Alain Donio is an extremely talented Director of Photography and I will be having a conversation with him about how he lights a subject. The basic lighting setup is composed

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In this segment, I continue my conversation with Howard Sonnenberg. We discuss some of the films that inspire us and what elements of sound design make films stand out from

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I had the pleasure of meeting with Howard Sonnenberg, an Ottawa-based sound designer whose work has been featured in films, TV shows, commercials, and video games. Howard has close to

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It’s so common with Indie filmmakers to underestimate the impact of the auditory elements of filmmaking or overlook it altogether. I have fallen victim to this myself, so I need

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