Month: January 2016

Originally posted on Matthew Toffolo's Summary:
A storyboard artist, or story artist, creates storyboards for film productions that are generally for large scope scenes, actions, and/or camera movements. The artist visualizes the story in collaboration with the director and sketches frames of the story on paper. It was an honor to sit down with…

Originally posted on Matthew Toffolo's Summary:
Foley is the reproduction of everyday sound effects that are added to film. These reproduced sounds can be anything from the swishing of clothing and footsteps to squeaky doors and breaking glass. I was very fortunate to sit down with the brilliant and under appreciated Foley Artist Mark…

Originally posted on Matthew Toffolo's Summary:
NEGOTIATING FILMMAKING NOTES How to Negotiate – Every aspect of producing involves negotiating, in one form or another. You always need to go in with the attitude that people already want to work with you. 12 MAJOR POINTS TO REMEMBER IN NEGOTIATIONS 1. PLAN WITH YOUR LIMITATIONS IN…

Originally posted on Matthew Toffolo's Summary:
A location sound mixer is the member of a film crew responsible for recording all sound on set during film-making. I recently sat down with Glen Gauthier to talk about the art of sound mixing on set. Glen’s work has spanned over 30 years, working on over 90 films and TV…