural for us to wish to prolong life indefinitely. But we live in a culture where it has been rubbed into us in every conceivable way that to die is a terrible thing.

Alan Watts

Spring by jamie scott


This is a companion piece to my Fall time-lapse from a few years ago. I wanted it to be the polar opposite of the first one. Not just the Fall vs Spring. But wide shots vs close ups, everything in focus vs shallow depth of field, very cuty vs one shot, contemporary music vs classical, static camera vs moving camera.

I shot on a Canon 5D MK2 with a 24mm prime lens. To achieve the continuous motion I used the Dynamic Perception Stage One Slider.

All in all this took 3 years to shoot. I shot over 8TB of 5k footage. It’s finished in 4k.

Dolby Presents: Escape, an animated short by Dolby Laboratories


A cinematic poem about the world-changing power of invention, the short film Escape is the latest example of animated storytelling that showcases state-of-the-art Dolby technologies. Combining techniques such as miniatures and animation with the spectacular imaging of Dolby Vision and the moving audio of Dolby Atmos, Escape invites the audience to imagine and experience a joyous vision of the future. It is a story of persistence and passion that is intended to inspire individuals to never give up on their hopes and dreams.

After crash-landing on a desolate planet, a lone space explorer must find a way to make her new home habitable. The teenage heroine is an older version of the central character in our Emmy award–winning film, Silent, known there as “the Kid.” This intrepid character displays courage, passion, determination, and curiosity as she transforms the barren landscape she has found into a beautiful planet.

Singer Imogen Heap developed an original soundtrack that wraps the audience in Dolby Atmos sound, unveiling the lead character’s changing emotions as she faces the challenges of a dark, disturbed landscape and persists to transform it into a place of joy and delight.

Credits: 

DIRECTORS
Limbert Fabian
Brandon Oldenburg

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Lampton Enochs
Vince Voron

PRODUCERS
Trish Farnsworth­Smith
Angus McGilpin

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER
Wendell Riley

EDITOR
Calvin O’Neal Jr.

MUSIC by
Imogen Heap

SOUND SCORE by
Nick Ryan

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE by
Alexis Michallek

AUDIO MIX TECHNICAL LEAD
Matt Desborough
Jurgen Scharpf

RE­RECORDING MIXER
Adam Daniels
Graham Daniels

SOUND SERVICES
Point 1 Post

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Pinky Toe by Mathieu Libman


Overwhelmed by a „phantom itch“ from his missing pinky toe, a man must come to terms with his situation or succumb completely to his obsession.

My second year film at CalArts!

I was lucky to have worked with some amazing talent to make this possible. Thank you so much to everyone involved.
Music Composed by Paul Michael Cardon
Narration by Nick D’Agostino
Sound Design by Paul Michael Cardon
Set Fabrication by Ming-Huei Huang
Props by Emily Martinez and Kesiah Manival
2D Coloring Help by Bryan Lee

Enjoy the show!

Fighting Water by Matt Batchelor


What defines true success?

As one of the greatest surf photographers of our time, DJ has traveled the world with the best surfers, but with the success of his career comes the struggle of balancing his work and family.

Production: BVNS
Director: Evan Vetter
DP: Matt Batchelor
Color Producer: Evan Bauer
Color: The Mill NY
Colorist: Josh Bohoskey
Sound Design: Defacto
Music: Music Bed

All photos provided by DJ Struntz.

Shot back in 2015 with borrowed gear, couple friends, and no lights. This short doc is a piece from a longer form doc about DJ.

Thanks to Lighthouse Films NC, DJ & family, The Mill NY, & Defacto Sound.

The Infinite Now by Armand Dijcks


Over the past months I’ve been working with Australian photographer Ray Collins to bring his amazing oceanscapes to life in the form of cinemagraphs, a blend between photography and video. Each cinemagraph is created from one of Ray’s stills, and sets it in infinite motion, making a unique moment in time last forever.

These cinemagraphs inspired André Heuvelman from the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra to get together with pianist Jeroen van Vliet to record a very moving custom soundtrack, which I combined with a selection of the cinemagraphs.

You can see the original cinemagraphs at http://ift.tt/2pV3ne6

Ray’s images can be found at http://ift.tt/2oYJTEz