Listen Up

Lately it's all been about the sound of it all.  What kind of bag is that- would it land with a small, dull thud or a crinkle?  Do those fluorescents hum? All day teeny tiny questions and answers that add up to the gorgeous soundscape that surrounds the living and breathing world of a film.  I love it. And my sound design team of Andrea Bella and Michael Feuser are astoundingly detail oriented and passionate and creative in ways that blow my mind right off.  Working with them in the past sincerely shaped my writing going forward.  I always pay attention now to how a character may be sonically experiencing their world and I love to incorporate these tiny elements into a draft.
I was in New York with them last week and we recorded a bunch of the ADR for Light Years.  Even a loop group which was an extra thrill as I spent a lot of time at Sound One participating in Loop Groups as an actor (thanks to Mamet actually but longer story on that later)  I was able to work with Scorcese's Thelma Schoonmaker a true legend and known to participate wholeheartedly in adr.  It was a pure joy to create for her and I had many other rewarding and sometimes crazy looping experiences.  It felt magically kismet to be listening in to my own lovingly assembled loopers (mostly friends and former students of course).  Another component that brings the bars and lecture halls and office cubicles to life.  Can't wait for the mix...