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July 2013

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I N T H E [ Cont. from 14 ] job, along with Derek and Jim, cutting the sound for the motorcycle sequences. One of the biggest challenges was the opening tracking shot that follows Ryan Gosling's character, Luke, through a carnival, eventually ending up in a steel cage riding a motorcycle along side two other bikes. In the carnival section, I wanted the viewer to feel a sense of space and depth as the camera follows Luke. "I was very aggressive with panning, moving sounds around, creating that sense of movement. Once Luke finally enters the cage on his motorcycle, the challenge was to still make his bike sonically stand out from the other two bikes as they're whirling around the cage. I was able to achieve that separation from the other bikes by using dynamic EQ, sweeping through frequencies while matching the bike's movement, as well as panning specifically for Luke's bike."  POST: Are there any other scenes that stand out? VOLANTE: "The motorcycle chase through the cemetery leading up to the crash was particularly challenging because we needed to keep it 'real.' Derek wanted it to feel like you were right there in the police cars with the officers the whole time. We used a combination of production sound sweetened with sound design to achieve the final result. It's important to build dynamics in long chase scenes. This makes them feel more exciting and allows you to feel each twist and U S I N G Classifieds turn. Controlling those dynamics with compression and limiting is also crucial. Setting limiters properly can add overall loudness and clarity." POST: What about the overall sound of the film? VOLANTE: "Much of the soundscape is comprised of blending Mike Patton's score with subtle sound design tones created by Jim and Dan. The tones were used much like a typical room tone, but would gradually evolve into a more complex musical tone. These blended seamlessly with Mike's score and created the overall mood for the film."  POST: You started out mixing music. Does that influence the way you mix films and television? VOLANTE: "I approach my music mixes much differently now. I used to start with drums, bass and add guitars, keyboards, strings and eventually add the vocals last. In film you start with the dialogue and build things in around it. I use the same concept now in music mixing. As soon as I have the rhythm section in place I add the vocal as early as possible... finding the appropriate reverb and delay settings. Then I mix all the additional instruments in and around that. On the other hand, music mixing has influenced my approach to film mixing by applying the same techniques to achieve clarity in a music mix to a scene in a film using equalization to separate sounds or panning to give clarity and balance."  T H E [ Cont.from 27 ] automatically transcodes into a format that others can easily view in a browser. 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C L O U D CSR - CUSTOMER SERVICE REP. was shot with Arri's Alexa. "We put it through one of our mobile dailies carts," he explains. "If we are at our mothership studio in New York, they send the camera material over to us and we'll process out all the editorial media, which goes directly to editorial. And we post the H.264 review files onto Aframe." While Sixteen19 makes DNx36 files specifically for editorial, the studio uses sneakernet to distribute them, since the cutting room is nearby. At press time, Sixteen19 was getting ready to begin post on the indie film, Rob the Mob. The film was just finishing up shooting and is expected to undergo 18 weeks of post. "It seems the indie films are about a 35-day shoot and then they have an 18-week post period," he notes. "That seems to be the standard." Rob the Mob is making use of Sixteen19's mobile services, where the studio sets up fully-transportable dailies and editorial systems, namely Avids. 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