Secrets of a Buccaneer-Scholar
In the “Secrets of a Buccaneer-Scholar” book James Bach discusses how self-education can lead to success. It was enlightening to me to read about his story, and apply it to my own pursuit of knowledge. Here are a few takeaways: “My plan is easy to summarize: get out and try stuff.” And “for knowledge workers, the right idea at the...
Read MoreAudio-Post Adventures, part 1
So, I’m working on Scott’s Dead — a film written and directed by Matthew Irvine made this summer (2009) in Chicago as part of the DePaul University College of Computing and Digital Media Digital School of Cinema and Interactive Media Project Bluelight. (Whew, try saying that ten times fast!) I’ll be doing the audio post and I...
Read MoreAn Open Letter to Picture Editors
Dear Editor(s): I am looking forward to handling the post-production sound for your project. I’ll be cleaning up dialogue, adding sound effects, and generally getting the soundtrack to sound as good as the picture edit looks. Could you do me a favor? Dump that room tone that goes with EACH and EVERY scene on an open audio track at the bottom of the editing...
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