The year’s sound mixing category had relatively few surprises, just glancing at the tea leaves of the season. There was a typical 4/5 crossover between the Cinema Audio Society and the Academy, with “District 9” missing both here and in the sound editing field. One might be quick to chalk this, in fact all of […]
OSCAR GUIDE: Best Sound Mixing
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:52 am · February 9th, 2010
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TECH SUPPORT: Best Sound Mixing — Volume II
Posted by gerardkennedy · 5:53 pm · November 12th, 2009
As a recap from the last time we covered this field, the category of Best Sound Mixing (formerly known as merely Best Sound) rewards re-recording mixers — individuals who mix music, dialogue, effects and everything else into the soundtrack we ultimately hear — as well as production sound mixer — those responsible for capturing the […]
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TECH SUPPORT: Best Sound Mixing — Volume I
Posted by gerardkennedy · 9:45 am · August 27th, 2009
A few weeks ago I analyzed the Best Sound Editing category, which awards the creation and integration of artificially created sound effects. Today, we look at sound mixing – the overall composition of all the elements of a movie’s soundscape into a singular soundtrack. The re-recording mixers, who do this work during post-production, are rewarded […]
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