Hints and Tips- Chris Scarabosio

Just a short video of very basic, but nonetheless useful advice from Chris Scarabosio, the sound designer for There Will Be Blood, who works at the prestigous Skywalker Studios. Though much of the information he gives is simple, it is certainly helpful in avoiding basic mistakes.

Much of what he says is reiterated by Ric Viers in 'The Sounds Effects Bible' which helped me enormously, especially in my script to screen presentation but also in the practical recording elements of the two later assessments.

Perhaps the most interesting thing Scarabosio talks about is the perception of sound, and how objects can sound like pretty much whatever you want them to be. This is particularly relevant to Solaris, as it is a sci-fi genre film, so there are no set rules as to what things may or may not sound like. this leaves sound designers with a much greater creative scope. It has also become true that since starting this module, I can't watch anything without analyzing every sound I hear, wondering how it was made and what from. This new obsession also carries into day to day life, as now I analyze everyday objects, thinking what effects could be created from tehm, and what they could be shaped to sound like.