http://www.btlnews.com Voice of the Crew Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:12:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://www.btlnews.com/awards/contender-supervising-sound-editor-shannon-mills-pirates-of-the-caribbean-on-stranger-tides/ http://www.btlnews.com/awards/contender-supervising-sound-editor-shannon-mills-pirates-of-the-caribbean-on-stranger-tides/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:00:17 +0000 Bob Bayless http://www.btlnews.com/?p=23588 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, three-time winner and nine-time Golden Reel Nominee, supervising sound editor Shannon Mills puts it like this, “We wanted to come up with a fresh perspective on an old idea. We did a lot of recording, including a lot of new sword recordings, because we really wanted the swords to sound different, and there were a lot more magical elements in this one, they weren’t so prevalent in the other movies.”]]> http://www.btlnews.com/awards/contender-supervising-sound-editor-shannon-mills-pirates-of-the-caribbean-on-stranger-tides/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/awards/contenders-sound-designers-chuck-michael-and-john-larsen-rise-of-the-planet-of-the-apes/ http://www.btlnews.com/awards/contenders-sound-designers-chuck-michael-and-john-larsen-rise-of-the-planet-of-the-apes/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:48:00 +0000 Bob Bayless http://www.btlnews.com/?p=22518 Chuck Michael and eight-time Golden Reel nominee John Larsen, supervising sound editors on director Rupert Wyatt's Rise of the Planet of the Apes from 20^th Century Fox Film Corporation. "Right away, places like zoos removed themselves from the equation because you can’t get separation from other animal sounds," Michael explained. "But we found this place in Keithville, Louisiana called Chimp Haven that is basically a retirement home for biomedical research chimps." The handlers knew all the chimps by name, and whatever treat or coaxing was required to get the chimps to make any sound the crew needed.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/awards/contenders-sound-designers-chuck-michael-and-john-larsen-rise-of-the-planet-of-the-apes/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/awards/contender-portfolios/contender-re-recording-mixer-greg-russell-transformers-dark-of-the-moon/ http://www.btlnews.com/awards/contender-portfolios/contender-re-recording-mixer-greg-russell-transformers-dark-of-the-moon/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:57:38 +0000 Bob Bayless http://www.btlnews.com/?p=21927 Paramount Pictures’ Transformers: Dark of the Moon, 14-time Oscar nominee Greg Russell. As Russell tells it, “Definition, detail and a great dynamic range are absolutely essential to focusing an audience on what you want them to hear at every given moment throughout the course of a movie.” ]]> http://www.btlnews.com/awards/contender-portfolios/contender-re-recording-mixer-greg-russell-transformers-dark-of-the-moon/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/news/avid-outlines-strategy-at-los-angeles-event/ http://www.btlnews.com/news/avid-outlines-strategy-at-los-angeles-event/#comments Fri, 29 Jul 2011 15:40:34 +0000 Bob Bayless http://www.btlnews.com/?p=17118 Apple’s recent release of Final Cut Pro X, Avid hosted their “Committed To The Professional” event in the Steven J Ross Theater on the Warner Bros. lot, July 13. ]]> http://www.btlnews.com/news/avid-outlines-strategy-at-los-angeles-event/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/commentary/director-series/rejoice-and-shout-restoration-brings-200-years-of-gospel-music-to-new-audiences/ http://www.btlnews.com/commentary/director-series/rejoice-and-shout-restoration-brings-200-years-of-gospel-music-to-new-audiences/#comments Tue, 14 Jun 2011 15:46:11 +0000 Bob Bayless http://www.btlnews.com/?p=16025 Don McGlynn, of the new documentary on Gospel music, Rejoice and Shout, is known for biographical documentaries Louis Prima: The Wildest and Charles Mingus: Triumph of the Underdog ,among many others. When Eamonn Bowles of Magnolia Pictures asked him to make a documentary on Gospel music, just when the director himself was considering a film on the subject, McGlynn got what all directors dream of: financing. As any independent filmmaker can tell you, finding financing is the hardest part of making a movie. With that hurtle covered. McGlynn could concentrate on the biggest challenge of the film, not telling just one story, as much of his past work had done, but telling the multiple stories that make up the history of American Gospel music.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/commentary/director-series/rejoice-and-shout-restoration-brings-200-years-of-gospel-music-to-new-audiences/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/awards/mpse-golden-reel-awards-honor-the-contributions-of-sound/ http://www.btlnews.com/awards/mpse-golden-reel-awards-honor-the-contributions-of-sound/#comments Wed, 23 Feb 2011 05:59:30 +0000 Bob Bayless http://www.btlnews.com/?p=13223 Motion Picture Sound Editors held their 58th annual Golden Reel Awards at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in downtown Los Angeles, Feb. 20.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/awards/mpse-golden-reel-awards-honor-the-contributions-of-sound/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/awards/the-cinema-audio-society-honors-mixing-excellence/ http://www.btlnews.com/awards/the-cinema-audio-society-honors-mixing-excellence/#comments Mon, 21 Feb 2011 13:00:36 +0000 Bob Bayless http://www.btlnews.com/?p=13094 Sam Rubin hosted the 47^th Cinema Audio Society Awards Show at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel, downtown L.A., Feb. 19 . Keeping it light, Rubin drew parallels between the aging athletes of the NBA that were also at the Biltmore that night, and the members of CAS. He also swore that no one knew the results of the voting, (the first year to ever have electronic voting), except WikiLeaks.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/awards/the-cinema-audio-society-honors-mixing-excellence/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/awards/contender-supervising-sound-editor-mark-p-stoeckinger-unstoppable/ http://www.btlnews.com/awards/contender-supervising-sound-editor-mark-p-stoeckinger-unstoppable/#comments Thu, 17 Feb 2011 16:02:12 +0000 Bob Bayless http://www.btlnews.com/?p=13012 Unstoppable, directed by veteran filmmaker Tony Scott. Supervising sound editor Mark P. Stoeckinger had a lot to do with the convincing realism of the story. From the opening title sequence, the world of railroading comes to life aided, to a large degree, by the sounds that are a major part of that world.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/awards/contender-supervising-sound-editor-mark-p-stoeckinger-unstoppable/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/awards/contender-composer-christopher-gordon-mao%e2%80%99s-last-dancer/ http://www.btlnews.com/awards/contender-composer-christopher-gordon-mao%e2%80%99s-last-dancer/#comments Fri, 21 Jan 2011 10:36:32 +0000 Bob Bayless http://www.btlnews.com/?p=12242 Mao’s Last Dancer, the film version of Chinese ballet dancer Cunxin Li’s autobiography, composer Christopher Gordon’s taps the spirit of Chinese music and incorporates it into the classical music of the ballet.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/awards/contender-composer-christopher-gordon-mao%e2%80%99s-last-dancer/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/awards/contenders-%e2%80%93-composers-trent-resnor-and-atticus-ross-the-social-network/ http://www.btlnews.com/awards/contenders-%e2%80%93-composers-trent-resnor-and-atticus-ross-the-social-network/#comments Wed, 19 Jan 2011 12:40:30 +0000 Bob Bayless http://www.btlnews.com/?p=12126 The Social Network’s first-time film composer Trent Reznor was both relieved and disappointed that director David Fincher asked for a synth-based, as opposed to an orchestral score for the movie. From all his years with Nine Inch Nails, Reznor was obviously more comfortable with the former, but had been looking forward to expanding his musical boundaries with the latter.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/awards/contenders-%e2%80%93-composers-trent-resnor-and-atticus-ross-the-social-network/feed/ 0