Part 1: Studying Tarkovsky
There are not many things more inspirational than reading Tarkovsky by candlelight.
Most of my recent dissertation research has been concerning Andrei Tarkovsky (one of the biggest and most influential discovery I've made at university)'s Stalker (1979)1. Tarkovsky's soundscapes are used as important devices which directly reflect the characters' mental and physical states while also being a non-human, location character in the film. Just like in Uncle Boonmee (Apichatpong, 2010), the natural "zone" in which the narrative takes place is alive with sound to an extent which is unusual in narrative film. I will be trying to figure out how and why these natural soundscapes are imbued with meaning and how this affects the film narrative and characters.
Part 2: Cool Animations
I stumbled upon this wonderful animation by Allison Schulnik yesterday. It's really mesmerising and technically incredibly well crafted2. I am getting more and more into animations, and am looking forward to working on some animated shorts for my portfolio. This experience will help me learn a different approach to sound design as well as add variety to my final portfolio.
Also, here is that small animation sting I worked on for my friend Hughey. I used sounds from sound libraries, mainly various typewriters and casino machine noises. Both me and Hugh are very happy with how it turned out.
Part 2: Cool Animations
Also, here is that small animation sting I worked on for my friend Hughey. I used sounds from sound libraries, mainly various typewriters and casino machine noises. Both me and Hugh are very happy with how it turned out.
Part 3: Project of the Week
I will be editing sound for an instructional sushi making video later this week. I am so excited about this project because I love sushi and cooking videos! (I've been really addicted to Chef John's foodwishes.com lately). I'll be lip-synching some recorded dialogue, which should be fun as always (!), recording a voice over to edited footage as well as adding music and mixing the whole deal together. Hopefully I'll be able to post the video here soon, if I'm allowed.
1Similar to The Tree of Life (Malick, 2011), viewing this film made me realise that what I was seeing here was completely beyond me, a phenomenon which, through each viewing, rewarded me with unique experiences as well as insights both into my own person and into so many other aspects of life, not to mention (perfect) film (-making). I've been wanting to write about The Tree of Life since first seeing it this summer (including my attempt to make it my most-viewed film in the cinema [which at the time was {embarassingly}, the first Pirates of the Caribbean {Verbinski, 2003}], plus my run in with Christoph Waltz). But that will have to wait.
2HD Version.
I will be editing sound for an instructional sushi making video later this week. I am so excited about this project because I love sushi and cooking videos! (I've been really addicted to Chef John's foodwishes.com lately). I'll be lip-synching some recorded dialogue, which should be fun as always (!), recording a voice over to edited footage as well as adding music and mixing the whole deal together. Hopefully I'll be able to post the video here soon, if I'm allowed.
1Similar to The Tree of Life (Malick, 2011), viewing this film made me realise that what I was seeing here was completely beyond me, a phenomenon which, through each viewing, rewarded me with unique experiences as well as insights both into my own person and into so many other aspects of life, not to mention (perfect) film (-making). I've been wanting to write about The Tree of Life since first seeing it this summer (including my attempt to make it my most-viewed film in the cinema [which at the time was {embarassingly}, the first Pirates of the Caribbean {Verbinski, 2003}], plus my run in with Christoph Waltz). But that will have to wait.
2HD Version.
