On Set with Roy Halee

Coupe was honored today to host legendary producer Roy Halee (Simon & Garfunkel, Journey, The Byrds). Producers of a documentary on the 40th anniversary of Bridge Over Troubled Water chose Coupe's Studio A as the location to film an interview with Roy.

UPDATE: Wildwater Wins at Salem and Kendal!

UPDATE: WildWater wins top prize - "Best Adventure Film" - at Kendal Mountain Fest (one of the "Big 4" in the genre) - including a specific shout out for the "meticulous" attention to sound design!

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Congrats to our friends at FORGE Motion Pictures - their film "Wildwater" won Best Short Film at the Salem Film Festival. Kip created some custom music for the film's score, and Greg did some wicked sound design, driven by his own experience as a white water junkie. Mixed in glorious 5.1 surround sound by part-time Couper and full-time cool guy Kelly Garry along with Supervising Mixer Ed Kaufman.

WildWater Ecuador Teaser from Anson Fogel on Vimeo.

VO Talent Advice

Check out this great article written by one of our favorite VO talents, Maxine Dunn.
One of the biggest milestones in your early voice-over career will be working in a professional recording studio - Maxine tells you how to ace it in this article.

As Seen ON The Guggenheim...

On Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and YouTube presented "YouTube Play," an exhibit of 25 videos selected by a jury including the filmmaker Darren Aronofsky and the music group Animal Collective.
Coupe provided the music, sound design and mixing on "This Aborted Earth" by filmmakers Michael Banowetz and Noah Sodano. The piece takes black-and-white engravings from the 19th and early 20th century and animates them in a way similar to Terry Gilliam's "Monty Python" cartoons. The result is a surreal reflection on long-ago times, and it's being projected on the outside of the museum. Wicked cool, and funny as hell.

Chasing Classic Cars

:30 promo for the premiere of the new show on HD Theater, Chasing Classic Cars. We had the host, Wayne, here with us in person to cut some VO lines before we sweetened and mixed this puppy.

Turn that noise down!

Those of you despairing of today’s partisan bickering, take heart: The Senate unanimously agreed late Wednesday that loud TV commercials are very annoying. We couldn't agree more. We standardize all of our broadcast mixes at -10dB. The Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act, or CALM, will require television stations and cable companies to keep commercials and shows at the same volume. Similar legislation has already passed the House. Senator Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., a co-sponsor of the bill, said that "TV viewers should be able to watch their favorite programs without fear of losing their hearing when the show goes to a commercial."

-Courtesy TheDailyBeast.com

Darth in the Studio