Behind The Fun Sound Of 'Free Guy' - With Craig Henighan, Ryan Cole, & Paul Massey

Posted September 8, 2021 by Asbjoern Andersen in Film sound

Our friends at The Tonebenders Podcast have just published this excellent new interview on the sound for video game-inspired Free Guy - with Supervising Sound Editor/SFX Re-Recording Mixer Craig Henighan, Re-Recording Mixer Paul Massey, and Dialog Supervisor Ryan Cole. Hear the interview below:

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The Tonebenders’ official introduction:

In this episode we talk with Craig Henighan (Supervising Sound Editor/SFX Re-Recording Mixer), Paul Massey (Dial/Music Re-Recording Mixer) and Ryan Cole (Dialog Supervisor) from the Shawn Levy directed film, Free Guy. We talk about finding sonic space for dialog when total chaos is happening on screen, dealing with visual effects changing with each new delivery and ADR during a pandemic:

Tonebenders Podcast · 172 – The Sound Of Free Guy

More from The Tonebenders – and the Audio Podcast Alliance:

The Tonebenders Podcast is part of the Audio Podcast Alliance which features a hand-picked selection of the world’s best podcasts about sound – find them and more amazing podcasts about sound at the Audio Podcast Alliance page here

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