A Sound Conversation - With Oscar-winning Sound Designer Mark Mangini And Oscar-winning Cinematographer Roger Deakins:

Posted October 11, 2021 by Asbjoern Andersen in Sound community highlights

The Team Deakins podcast has just published an interesting conversation between two filmmaking legends: Oscar-winning sound designer Mark Mangini and Oscar-winning cinematographer Roger Deakins, as well as his collaborator, James Deakins:

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Here’s the official introduction for this episode:

Team Deakins converses with sound designer Mark Mangini (DUNE, BLADE RUNNER 2049, MAD MAX: FURY ROAD, STAR TREK) about the world of sound. In this episode, Mark explains that his job is to tell stories with sound and to create universes that sonically don’t exist. He walks us through designing the sound for the war rig in MAD MAX: FURY ROAD as well as his close collaboration with director Denis Villeneuve on BLADE RUNNER 2049, and Tom Holkenborg on BLACK MASS. We discuss how Mark decides when to use a music cue or sound effect cue, how you can earn loud sounds by buying silence early on in a film, and the creative necessity and financial incentive to capture production sound on set instead of recreating it in post. We learn a lot in this episode!! You don’t want to miss it!
BONUS: Use this link to download a sound file that Mark makes reference to when speaking of “Bladerunner 2049”.

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– Totally mono compatibility
– All sounds have several variations.
– Use your imagination and feel free to use any sound for a creature other than the one described, remember that the world of sound is totally subjective.
– For any questions or problems: khronstudio@gmail.com

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