Head Over Heels making waves in Malaysia.

Two days before I left for LA, I met up with Asohan Aryaduray, a journalist from Digital News Asia. We talked about how I got involved in Head Over Heels and the path I'd taken in my career as a sound designer.

Asohan was very friendly and nice so it was easy for me to talk to him about 'sound' stuff. I think I was even talking nonstop at one point.

To read the article in full, please click on the link below:

www.digitalnewsasia.com/digital-economy/the-hidden-art-of-sound-design-from-an-award-winning-malaysian

The national news channel Astro Awani has also caught up on the hype of the Golden Reel and Head Over Heels's nomination in this year's Academy Awards.

http://youtu.be/fSLpUoyopyc

As this is the national news channel, the content will be in Bahasa. I'll try to subtitle it at some point for all my English-speaking friends in UK.

Head Over Heels grabs the Golden Reel awards

A short animated film that I worked on has picked up a Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Award - recognised as the sound world's equivalent of the Oscars.

Head Over Heels was nominated in the Verna Fields Award for Best Sound Editing by a Student Filmmaker.

The film is also in contention at The Oscars in the Best Short Animated Film category.

"It is a great honour to receive this award and be recognised by the finest sound and music editing professionals. Not everyone understands the importance of sound and music in a film or video because it is designed to be seamless and subtle. If you have the passion and love for it, I believe you can thrive and be proud of your work."

'Volume' in Sundance 2013

'Volume' a short film from the NFTS, directed by Mahalia Belo.

Synopsis:

'WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW, TRUTH IS JUST WHAT YOU DECIDE IT IS'

Sam lives is a place where everything is polished and secrets are cleaned up and kept. So when Georgina goes missing, everyone acts like nothing happened. But Sam can't stop thinking about her, the enigma who lived next door, swimming daily in her pool. As Sam drifts back into his memories of Georgina, he comes to realise he may know more than he wants to remember.

The 2013 SUNDANCE Short Film program is comprised of 65 short films selected from a record 8,102 submissions.

VOLUME has been selected. Three cheers for VOLUME. Well done to the team.

Most of the key heads of department on VOLUME were women. The sense of loyalty and friendship between us gave the entire crew a sense of community, and a shared drive to achieve something extraordinary. The team are already planning future collaborations and hope that VOLUME is just the first film of many we make together.

Underwater filming.

The script for VOLUME was extremely ambitious for a short film - luxury houses, desolate landscape and multiple extras. Oh, have I mentioned the underwater filming yet?

The film was shot in 35mm and the end result is stunning. The music is filled with subtlety and beauty working incredibly well with my sound design to draw out suspense and mystery.

Screen International says of VOLUME..."It is a stunning, take-notice debut in which the London born director creates an exquisite, haunting suburban world and marries it to a dreamy but always menacing drama."

Watch the trailer here:

http://volumethefilm.com/#807/custom_plain

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