White Tiger Legend Test Screens in San Francisco

UAP attended the test screening of White Tiger Legend at Viz Cinema in Japantown, San Francisco today. The feature-length animated martial arts film seeks to shed light on long-held secrets of Kung-Fu. To add incredible realism and precise lip-sync to the animated characters, all the dialogue was recorded with facial capture technology. But, “it also introduced a lot of electronic noise to the recordings,” explains Karol. “I used a great deal of noise reduction and processing to create natural sounding dialogue. In the end, I am very proud of the result.”

Because this is an animation, the only thing that was recorded were voices. Backgrounds, crowds, hard effects, and fight scenes all needed to be edited in order to create a seamless soundtrack. One portion that received particular attention was the Foley. For this temp mix, Steve performed much of the Foley utilizing Structure, Avid’s sample-based virtual instrument.  ”At this stage of production, utilizing the sampler allowed me to still ‘perform’ Foley without the need of a costly stage. In animation, Foley is key to adding weight, dimension, life, and believability to the characters. We certainly didn’t want to neglect it in the temp FX build. But there’s a possibility that at this stage animation could still change. This way we save a little now, and have flexibility moving forward.” says Steve.  “The White Tiger Legend” is slated for a 2013 release. Seek the source!

Check out the New Edition of CAS Quarterly: Featuring Fantastic Cover Story About Scott Milan & More!

Check out the newest edition of Cinema Audio Society Quarterly.  It features articles including an interview with Scott Milan, this year’s Career Achievement Award Recipient, working abroad, dynamic range, dealing with sound reports, and much more. Be sure to check out my newest article “The Reality Is…” on the audio post and production of reality programming page 26.

Karol Urban is accepted as an Active Member of the Motion Picture Sound Editors

The MPSE is a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide a wealth of knowledge from award winning professionals to a diverse group of individuals, youth and career professionals alike; mentoring and educating the community about the artistic merit and technical advancements in sound and music editing; providing scholarships for the continuing advancement of motion picture sound in education; and helping to enhance the personal and professional lives of the men and women who practice this unique craft.

Check out This Month’s Incredible Issue of CAS Quarterly and Read Karol’s New Article on Eucon and ProTools and Much More

This month’s issue of CAS Quarterly is really impressive and insightful featuring product reviews, industry observations, and biographic information on this year’s honored recipients of the Filmmaker and Lifetime Achievement Awards. It features amazing articles from a review of the incredible A8 Realizer by Peter Damski to a very informative review of V-Control Pro by David Bondelevitch. Karol contributed this month by writing an article that explores the development and potential of the new generation of ProTools controllers, specifically those using the new Eucon ethernet protocol. Download a PDF copy here.

Steve and Karol Take Home Some Bling at the 2011 TIVA DC Peer Awards Ceremony

On November the 19th, Urban Audio Post partners, Steve and Karol Urban, took home individual awards at the 2011 TIVA DC Peer Awards. Steve won a Bronze Peer Award for his mix on a promo for National Geographic for the “Shane Untamed.”  Karol took home a Bronze for her sound design for Discovery Studios “Anxious.” Steve was at the National Press Club to receive the awards.

Karol Urban Interviews Pioneering Sound Recordist and Designer, Ann Kroeber, for Designing Sound

Karol Urban has a new interview article out this month for Designing Sound where she was blessed to have the pleasure of chatting with Ann Kroeber, a true sound design artist and expert recordist.  Read the full Interview here.

Some of Ann’s past contributions include:

The Black Stallion
Elephant Man
Star Wars Trilogy
Dune
Blue Velvet
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
The Horse Whisperer
The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
World of WarCraft
Dragon Age
Spore

Karol Urban Provides Sound Design for The Adrenalist Campaign for Degree

Karol Urban provided sound design for The Adrenalist Campaign for Degree. In addition to the branding SFX and telemetry FX used for the graphics package for the online Adrenaline Lab videos, she also provided complete sound design and re-recording mix for the Theatrical Trailer and first 4 episodes of the Adrenaline Lab webisodes, including 2 featurettes on Bear Grylls, and featurettes on Kevin Jorgeson, and Jeremy Jones. Each episodes explores the feelings of adrenaline experienced by these thrill seeking extreme sports celebrities. Learn more here.

The New Summer 2011 Edition of Cinema Audio Society Quarterly is Released: Cover Story on Cloud Computing by Karol Urban

Learn a bit about cloud computing and the new services emerging to specifically service audio professionals in this month’s CAS Quarterly Summer 2011 Edition. Click the image to download and view a pdf of the publication.

CAS Quarterly Spring Edition Released: Karol Urban Interviews CAS Winners, Bob Bronow, “Deadliest Catch”, and Micheal Williamson & Eric Lalicata, “30 Days of Night:Dark Days”

Karol Urban authored 2 interview articles for the Cinema Audio Society Quarterly Spring 2011 Edition highlighting the achievements of CAS Winners  Bob Bronow, Re-recording Mixer for Deadliest Catch, as well as Michael Williamson, Production Mixer, and Eric Lalicata, Re-recording Mixer & Supervising Sound Editor, for 30 Days of Night:Dark Days.

Read pages 21-23 to learn about their workflow and  award winning techniques.

Urban Audio Post launches new website with development and hosting provided by GenLack

Urban Audio Post is pleased to announce the updating and relaunching of our website. The site is designed to easily display our latest work and share news and information with our friends, colleagues and clients.