Brooklyn Sound Society: Films

Audio Post Production:

FILM

A project will often come to me with many picture cuts, inconsistent tone, and unnecessary background noise, as well as missing footsteps, movements, and found fx. My job is to smoothen out the sound and fill in the missing parts as deemed necessary. From there, I set appropriate levels for broadcast or theatrical playback, sweeten the sound, and begin a premix. When all of these pieces are in place, the creative part begins. I take the time to understand the vision of each filmmaker, while adding my own creative instincts to their process. Together we are able to take the film to a new level that may not have seemed possible. [Neil]

	The Clerk's Tale Directed by James Franco for Rabbit Bandini Productions. Featured in the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. Starring Charles Dance and John Kelly. Sound design, sound edit, mix. Short film.
	Tub Directed by Bobby Miller for Streetwise Pictures. Featured in the 2010 Cannes, Sundance and SXSW Film Festivals. Sound design, sound edit, mix. Short film.
	Saturday Night Directed by James Franco for Rabbit Bandini Productions. Featured in the 2010 Tribeca, SXSW Film Festivals. Sound edit, mix. Feature documentary.

Herbert White
Directed by James Franco for Rabbit Bandini Productions.

Directed by James Franco for Rabbit Bandini Productions. Starring Acadamy Award nominated actor Michael Shannon. Featured in the 2010 Berlin, Sundance Film Festivals. Sound design, sound edit, mix. Short film.

Feast of Stephen

Director James Franco for Rabbit Bandini Productions
Teddy Award for best short film at the 2010 Berlin Film Festival. 2009 Telly Award for sound design. Sound design, mix. Short film.

Made in India
Directed by Rebecca Haimowitz and Vaishali Sinha.

Featured in the 2010 Hotdocs Festival. Sound design, sound edit, mix. Feature documentary.

Youth Zones
Directed by Lisa Russell for the UNFPA and the Women’s Refugee Commission
Sound edit, mix. Documentary.

Welcome To My World
Directed by Gwyn Welles

Sound edit, mix. Documentary.

Happy Life
Directed by Michael M. Bilandic for Tilt Pocket Productions.
Executive Producer Abel Ferrara. Sound edit, mix. Feature film.

In My Hands
Ann Reinking, Emma Morris, and Brenda Siemer Scheider for Sister Productions

For the National Marfan’s Foundation and premiered at the NBC Universal Screening Room with an introduction by Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Sound edit, mix. Feature documentary.

Tea on the Axis of Evil
Director Jean Marie Offenbacher for Reorient Films

Featured in the Canadian International Film Festival among others. Sound design, sound edit, mix. Feature documentary.

Not Yet Rain
Director Lisa Russell for IPAS

Emmy-winning filmmaker Lisa Russell’s Not Yet Rain was featured in the 2009 Global Health Conference. Awarded Best in Show at the RIFF. Sound edit, mix. Feature documentary.

Shadows
Director Alexander Lang for Mirror Image Productions

Featured in the 2009 New Filmmakers series. Sound design, sound edit, mix. Feature film.

Salamander
Director Jen Heck

2009 Outfest premier and winner of the Columbia Film Festival. Sound design, sound edit, mix. Short film.

Whirling Dervish
Director Rory Bain for Cracked in the Head Films

Sound design, sound edit, mix. Short film.

Natural Causes
A Canon/Lerman/Lerman Film

Official selection of the SXSW Festival, the Independent Film Festival in Boston, and the Sarasota Film Festival. Sound edit, mix. Feature film.

Fade
Director Anthony Stagliano for Klondike 5 Productions

Featured in the 2008 ACE Film Festival and distributed by Cinema Epoch. Sound design, sound edit, mix. Feature film. Clip 2

Brooklyn
Director Allon Azulai for Danoa Films

Sound design, sound edit, mix. Feature film.

Rosy
Director Christina Voros for Migrant Turtle Films

Winner of the 2008 Short Doc Slamdance award. Official selection the Florida Film Festival. Sound design, sound edit, mix. Short film.

Leave No Soldier
Director Donna Bassin for Shrinkwrap Productions

Winner of the Accolade Film awards and an official selection of the Rhode Island International Film Festival. Sound design, sound edit, mix. Feature documentary.

The Father Unblinking
Director Ziggy Attias for Ziggy Films

Winner of 10 Best of Film Festival awards. Sound design, sound edit, mix. Short film.

Gonzo Music Diaries
Director Roy Szuper for NYC-Universal Beef Productions

Gonzo Music Diaries is a time capsule of the music and activism that shaped NYC in 2004. Distributed by Indiepix. Sound design, sound edit, mix. Feature documentary.

Charlie
Director Salvatore Interlandi for Number 51 Pictures

An official selection of the 2007 Methodfest. Sound Design, Sound Edit, Mix. Feature film.

Music From Within
Directed by Molly Snyder Fink & Orlando Richards

Leroy Jenkins, the father of free-jazz violin, is the engaging subject of this short documentary that explores the meaning of freedom and personal legacy. Featured in the 2007 Woodstock Film Festival. Sound edit, mix. Short documentary.

Pie in the Sky
Directed by Mike Tenaglia

An official selection of the 2007 Tribeca Tropfest and the Queens International Film Festival, Pie in the Sky is the only film ever made about schizophrenia, pizza, and an adopted monkey doll. Sound design, sound edit, mix. Short film.

Proof of Birth
Directed by Jose Luis Orbegozo

An official selection of the 2007 Brooklyn International Film Festival, the story of Luis Gonzalez, a young illegal Mexican immigrant, on his quest to obtain a legal driver’s license in New York City. Sound design, sound edit, mix. Short film.

Love, Labor, Loss
Directed by Lisa Russell. A Governess Films Production

In 2006, Love, Labor, Loss became part of the Best of Film collection for the International Museum of Women’s "Imagining Ourselves" online exhibit. Sound design, sound edit, mix. Feature documentary.

When Fried Eggs Fly
Directed by Constantine Limperis for Unstumble Films

Premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival 2006. A visionary teacher takes on the challenge to create community in a NYC public school as he leads 162 eight-year-olds from creation to performance of an original song about the environment. Sound edit, mix. Feature film.

King of the Road
Ami Cuneo. Long Haul Entertainment

Determined to depict the lives of truckers, the owner of a long-haul trucking company coerces five of his drivers to star in a homegrown reality-TV show. Sound edit, mix. Feature documentary.

Product of 3C
Directed by Paul Hamill. Block Yard Films

In a world saturated by media, it’s hard to know one’s own truth. Sound design, sound edit, mix. Short film.

King of Paper Chasin'
Director Lamonte Edwards for Triplebeam Productions

Premiered at the Chelsea Cineplex. An official selection of HBO's NY International Latino Film Festival. Sound design, sound edit, 5.1 mix. Feature film.