SOUND EDITING: Gwendolyn Yates Whittle points to the scene where Jake Sully connects to the Tree of Voices. “We sound designed some whispery voices that wafted in,” she explains. “Then very gradually ...

Animated films are a challenge because there’s no production track; everything has to be created from scratch. Action films are a challenge because sound is so important to building excitement. “The ...

The Oscars are back. Every year, it is night of celebration, celebrity-filled red carpets, well-tailored suits, glamorous dresses, and ... confusion. No, we're not talking envelopes. We're talking ...

When it comes to content creation, sound is vital. What a listener hears, whether it be an audio-only format or a video, greatly influences how they perceive a piece of content. Good audio signals ...

Audio editing requires something a bit different from any other form of editing. People generally use multiple tracks and require sound balancing and other stuff. Bands need it to cut albums, and ...

Winners were widely spread across genres at the 72nd annual Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Awards on Sunday, celebrating sound editing, sound design, music editing and Foley artistry across ...

"Avatar" and "Star Trek," with three noms each, lead the list of nominations for the Motion Picture Sound Editors 2010 Golden Reel Awards. By Gregg Kilday, The Associated Press “Avatar” and “Star Trek ...

How do aliens sound in an emotional, psychological, science fiction universe? This was one of many questions faced by French-Canadian sound editor Sylvain Bellemare in overseeing the development of a ...

Guillermo del Toro will receive the MPSE Filmmaker Award during the ceremony. By Carolyn Giardina Tech Editor In all, the Golden Reel Awards has 23 categories encompassing feature films, television, ...

Kathleen Kennedy will receive the MPSE Filmmaker Award, while supervising sound editor Mark Mangini will be honored with the Career Achievement Award.

From dialogue to music, the sounds you hear in movies are multilayered. More often than not, these sounds are brought together in postproduction to create an immersive aural experience that requires a ...