Richard Lightstone, CAS Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 SOUND THE ARTIST – Nadine Muse, Gérard Lamps, Michael Krikorian HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS – PART 2 – James Mather, Stuart Wilson, Stuart Hilliker, Mike Dowson, Adam Scrivener HUGO – Philip Stockton, Eugene Gearty, Tom Fleischman, John Midgley TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY – John Casali, Howard Bargroff, Doug Cooper, Stephen Griffiths, Andy Shelley WAR HORSE – Stuart Wilson, Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson, Richard Hymns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VASI Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 Why "The Artist"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Mills Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 Because it has a very good sound design. There is also a very short dialog sequence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPSharman Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 There was one scene of foley, which was accentuated as part of the story, and one brief scene of a couple of lines of dialog at the end. Other than that, it was musical score, which was fantastic, and deserving of a nomination. A mixing or sound nomination is almost a tongue-in-cheek joke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Lightstone, CAS Posted January 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 Nominations for Achievements in Sound Mixing for the BAFTA, OSCAR and CAS are made on the overall sound track, that includes dialog, sound effects and music. It shocks me when Production Sound Mixers have a myopic view of what is "Best Sound"; believing that it is only the dialog recording that rates. A great soundtrack is the combination of the production dialog (if any), ADR, Sound Effects, Foley and Music Score all blended into an emotional experience that compliments the image. That's how I judge when filling in my nominating ballot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPSharman Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 Nominations for Achievements in Sound Mixing for the BAFTA, OSCAR and CAS are made on the overall sound track, that includes dialog, sound effects and music. I know. But there were lots of films which involved a lot of "mixing" between dialog/FX/music/score. "The Artist" was basically score, and seems an odd choice. I very much enjoyed the film, but I just don't get this. And I bet there are post mixers (particularly those more deserving of the nod) who agree with me completely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studiomprd Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 " Why "The Artist"? " It sounded great, that sound (and the lack of traditional sound -aka dialog) was a major contributor to the story-telling and viewing experience, and what RL said.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPSharman Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 " Why "The Artist"? " It sounded great, that sound (and the lack of traditional sound -aka dialog) was a major contributor to the story-telling and viewing experience, and what RL said.. That, to me, is the score in this instance. For which it is rightly nominated. http://static.bafta.org/files/longlist-1112-1256.pdf FYI, the BAFTA long list shows that "Tintin", along with the other nominees, not "The Artist", received the asterisk for Sound from the Chapter (A Chapter is a group of over 80 members with specialist skills or experience in a particular craft area). Just saying. But congrats to all nominees, nevertheless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Lightstone, CAS Posted January 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 The BAFTA Sound Nominations are selected by the Sound Branch. The final award is also decided by the Sound Branch as well. This differs from the Motion Picture Academy, where the Sound Branch nominates, however the entire (voting) Academy members vote on the final Awards as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPSharman Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 The BAFTA Sound Nominations are selected by the Sound Branch. The final award is also decided by the Sound Branch as well. This differs from the Motion Picture Academy, where the Sound Branch nominates, however the entire (voting) Academy members vote on the final Awards as well. Thanks for the clarification. Makes it even more odd that the Chapter selection differs from the nomination. Oh, well. Perhaps Kriky will be part of the anticipated sweep, and will have some trophies to show us at the next BBQ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VASI Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 Yes. Ok. The soundtrack is good but contrast to the image is an apathetic music. Does not "comments" the picture in many cases. In the middle of movie the director is playing with the sound very good and surprise me. But the end of movie the only dialog is "My pleasure". And not good. Yeap the actor is dyslexic. Is there a hint for this before in the movie? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeoh Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 Congratulations to all the nominees! Bravo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Wielage Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 Just caught a screening of War Horse last night -- beautiful-sounding (and looking) picture. Very, very good dialog throughout. At the beginning of the film, I wondered if the levels were too low; by the time we hit the battle scenes, they were just right. Lots of dynamic range, but it works well in a big theater. The grand, sweeping John Williams score was great, too. All five of these movies were stellar and deserved a nod. I gotta say, though, I'm puzzled as to why they didn't give Bernard Herrmann a credit for that one segment in The Artist. It's such a recognizable theme, and clearly the director was a huge fan. I wonder if there was at least a copyright credit at the end? Had to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studiomprd Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 " they stole the music written by Bernard Herrmann for a small film directed by Alfred Hitchcock with a title of "Vertigo!" Unbelieveable they didn't even give credit to Herrmann for using his music. " They openly borrowed a bit it, and fully acknowledge it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studiomprd Posted February 12, 2012 Report Share Posted February 12, 2012 *WINNER: Hugo - Philip Stockton, Eugene Gearty, Tom Fleischman, John Midgley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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