This week's office

Does CJ know you're using one of his studios?

Nice, have fun!

wow - very nice.
Can you get HBO?

very cool!  need an assistant? 

He he, thanks guys, it sure is fun in there! Even though we're just doing a voice mix (on top of music and effects track) of a childrens movie, it's massive! I mean, working with TV audio on your normal stereo set up in a treated room can be fun but sitting in a full blown cinema with a huge console and a cinema PA to mix on is something else! I can only imagine how the makers of those massive special effects movies are feeling.
 
Thanks for the offer of an assistant, but I do have one there already. See, here's the cool thing; The place I work, recording and treating audio have hired this studio to do a cinema mix. We usually take those projects out of the house for mix to get extra ears, a better room than we have here (mostly "normal" sized studios) and to mix without having to pretend we're in a cinema because we'll actually be in one. So there's a guy there doing most of the button pushing and stuff. I did the recordings and edits before we took it over to these guys. so I sit in a chair or the client couch with a cup of tea or food or something, instructing him to how I want this to sound. And I get to ask him to try different things and play with reverbs, delays and so forth.
 
This maybe a childs movie but it's no childs play involved. We've used a myriad of reverbs and effects, but no special effects on the voices - we recorded them silly instead. The project is huge just for the voices! There's a cast of ~30 actors and most of them are doing just one character. We've treated all the voices individually with EQ and compressing as well as automating this throughout the movie to match the voice throughout and to break through the M&E track - which gets busy at times.
 
The best part, the guy doing all the work is my assistant helping me out is one of the best in Scandinavia in sound for movies. If you watch a Norwegian movie from the past 6-7 years that were launched overseas, he has more than likely been the one mixing the sound. He's got some serious skills so I'm learning a lot. Best part, he's really easy to work with as well.
 
Here's some more pictures:
 

 

 

 
 
Sorry about the poor quality photos and the weird proportions - they were taken with an iPhone and I suck at adjusting the image size
 
But you should get an impression

Oh.... It's not a studio... it's a mixing cinema? 


I hope that helps...




I really do....

ProjectM


Oh.... It's not a studio... it's a mixing cinema? 


I hope that helps...




I really do....

Oh, ok.  That's acceptable then.  I'll assume you have 5 gallon buckets of popcorn and highly overpriced candy instead. 

Man...  Norway must be primitive...
(LOL!)


I will say one thing about Norway, I've been testing a phone app with a guy from there and the Norwegians have MUCH better English grammar and spelling than 90+% of Americans do.

Sad actually.

:-)

OK then, I have to ask... if ya'll know English so well, how come yer paid with all that free food off the koldbord just to ADR the dialog in a language ya'll don't talk much?

:-)




I had to edit my English

I'm jealous Marius.....not a little, a lot....

 
ProjectM


Norway isn't so primitive. There's just a lot of weeeeeird people here LOL

But well observed about the language thing. We usually are quite good in english. It frustrates a lot of foreigners who come here to learn the language. Everyone speaks english to them - because we want to speak english and grab every chance we get - so the foregners don't learn a thing. I know people from other countries who have lived here for many, many years and they can hardly order a beer. 

On the other hand, after a few glasses most of them know a lot more Norwegian than they think. 

LOL.... I spent a fair bit of time in Norway in a previous military life and have been back a couple of times to visit what is a beautiful country.
 
First time I'd rehearesed saying "Is this the bus to Bergen" in Norwegian over and over, asked the driver who just said "Yes mate, jump on...." in better English than most of the locals round these parts where I live.....

ProjectM


He he, most people still seem to be speaking Norwegian for the most part. Who knows, with the generation growing up with the nonsense I do for a living, perhaps ALL they'll know in a few years is Norwegian? At least I got free lunches out of it

What good is a free lunch when they don't give you any popcorn to watch the movie with? what a rip. As far as the lava lamp goes......I am with Craig on this one. Maybe he can send you one of his.

ProjectM


You're making this very difficult Craig...


No overpriced candy, nor popcorn...



I get free food from a hot and cold buffet... Tho

Smorgasbord?  Yum.  

ProjectM


Norway isn't so primitive. There's just a lot of weeeeeird people here LOL

But well observed about the language thing. We usually are quite good in english. It frustrates a lot of foreigners who come here to learn the language. Everyone speaks english to them - because we want to speak english and grab every chance we get - so the foregners don't learn a thing. I know people from other countries who have lived here for many, many years and they can hardly order a beer. 

On the other hand, after a few glasses most of them know a lot more Norwegian than they think. 

I'm from Newcastle in England originally and I used to have a Norwegian friend back there. He came to England as a student and first lived in London, where he said he had trouble understanding people. Then he moved up to Newcastle and instantly clicked with the Geordie accent. He could understand it no matter how thickly it was spoken. For instance we Geordies will say "gannin hyem" for "going home" and he instantly understood that. 

Darn I thought I was being a good tourist by calling it a koldbord

:-)

ProjectM


Oh.... It's not a studio... it's a mixing cinema? 


I hope that helps...




I really do....

My kinda place!!!  Has coffee and a couch Woot Woot  


Looks like a relaxing atmosphere to work in. Have a great time