In today’s Oscar Guide, I addressed one of the biggest surprises of this year’s slate of below-the-line Oscar nominees: “The King’s Speech” being recognized for Best Sound Mixing. It’s easily attributable to sweeping love for the film, but I tried to give some context for why sound is actually integral to the experience of the film in some way.
Today, the good folks at SoundWorks Collection, in lieu of one of their custom profiles on the sonic construction of the film, have offered up a dense interview with production sound mixer John Midgley. Midgley has worked on films such as “Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace,” “Hotel Rwanda” and “Children of Men,” and in the interview, he actually touches on some of the points I made in the piece.
Head on over to SoundWorks Collection to check out the full interview — a hefty 30 minutes’ worth — or watch the embed after the jump. It provides a lot of insight into a process that, even if it doesn’t appear award-worthy to the layman, deserves a great deal of respect nevertheless.
[Photo: The Weinstein Company]
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3 responses to “On the sound of ‘The King’s Speech’”
It’s funny, I never would have thought TKS to be a Sound Mixing type of film. After the nomination (a surprise in some circles, and an aggravation for others), I then saw the film again, and completely understand the nomination. The Sound is actually quite excellent throughout the film; and quite purposeful to the plot.
Well, now that you’ve mentioned he worked on Children of Men, I’m totally on board.
Well done interview!