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M OT I O N P I CTU R E S O U N D E D I TO R S 69 but sometimes more abstract sounds. We like to record sounds with contact microphones, for example. Mikkel also has a parabolic microphone which he has used for all kinds of amazing recordings. I love to manipulate sounds in Pro Tools but making original recordings in weird ways can be really amazing and inspiring. Being based in Copenhagen, how might you describe the differences in your workflows for European projects versus other international regions? PA: As far as I know, the Danish Film School is one of the very few film schools in the world where sound people are trained both in production and post- production sound. This means that you're learning the needed professional skills not only as a boom operator and a production sound mixer but also as a sound designer and re-recording mixer. For the first couple of years after school, I went back-and- forth between production sound recording and sound designing and that taught me a lot about the whole film process. Of course, I got to know about the technical issues about production sound and how much skill it takes to capture clean dialogue on set. But just as important, I got to know a thing or two about what happens on set: How is the interaction between the director and the actors, and what does it take for an actor to create a believable character? These are valuable lessons for everyone working in post-production as so much of our work is based on the performances captured on set and we need to know how to enhance them and tell the story. No matter what your job is on a film, it's important to remember that we're all storytellers and the more we know about all the elements of a story, the better storytellers we become. Compared to the US, a big difference on Danish and European projects is that it's much more normalized over here that the sound designer is an integrated part of the process already at the script stage. Of course, there are people who are working that way in the US as well, but the way that I am allowed all kinds of creative input Evil Dead Rise World Premiere March 2023 Peter Albrechtsen with Sam Raimi, director of The Evil Dead (1981), Evil Dead II (1987), and producer of Evil Dead Rise (2023).