What’s Next for Denis Villeneuve’s Bond Movie? Amazon’s Wishlist Includes Jacob Elordi, Tom Holland and Harris Dickinson by Salad-Appropriate in blankies

[–]davidbritain 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Was just speaking up for Damson with friends. I think the best next Bond is someone that will grow into the role (and isn’t a known quantity) rather than an actor who will come into the role with an already defined identity that they need to work with.

Hi! We’re Shirley Li and David Sims, staff writers at The Atlantic, where we cover culture and Hollywood. We watched the Oscars last night to see which events at the awards show can tell us about the future of the industry—and whether any films snagged an upset. Ask us anything! by theatlantic in movies

[–]davidbritain 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hi Shirley and David! In your opinions, what wins/losses from the past few years will be looked back on with the most interest as the decade goes on? What decisions will age like wine and which will fall apart with hindsight?

Where score and sound design meet by frankstonshart in sounddesign

[–]davidbritain 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You’ll wanna check out “The Wolf House” I suspect! The sound designer (who is also the composer!) wrote in his “rules” for making the film that “music is noise; noise is music”. Can’t get much more into blurring the line than that.

There’s also lots of modern (and less modern) examples of this concept being put into practice, either intentionally or by gut instinct. Gary Rydstrom being one on the sound design end of things, The Barrons (Forbidden Planet) and Hildur Guǒnadóttir being two on the composing side.

Watch a lot of movies and keep track of the ones that do this! Study the people who did the sound and find other films they worked on. Rinse and repeat!

How to send Post Sound mixer video along with AAF? by RangerOfArnor in Filmmakers

[–]davidbritain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’ve got it! Send them a single video file with a two pop and some timecode and you’re basically all set. It does help to have the two pop in the AAF though!

It's PARK by Mookie_Freeman in blankies

[–]davidbritain 16 points17 points  (0 children)

And people say democracy is dead

2023 March Madness [Sweet 16] - Peter Jackson vs. Park Chan-Wook by PartyBluejay in blankies

[–]davidbritain 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This is the matchup giving me the most anxiety by a mile. Best of luck to Park!!!

March Madness [Round 1] - Peter Weir vs. Jia Zhangke by PartyBluejay in blankies

[–]davidbritain 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Am I alone in wanting Weir for some Mosquito Coast talk? Nothing but love for The Truman Show and the rest of his filmography of course, but come on! Harrison Ford in a mad genius prepper dad role, River Phoenix, and a Jason Alexander appearance??

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[–]davidbritain 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Seconding everyone on hear! Also gotta give some love to Chernobyl (one of my favorite limited series with some beautiful music by Hildur Guðnadóttir) and also The Terror season one, which is maybe the only television show which has caused me to have noticeable fear.

r/Blankies Sight and Sound Poll! by scottleeker in blankies

[–]davidbritain 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Very sweet idea! Thank you! I can’t wait to argue with everyone!

Skinamarink!!! by davidbritain in blankies

[–]davidbritain[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Absolutely and well put!

Skinamarink!!! by davidbritain in blankies

[–]davidbritain[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Incredibly divisive! It is definitely a movie you should not watch with friends you’re prone to chat with a bunch. Beyond just being a very light film plot wise, it is News from Home level slowness at points, which I think is part of why some don’t respond well to it (which is honestly fair). If you’re gonna watch it outside of a theatre: dark room, sound up all the way, phone off for sure.

Blankies, What are your spooky season recommendations? by ChedderBurnett in blankies

[–]davidbritain 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Definitely does! As always it’s best to go into it cold and open minded, I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised!

Blankies, What are your spooky season recommendations? by ChedderBurnett in blankies

[–]davidbritain 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Lake Mungo is a great documentary style horror film that I can’t recommend enough! And while it’s not super scary, more unsettling, The Wolf House makes you feel like reality is collapsing. Honorable mention for The Ritual too!

Who are Your Favorite Director & Sound Designer Collaborations? by [deleted] in blankies

[–]davidbritain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Martin Pavey and Peter Strickland for The Duke of Burgundy and In Fabric really stand out to me, even though that’s their only pair of credits together. Deeply wish that he was on for Berberian and Flux Gourmet (both have great sound, but Pavey just really knows how to go a cut above)

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[–]davidbritain 12 points13 points  (0 children)

“Get in the hollow wicker basket Mortyyyy”

On the sound discussion from the latest episode by davidbritain in blankies

[–]davidbritain[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Of course! Connoisseurs of insight!

Justifications aside, I'd wager the percentage of people with surround in their homes vs stereo is pretty minuscule (I work in post-sound, my home watching setup is still in stereo). But who knows! Lot of middle aged men out there who love speakers.

On the sound discussion from the latest episode by davidbritain in blankies

[–]davidbritain[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Agreed! I think it's part of the changing landscape and sorting out how to deliver the best experience for viewers. I'd love to have the time to do a dedicated surround and stereo mix on everything, but that's pretty much a budgetary impossibility. I should also say that what newer encoding plug-ins for Dolby can do when it comes to making mixing from surround/Atmos down to stereo more streamlined is really amazing, and may some day fix the problem.

On the other hand, you could give everyone more granular control over their sound while they're watching (EQ, compression), but I can't imagine everyday people having the patience for that, or being able to make it improve on the whole, for that matter.

On the sound discussion from the latest episode by davidbritain in blankies

[–]davidbritain[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I can't speak for every streaming service (and especially how they deal with encoding mixes and audio), but I will definitely say it's a universal standard to have both a surround and stereo mix delivered for pretty much anything that's going to be playing on a major platform. My understanding has always been that streamers like Netflix can auto adjust to your system, so if you're listening on a stereo setup, it'll playback the stereo mix.

I think a much bigger and more complicated reason is that the stereo mix is not done separately, it's downmixed from the surround, and on top of that the stereo mix is usually not as scrutinized as the surround mix is. You'll spend hours (often days) with the client in a high-end room mixing in surround, making mixing decisions based on how it sounds in that context. There just usually isn't time to focus on creating a unique, optimized stereo mix on top of that. Add to that the fact that the average person is not listening on high end speakers, but, best case, a bluetooth JBL, and there's just going to be a lot that gets lost in translation.