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Inside Episode XXXVIII: Join us for an in-depth exploration of the post-production process for the feature film "Blitz," directed by Steve McQueen. Set in London during World War II's relentless German bombing campaign, The Blitz, the story centers on George, a young boy navigating a perilous journey home to his mother. Editor Peter Sciberras, ACE, along with Supervising Sound Editor and Re-Recording Mixers Paul Cotterall and James Harrison, will share insights on their unique approach to editing and sound design, highlighting how they crafted an atmosphere filled with suspense and captured the intense experience of a city under siege. The session will be moderated by Josh Apter, owner of Manhattan Edit Workshop.

Manhattan Edit Workshop is a New York Film Editing School offering a full range of basic to advanced training courses, from the Avid, Autodesk, Assimilate, Blackmagic and Apple products to the complete suite of Adobe applications.

Paul Cotterall is a British sound editor and re-recording mixer. He has been nominated three times for the BAFTA TV Award for his work on “The Missing,” “Birdsong,” and “Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974.” Other notable projects include “The Northman,” “Small Axe,” and “Nocturnal Animals.”

James Harrison is a British sound editor. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Sound for the film “No Time to Die.” He is also known for his work on “1917,” “The Northman,” and “Napoleon.”

Peter Sciberras, ACE, is an Oscar-nominated Australian film editor based in London. Sciberras was nominated for an Oscar for Best Achievement in Film Editing on Jane Campion’s “The Power of the Dog.” Sciberras also earned an American Cinema Editors ACE Eddie Award nomination in the category of Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic, and a Critics Choice Award nomination in the category of Best Editing

His previous filmography includes the following notable titles: David Michôd’s “War Machine,” “The King” (nominated for an Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Award), and “The Rover” (nominated for an Awards Circuit Community Award).

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Inside the Post-Production Journey of the Steve McQueen Film "Blitz"

Arcane is a ground breaking animated series, especially when it comes to how the show used music and sound design, working together, all the way through the process.  In this special conversation from the Riot Games Campus, in California, Supervising Sound Editors (Eliot Connors & Brad Beaumont) sat down with the series composers (Alex Seaver and Alex Temple) to talk about how each of their contributions, inspired the way the others approached their work. They discuss how the musical themes evolved throughout the series, how the sound design had to be based in organic sounds and their desire to make the sound live up to the impressive visuals of Arcane.  If you enjoy this episode, go back to eps 309 for more Arcane talk, with the re-recording mixers Penny Harold & Andy Lange. 
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313 - The Sound Design & Music Of Arcane Season 2

House Of The Dragon is one of the biggest shows on TV and the sound of the show is one of the big reasons for that success.  Al Sirkett (Re-Recording Mixer/Supervising Sound Editor), Barnaby Smyth (Foley Artist /Foley Supervisor), Ruth Knight (Sound Editor) and Doug Cooper (Re-Recording Mixer) joined me for an in-person interview to talk about the immense challenge of building the world of Westeros through sound.  They also discuss the many different kinds of fire recordings they used, and some keys scenes including The Battle of Rook's Rest, The Red Sowing and Blood and Cheese's mission.  Big thanks to the Motion Picture Sound Editors, for sponsoring this series of episodes featuring the interviews I did while in England.  To learn more about the Motion Picture Sound Editors, you can go to https://www.mpse.org.  They are doing great work to support and advocate for sound editors all around the world.
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314 – MPSE Presents: House Of The Dragon

Fresh off of receiving 2 Emmy nominations, for Sound Mixing and Sound Editing, the audio team from The Bear sits down to talk about their work on the latest season of the acclaimed series.  Re-Recording Mixer & Supervising Sound Editor Steve "Major" Giammaria, Dialog Editor Evan Benjamin and Production Sound Mixer Scott Smith, break down the many challenges this series presents, both on set and in post production.  They breakdown a few key scenes and follow how the dialog is captured on set, cleaned and prepped in editorial and finally crafted on the mix stage.  Listeners in England mark your calendars for Sunday August 24th for the Tonebenders London Sound Design Meet-up presented by the motion picture sound editors.  Full Details at https://tonebenderspodcast.com/tonebenders-sound-design-meet-up/ See you there everyone!  
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This episode is hosted by Timothy Muirhead

317 - The Bear Season 4

Recorded in the legendary Formosa Trident Studios, this talk features someone on the sound team from every James Bond film released since 1973?!!!!  Michael Fentum ( Sound Editor on No Time To Die), Karen Baker Landers (Supervising Sound Editor on Skyfall & Spectre), Mike Prestwood Smith (Re-recording Mixer on Casino Royal & Quantum of Solace) and Graham Hartstone (Re-Recording Mixer on Moonraker, For Your Eyes Only, Octopussy, A View To A Kill, The Living Daylights, License to Kill, Golden Eye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough, Die Another Day and more), talk about their initial thoughts when they found out they would be working on the Bond franchise, the scenes they are most proud of and lots more.  Big “thanks” to the Motion Picture Sound Editors, for sponsoring this series of episodes featuring the interviews I did while in England.  To learn more about the Motion Picture Sound Editors, you can go to https://mpse.org/.  They are doing great work to support and advocate for sound editors around the world.
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Episode Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/318-mpse-presents-the-sound-legacy-of-james-bond/
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This episode is hosted by Timothy Muirhead

318 - MPSE Presents The Sound Legacy of James Bond

This episode has been a long time coming.  I have been trying to figure out how to tackle a discussion about A.I. and it’s influence on how sound editors will all be able to do our work in the future.  So when the MPSE put out a press release about A.I. created work and it’s eligibility at their Golden Reel Awards, I saw it as a chance to broach the subject. David Barber, MPSE President, and Brent Findley are both on the A.I. committee with the guild and have spent countless hours thinking about how A.I. is going to effect sound editors.
Listeners in London England, come on out on August 24th at 7pm to the Crown and Two Chairmen to the second Tonebenders London Sound Design Meet-up, presented by the Motion Picture Sound Editors. Also you have until August 15th to get your Listener Field Recording Stories. Full details on how to submit are at https://tonebenderspodcast.com/field-recording-story-submissions/
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319 - How Will A.I. Affect Sound Designers

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Black Mirror has consistently been a ground breaking series over the show's decade plus run. It has set a high standard within the sound community as well.  The recent  release of Season 7, keeps that sonic bar extremely high, especially on the Emmy nominated episode "USS Callister: Into Infinity".  Supervising Sound Editor Tom Jenkins, Music Editor Poppy Kavanagh & Re-Recording Mixer James Ridgway tell us about the challenges of working on a science-fiction anthology series where every episode is completely different, the importance of having Poppy work with the music across the entire series 7, and what they learned designing the sound for an epic space battle. 
Listeners in London England, come on out on August 24th at 7pm to the Crown and Two Chairmen to the second Tonebenders London Sound Design Meet-up, presented by the Motion Picture Sound Editors. https://tonebenderspodcast.com/tonebenders-sound-design-meet-up/
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Episode Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/324-black-mirror/
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324 - Black Mirror

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