White Tiger Legend Test Screens in San Francisco

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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!

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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

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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.

NatGeo WILD: Big Cat Week

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Big Cat Week is this week on NatGeo WILD. Featured in the lineup are two shows that Steve edited and mixed.

Big Cat Wars: Lion vs Cheetah takes us to the wilds of the Serengeti to witness a stunning act of violence by two male lions.

Hunt For the Shadow Cat follows trapper Boone Smith as he tracks down jaguars in Belize in order to help learn more about the elusive wild cat.

Be sure not to miss these incredible shows.

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

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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.