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/lon-bender-and-victor-ray-ennis-of-soundelux-receive-oscar-nominations-for-drive/ http://www.btlnews.com/awards/lon-bender-and-victor-ray-ennis-of-soundelux-receive-oscar-nominations-for-drive/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:52:34 +0000 Staff http://www.btlnews.com/?p=24540 Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis of Soundelux are among the nominees for best sound editing in the 84th Annual Academy Awards. This is the third Oscar nomination for Bender. He previously won the award, with Per Hallberg, in 1996 for Braveheart. This is the first Oscar nomination for Ennis. Winners will be announced Feb. 26 in Los Angeles.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/awards/lon-bender-and-victor-ray-ennis-of-soundelux-receive-oscar-nominations-for-drive/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/awards/mpse-announces-2012-golden-reel-nominees/ http://www.btlnews.com/awards/mpse-announces-2012-golden-reel-nominees/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:43:36 +0000 Staff http://www.btlnews.com/?p=24370 Motion Picture Sound Editors Guild announced their nominees for the 2012 Golden Reel Awards. The 2012 MPSE Filmmaker Award will be presented to Gale Anne Hurd. The 2012 MPSE Career Achievement Award will be presented to George Watters II. The awards will be held on February 19 at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/awards/mpse-announces-2012-golden-reel-nominees/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/awards/cas-announces-awards-nominees/ http://www.btlnews.com/awards/cas-announces-awards-nominees/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:55:31 +0000 Staff http://www.btlnews.com/?p=24244 Cinema Audio Society announced the nominees for the 48th Annual CAS Awards for outstanding achievement in sound mixing for 2011 in four categories. Also included are the nominations for the CAS Technical Awards in both the production and the postproduction categories.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/awards/cas-announces-awards-nominees/feed/ 0 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/rupert-wyatts-rise-of-the-planet-of-the-apes/ http://www.btlnews.com/awards/rupert-wyatts-rise-of-the-planet-of-the-apes/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:59:18 +0000 Mary Ann Skweres http://www.btlnews.com/?p=23534 Rise of the Planet of the Apes tells an origin story that lays the foundation for the mythology of the first Planet of the Apes film, which takes place 3,000 years in the future. The success of the current film hinges on the believability of the main character, Caesar, a chimpanzee played by a human, that has been visually and audibly created using the most advanced techniques in filmmaking.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/awards/rupert-wyatts-rise-of-the-planet-of-the-apes/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/awards/contender-composer-ludovic-bource-the-artist/ http://www.btlnews.com/awards/contender-composer-ludovic-bource-the-artist/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:41:17 +0000 Darby Azalea Wilde http://www.btlnews.com/?p=23470 Ludovic Bource began his musical education playing the accordion, branching out later to a multitude of genres including hip hop, world music, and heavy metal in his career as an arranger with various artists. He firmly eschews labels, however, including the one that some might now attach to him after the spectacular success of The Artist; namely, that of a composer for silent films. I asked Bource if composing for such a project posed any particular challenges.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/awards/contender-composer-ludovic-bource-the-artist/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/sound/the-sound-and-music-of-mission-impossible-ghost-protocol/ http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/sound/the-sound-and-music-of-mission-impossible-ghost-protocol/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:56:51 +0000 Michael Coleman http://www.btlnews.com/?p=22582 SoundWorks Collection video we talk with director Brad Bird, composer Michael Giacchino, supervising ADR editor Gwen Whittle Yates and supervising sound editor Richard Hymns.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/sound/the-sound-and-music-of-mission-impossible-ghost-protocol/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-composer-brian-byrne-albert-nobbs/ http://www.btlnews.com/awards/contender-composer-brian-byrne-albert-nobbs/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:58:26 +0000 Darby Azalea Wilde http://www.btlnews.com/?p=22323 http://www.btlnews.com/awards/contender-composer-brian-byrne-albert-nobbs/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/awards/contender-portfolios/composer-rolfe-kent-reunites-with-director-jason-reitman-for-young-adult/ http://www.btlnews.com/awards/contender-portfolios/composer-rolfe-kent-reunites-with-director-jason-reitman-for-young-adult/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:49:05 +0000 Staff http://www.btlnews.com/?p=22011 Rolfe Kent (Sideways, Thank You For Smoking, Up in the Air) reunites with Academy Award nominated director Jason Reitman on Young Adult. The Paramount Pictures release, which was penned by Academy Award winning screenwriter Diablo Cody, opens Dec. 16 .]]> http://www.btlnews.com/awards/contender-portfolios/composer-rolfe-kent-reunites-with-director-jason-reitman-for-young-adult/feed/ 0