Orchestras through the eyes of GoPros.
24 GoPro cameras distributed among the players and instruments of the Czech Philharmonic under maestro Manfred Honeck. Some neat points of view, especially if you’ve never played in an orchestra before.
24 GoPro cameras distributed among the players and instruments of the Czech Philharmonic under maestro Manfred Honeck. Some neat points of view, especially if you’ve never played in an orchestra before.
Needs-no-introduction editor Walter Murch on six criteria by which to judge the worth, quality, and necessity of an edit.
Here’s an excellent article in The Guardian by Jordan Kisner about veteran sound designer Skip Lievsay, whose credits include No Country For Old Men, The Big Lebowski, Waiting for “Superman”, Men In Black, Fargo, Silence of the Lambs, O Brother Where Art Thou?, and Goodfellas.
Composer Eric Whitacre, known for stirring choral compositions, has for several years been doing an experiment he calls “Virtual Choir”. He makes a guide track available for one of his pieces—something to sing along to—and asks the public to record themselves singing their part on camera and send it to him. In this particular rendition, “Virtual Choir 3,” you are apparently hearing 3746 voices from 73 countries performing together. Whoa.
Eric Whitacre’s Virtual Choir 3, ‘Water Night’
Yup. This happened.