SOUND DESIGN FOR FILMS

2012
Artificial Intelligence
A Bug's Life (Part 1) (Part 2)
The Discovery Channel
Forrest Gump (Part 1)
Forrest Gump (Part 2)
Forrest Gump (Part 3)
Forrest Gump (Part 4)
Forrest Gump (Part 5)
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Indiana Jones (Part 1) (Part 2)
Invictus
King Kong (Part 1) (Part 2) (Part 3) (Part 4) (Part 5) (Part 6) (Part 7)
Lord of the Rings: Fellowship (Part 1) (Part 2)
Lord of the Rings: Two Towers (Part 1) (Part 2) (Part 3)
Panic Room (Part 1) (Part 2)
Saving Private Ryan
Star Trek (2009)
Star Trek (2009) (Part 1) (Part 2)
Star Wars (Ben Burtt on Lightsaber Sound Design)
Transformers
Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen
Wall-E
Wall-E (version 2)
Where the Wild Things Are

SOUND DESIGN FOR GAMES

Army of Two: The 40th Day: Creating the Sound Trailer
Operation Flashpoint 2
Scarface
Shatter
SOCOM III
World of Warcraft

READINGS ON SOUND DESIGN

Sound Design Articles sorted by Movie

Bridgett, Rob. "50 Cent: Blood on the Sand."
Bridgett, Rob. "Hollywood Sound." (Part 1) (Part 2) (Part 3)
Bridgett, Rob. "Post-production sound: a new production model for interactive media." (PDF)
Bridgett, Rob. "Prototype."
Bridgett, Rob. "Scarface: The World is Yours."
Bridgett, Rob. "The Role of an Audio Director in Video Games."
Bridgett, Rob. "Tips for Game Sound Designers."
Bridgett, Rob. "Vanishing Point."
Carlsson, Sven E. "Sounds of Illusions: Sounds of Moving Images."
Coffey, John. "An Open Letter from your Sound Department."
Dykhoff, Klas. About the perception of sound." (PDF)
Geoghegan, Michael W. and Dan Klass. "Podcast Solutions: The Complete Guide to Podcasting" (PDF)
Isaza, Miguel. "Sound Design Essentials: Software Pt 1: Database and Organizing."
Jackson, Blair. "Sounds of the Sea: Bringing Authentic Naval Audio to Master and Commander."
Kelleghan, Fiona. "Sound Effects in Science FIction and Horror Films."
Lord, Max. "Why Is That Thing Beeping? A Sound Design Primer."
Marshall, Jane Knowles. "An Introduction to Film Sound."
Martin, W. Eric. "IP Foley Artist: A Day in the Life of an Independent Professional."
McGrath, Ben. "Wicked WInd," New Yorker, 20 October 2003.
Pasquariello, Nick. "Tucker: The Man and His Dream: Sound design for a dreamer."
Peck, Nick. "Sound by Design: Make Pictures Come to Life With Sound."
Ross, Jeremiah. "Creating the Sound Effects for Shatter."
Rydstrom, Gary. "Sound Design of Terminator 2."
Rydstrom, Gary. "The Haunting: Making You Hear the Bumps in the Night."
Schurr, Ande. "Boom Operating: The Art and Passion." (PDF)
Schurr, Ande. "Sound Tips."
Sergi, Gianluca. "The Sonic Playground: Hollywood Cinema and its Listeners."
Sergi, Gianluca. "In Defence of Vulgarity: The Place of Sound Effects in the Cinema.'
Sonnenschein, David. "Chapter 2: Expanding Creativity." (PDF)
Sonnenschein, David. "Chapter 3: From Vibration to Sensation." (PDF)
Sonnenschein, David. "Chapter 4: Sensation to Perception." Part 1 (PDF)
Sonnenschein, David. "Chapter 4: Sensation to Perception." Part 2 (PDF)
Sonnenschein, David. "Chapter 7: Sound and Image." (PDF)
Soundsnap. Profile on Frank Serafine.
Spanos, George. "Silence in Sound Design."
Thom, Randy. "Designing a Movie for Sound."
Ulano, Mark. "The Art of Zen-Boom, Parts 1 & 2." (PDF)
Ulano, Mark. "Moving Pictures That Talk: The Early History of Film Sound."
Weis, Elisabeth. "Sync Tanks: The Art and Technique of Postproduction Sound."

READINGS ON SOUND

Cage, John. "The Future of Music: Credo"
Daniel, Diane. "The Sound of a Sitka Spruce." (PDF)
Delehanty, Suzanne. "Soundings."
England, Phil. "Making the Nature Scene." (PDF)
Ferrington, Gary. "On A Clear Day I Can Hear Forever."
Hill, S. Arden. "Listening to Myself Listening."
Moore, Kathleen Dean. "In Search of Silence." (PDF)
Oliveros, Pauline. "Deep Listening: Bridge to Collaboration"
Peterson, Ivars. "Sounds of the Seasons."
Pinkowish, Mary Desmond. "Quiet, Please!" (PDF)
Rogers, Thomas: "In Pursuit of Silence."
Russolo, Luigi. "The Art of Noises."
Toop, David. "The Art of Noise."
Westerkamp, Hildegard. "Soundwalking."
Wrightson, Kendall. "An Introduction to Acoustic Ecology."
Ximm, Aaron. "Sound, Art, Music." (PDF)

READINGS ON PLACE, LANDSCAPE, MAPPING

Cosgrove, Denis. "Carto-City." (PDF)
Cresswell, Tim. Excerpt from: Place: A Short Introduction. (PDF)
Cross, Jennifer. "What is 'Sense of Place'?"
Cuper, Kenny. "Walking As Do-It Yourself Urbanism." (PDF)
Debord, Guy. "Theory of the Dérive."
Fitch, Andy. Sixty Morning Walks.
Hall, Stephen S. "I, Mercator." (PDF)
Hansen, Anders Hund. "Walking Through a Liquid Forest of Symbols." (PDF)
Hart, Joseph. "A New Way of Walking."
Hiss, Tony. Excerpt from: The Experience of Place. (PDF)
Interview: "Will Self: On ‘Psychogeography’ and the Places That Choose You.'"
Lopate, Philip. "On the Aesthetics of Urban Walking and Writing."
Lippard, Lucy. Excerpt from: The Lure of the Local: Senses of Place in a Multicultural Society. (PDF)
Sant, Alison. "Redefining the Basemap" (PDF)
Spirn, Anne Whiston. Excerpt from: The Language of Landscape. (PDF)
This American Life: Mapping.
Wrights & Sites. "A Manifesto for a New Walking Culture."

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