Here’s an excerpt from Geoff Elliot’s tribute documentary about the classic film Forbidden Planet showing Bebe Barron talking about the great music and sfx that she and her husband, Louis, created for the film.

Peter Albrechtsen has become a leading name in sound design for documentary films, with recent credits in 2012 alone including multi award-winning The Queen of Versailles, Sundance winner Putin’s Kiss, Canned Dreams and The Bastard Sings the Sweetest Song. At CPH:DOX 2012, Peter was awarded the ‘Sonic Dox Award’ for the sound design of one of his latest films White Black Boy (2012). Previous fiction credits include The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009) and Lars von Trier’s Antichrist (2009).

DocHouse’s Craft of Documentary series

Saturday 6th October 2012: EDITING MASTERCLASSES
Saturday 24th November 2012: CAMERA MASTERCLASSES
Get insight and inspiration from the UK’s eminent documentary practitioners as they discuss their work, style and practice.

With special thanks to The Grierson Trust and Splice.

In this exclusive SoundWorks Collection sound profile we visit Park Road Post Studios in Wellington, New Zealand to talk with the sound team of Director Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit.

Featured interviews include Re-recording Mixer Michael Hedges, Re-recording Mixer Chris Boyes, Re-recording Mixer Michael Semanick , Co-Supervising Sound Editor Brent Burge, Co-Supervising Sound Editor Chris Ward, and Dolby Atmos Re-recording Mixer Gilbert Lake.

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