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  Sight Sound & Story: Live: SoundShow: Creating a New Sound Universe for "Wheel of Time" ​ Moderator: Woody Woodhall, CAS  (Studio Principal of Allied Post Audio) ​ Panelists: Sound Designer Luke Gentry  ( Aladdin, Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard ),  Sound Designer Ben Meechan  ( Last Night In Soho ), &  Supervising Sound Editor Matt Skelding  ( Black Mirror) ​ Inside Episode XVIII:  Sound is one of the most important elements in film and can be used to elevate a performance, evoke emotions, and make fantasy worlds come alive.  Join Emmy-winning Supervising Sound Editor Matt Skelding (Black Mirror), and Sound Designers Luke Gentry (Aladdin, Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard) & Ben Meechan (Last Night In Soho) as they discuss their incredible sound work on Amazon's new fantasy series The Wheel of Time.  The conversation will be guided by moderator Woody Woodhall, CAS (Studio Principal of Allied ...

  Sight, Sound & Story: Live  "SoundShow: Sound Design in Film & TV" Moderator: Woody Woodhall, CAS  ( Studio Principal of  Allied Post Audio ) Speakers:  Bobbi Banks, AMPAS, ATAS,MPSE  ( Straight Outta Compton, When They See Us )  Robert Fernandez  ( Drive, The Adjustment Bureau ) &  Mildred Iatrou  ( La La Land, First Man)   ​ Inside Episode IV:   Sound is one of the most important elements in film and can be used to elevate a performance, evoke emotions, indicate mood and emphasize what's on the screen. Join Moderator Woody Woodhall who will take a deep dive into the creative process of sound design in film and television. He will be joined by multiple Emmy-nominated Supervising Sound Editor Bobbi Banks, multiple Oscar-nominated Supervising Sound Editor Mildred Iatrou, and Grammy and Emmy-winner, Re-Recording Mixer Robert Fernandez. This panel will take us through the creative process of sound design an...

Eugene Gearty Live Chat Tomorrow's live chat will involve Oscar winner and Filmmaker U instructor Eugene Gearty.  We are going to discuss his work, experiences, and life in sound during the quarantine. More importantly, it'll give you an opportunity to ask questions! Eugene Gearty, MPSE Friday @ 2:00 PM EST | 11:00 AM PST Eugene Gearty has over thirty years of working with film's most celebrated directors including Spike Lee, Martin Scorcese, Ang Lee, and The Coen Brothers, just to name a few. He's won numerous awards and took home the Oscar for his work on  Hugo . We'll be hosting these events live on Facebook and will allow those who want to ask questions to message us while we are broadcasting. Please make sure to sign up to  our Facebook page to watch this event!

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( Courtesy of Filmmaker U Blog - go to  https://bit.ly/2SwWwpO ) There are a lot of things that go into mastering a craft. Hours of practice, mastery of your tools, numerous mistakes to learn from, and years of experience that pushes you to become a better craftsperson. You also need to explore and learn from your colleagues work to see how others have tackled something differently than you might have approached it, so you can be influenced and intellectually challenged. We sat down during a break in shooting our course with Eugene Gearty on Sound Design (Available here) , to discuss what films influence and inspire him. Here are the films that stand out for him. Apocalypse Now | Sound Designer: Walter Murch For Eugene, Apocalypse Now is the “holy grail of sound design... I didn’t even hear an edit… everything sounded like it dissolved, overlapped…” This film is what inspired Eugene to explore more about sound design in film. Apocalypse Now helped revoluti...