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If you’ve ever wondered where all those cat videos came from, now you know. Here’s a look behind the scenes at the magic of Kittywood Studios. -via Metafilter
Brandon McCormick is the founder of Whitestone Motion Pictures, an independent outfit dedicated to storytelling via film. Having just completed principal photography on a film called Heartless, Brandon paused to write a brief piece on why doing what he does enlivens him so much.
Teams of people labor day in and day out to physically move entire production elements, creating dolly movements, moving production forward and telling the story with each setup. Organizational teams burn their brilliant minds at bringing each detail together, making it all seem effortless. Numbers and budgets, callsheets and shotlists. Technology is harnessed to bring forth images, edited together in such a way that they trick your mind into believing that what you are seeing isn’t a random collection of still images, but a single cohesive story that touches you to your very soul.
Read his entire “love letter” at his site. Link. Photo: Whitestone Motion Pictures
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The crack of Indy’s whip, the bleep-blips of R2-D2, and the asthmatic breathing of Darth Vader. These unique and memorable sound effects are all products of an often overlooked art form – the art of sound design. A Sound Designer’s duties include creating, editing and applying sound effects and all non-compositional elements of a film, video game, theater performance, recording or television program in what amounts to a very daunting job.
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