Catchin' up

Hello sound editors, sound designers and fellow audio heads. I know it has been a while since I have written a post and updated my blog and for this I apologize.  I have been interning at a dubbing stage working on student 35mm films editing dialogue, music, sound FX and designing sound for the films. I completely immersed myself in film and have been noticing the battle between music, sound FX and dialogue not only in feature film but in regular TV programs as well. There seems to be an internal battle for which element will stick out the most in the final mix. Each element is crucial to the final product however the dialogue is the most important element of all, take it away and most people find themselves lost rather quickly. This is a hard fact for me to admit due to the fact that I am a sound FX guy and spend my time designing sound to bring life to the scenes of the projects I work on. The trick is to get all the sound to work together to create a sense of feeling to match the visuals to bring the audience into the film and make them feel like they are partaking in what is going on. I found this article dealing with a well-known movie that explains audio elements working together a little better.

         Movies today need great audio to match the stunning visuals they provide. I am very pleased with what I have been seeing as of late when it comes to this. It used to be that I would see a movie with great visuals and not so good sound because the budget was spent on visuals, or visa versa. I recently saw the new Marvel movie, “The Avengers” and was pleasantly surprised not only with what I saw but with what I heard as well. The audio was crystal clear and each element (music, dialogue and sound FX) complimented each other. This really made the movie more dramatic and memorable in my opinion, I was definitely happy with what I saw. For more information on the movie I have included a link here. I hope you have enjoyed this post more will follow soon.