Musings of an Idiot

Ratatouille

Well..what's been happening at my end? Several things and the main thing obviously has to do with FIVE. We are at the last few stretches of finishing off sound post - will be doing final viewing checks for the stereo mix in a couple of hours and then will be laying it back onto tape tomorrow evening. Then it will be another week and half's work for Benji to finish off the 5.1 sound mix - an added luxury we are working towards since we got a small extension for delivery deadline to the distributor.

To give you an idea about how intensive sound post on the project has been - here are 2 screen shots from the audio project. The first gives an overview of the audio timeline and most of the audio tracks used. The second screenshot is a magnified image of a part of the timeline. You can click on the images to enlarge them.

Screen shot 1: Audio timeline overview

Screen shot 2: Magnified audio timeline

The overall sound design on the movie is starting to sound a lot better. Looking back at the project as a whole - the entire project was challenging as a whole but sound definitely ranks above everything else to make this project work and it is a mini-miracle to be finishing off the movie properly. There will be a couple of theatrical screenings of FIVE a week before the DVD release and I will post the details once they are finalized.

At work - I applied for a permanent position at TVNZ in technical resources and had my interview and was offered the position. I have taken up the position and it is definitely another exciting phase, especially with the changes in technology that is happening. My job officially starts from 2nd September.

I went and saw Ratatouille and it was a really good movie. Brad Bird is incredible in creating emotions with his characters. The movie had so many laughs and at the same time kept moving all along in such a way that it was a delight. The food in the animation looked so totally amazing and the animation overall was excellent. A highly recommended movie.

I think that's it from me for now.
Till later,
Amit

Labels: Five, Movies, Post Production, TVNZ

posted by Amit @ 6:47 PM