Greg. P Russell and Scott Millan are masters of an art that can be difficult to appreciate. Great sound mixers take essential tracks — dialogue, score, and effects, all crafted and fighting for ear space — and meld them together to match, or enhance, the visuals on screen. In a film like “Transformers: Age of Extinction,” the balancing act is like a Philippe Petit tightrope walk, one rogue robo-braam tipping the controlled chaos soundscape into cacophony. In a new installment of Variety’s Artisans series, senior VP Tim Grey talks to Russell and Millan about the fourth “Transformers” and Michael Bay’s increasingly difficult audio challenge. “As Michael would testify, sound is 50 percent of his films,” says Russell in the video. A 16-time Oscar-nominated sound mixer, Russell has fit each of Bay’s “Transformers” films between work like “Skyfall” and “Alice in Wonderland.” “Age of Extinction” marked Millan’s first brush with Optimus Prime.
- 10/23/2014
- by Matt Patches
- Hitfix
At long last, the Oscars are upon us. Thank God. This awards season was stretched due to the Olympics. It'll be shorter next year. This week brought a lively Vanity Fair panel of Oscar pundits and vet campaigner Peggy Siegal, covered by blogger Sasha Stone, whose report was then rehashed by Jeff Wells. (This colorful duo dominated New York Magazine's "Oscar Whisperers" story that ignored the likes of such relatively dull Oscar pros as Variety's Tim Grey, The La Times' Glenn Whipp, The NY Times' Carpetbagger and me, to name a few). Siegal brought up the issue of how some Academy members had resisted watching "12 Years a Slave," which is not news, really--the question is whether they felt obliged to catch up with the intense slave drama in the end. That is one unknown in this year's Oscar race, which calls up comparisons to 2010, when "The Hurt Locker" and Kathryn Bigelow...
- 2/27/2014
- by Anne Thompson and Beth Hanna
- Thompson on Hollywood
The Publicists of the International Cinematographers Guild (Iatse Local 600) have announced some of this year’s nominees, with winners to be unveiled at the 51st annual Awards Luncheon on February 28 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. Last year, Deadline’s Pete Hammond and Mike Fleming were both nominated for the American press award, with Hammond winning for a second time (he’s the only U.S. journalist to win it twice). This year Fleming is back on the nominee list alongside Variety‘s Tim Grey, Entertainment Weekly‘s Jeff Jensen, Access Hollywood‘s Scott Mantz and ComingSoon.net’s Ed Douglas. Here are the rest of the noms unveiled today: Les Mason Lifetime Achievement Award Sharon Black, director of written communications, Warner Bros. Pictures Maureen O’Malley, senior staff publicist, Warner Bros. Pictures International Michael Singer, VP marketing and publicity, Jerry Bruckheimer Films Murray Weissman, founder/chairman of Weissman/Markovitz Communications Deborah Wuliger,...
- 12/17/2013
- by PATRICK HIPES, Managing Editor
- Deadline TV
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.