The New Rig

Author: admin, Posted On: December 16th, 2011, In: News

The 552 and DR680 have arrived!!! Beyond stoked to be putting them to use this weekend and for the next 2 weeks on a Perplexity Pictures shoot and the latest feature from Holyworld Productions.

Holyworld Productions’ previous release: The Prophet’s Son coming soon

Perplexity Pictures’ Ideal World Trailer

MoCap and Audio

Author: admin, Posted On: December 13th, 2011, In: News

After a great day of recording (in the sound-blanket fort pictured above) I’m officially ready for sleep, but I couldn’t go to bed until I understood what exactly this new technology called Motion Capture or “mocap” is all about. A quick search told me that motion capture technology isn’t all that new, but the methods and means of capturing real-life actor’s motions for use in digital animation has advanced significantly over time. The technology has a wide array of applications including the military, sports, robotics, validation of computer vision, and, as in our case, entertainment. For our work with UCD’s Digital Animation Center, we were recording both facial and full-body motion using a system that employs active markers (small velcro or sticky balls) and an optical system (cameras) to triangulate positions between what was 13 cameras set up in an array that was precisely calibrated prior to the session. We used reflective markers so that meant that the actor couldn’t be wearing anything shiny (an lavalier transmitter packs had to be safely hidden).
I’m pretty satisfied with how well everything turned out. It was a great day of recording and fun to watch the animation technology onscreen.

Here’s an example of how it was done on Avatar, using a special motion capture camera that’s actually mounted to the actor and thus provides the ability to move around while capturing facial expressions.

Arvada West Holiday Concerts

Author: admin, Posted On: December 11th, 2011, In: News

Location sound recording is possibly the best job in the world. To record pristine audio for one of the best vocal and instrumental music programs in the state of Colorado has got to be one of the most rewarding experiences. Not to even talk about how much fun it will be to edit/mix and hear again, just the experience of being front and center with headphones to listen to the combination of voices and instruments in a great acoustic space is an amazing thing. It was incredible and made the three 2 1/2-hour concerts fly by.

I look forward to mixing and mastering these performances. The choir sounded incredible and blended really well, the instructors and kids are all incredibly dedicated. You can see it in their professionalism in rehearsals as well as concerts. I feel privileged to be able to work with such a great group of kids. The men’s Varsity Choir and Orchestra were invited performers at the prestigious Colorado Music Educators Association annual conference in March of this year.

The Prophet’s Son

Author: admin, Posted On: December 7th, 2011, In: News

DSG has joined forces once again with the venerable Chris Bishop (CBSD) to complete post-production audio for The Prophet’s Son–Colorado’s latest feature-length film shot here by a local production company. Production ran through the month of June and the dialogue edit has been completed as of last Sunday, which means the 5.1 mix is all that’s left. You will be able to see it in theaters throughout the states shortly. For the two of us, this has been one of the most challenging projects either of us has worked on and has required countless hours, but it has been well-worth it. You can read about the film here and you can be sure updates will follow as soon as the final 5.1 mix is finished.

http://www.davidgsound.com/?attachment_id=389

In synopsis (taken from the website):
Abel Benjamin is a talented, internationally known, concert musician, and one of the sons of a respected pastor and prophet. Juliet Oscar is a published author who has loved Abel from a distance and is quietly waiting on God to reveal his plan in their lives. She lives with her widowed mother and twin, younger brothers who are trying to establish their separate identities and deal with the loss of their father. The lives of these two families intertwine as they reach inside a high school where one of the twins becomes involved in a gang and loses his life trying to prevent a school shooting. It tells the story of his brother’s anger and subsequent disappearance into the streets and the heartache of the families uniting to search for him. It begins in the year of a hotly contested presidential election and ends during the nation’s process of recovery when the new president’s inexperience opens the door to a nuclear attack. Throughout the film there is the consistent message of love, self sacrifice, hope and unity.

Denver Sound Guy Goes Mobile! (App that is)

Author: admin, Posted On: December 7th, 2011, In: News

So, I know you don’t get enough of me in your lives because I can’t be working on awesome sound design projects all the time and sharing them with you (well, not at the moment with school, but that will change soon). So here is a way for you to be connected with me and get updates directly to your mobile device (iPhone, Droid, etc.) The app is even compatible with your internet browser and can be installed as a toolbar icon so we can be connected 24/7.

Haha, in all seriousness. The DSG app is meant for you to be able to interact with me and provides another way for your to be updated about news and projects. You can view my YouTube page, see my Twitter and Facebook updates, as well as listen to and download sounds from my Soundcloud from wherever you are now. Enjoy and hope to hear from you!

Rocky Flats Legacy Screening at the Library of Congress

Author: admin, Posted On: December 6th, 2011, In: News

My contribution to this as post-production mixer was to edit and mix dialogue and some aspects of sound design and SFX/BG editing. It was a fun project and I knew it had potential from the first time I watched it. The story is powerful and real and one that needs to be told. I personally have ties to this as my dad and many of his friends worked there back in the ’80s at the height of all this.

It was screened before a mixture of congressmen and politicians, NIOSH employees, and others in an event held at the Library of Congress on November 17, 2011. I’m glad to have played a part in helping this message be heard in a professional manner by the public.

See full article HERE.