February 2012
1 post
http://soundcloud.com/stuart-hooper →
August 2011
2 posts
“The fact is that in the past artists who achieved chart success received vast...”
– HalfEmptyAndHalfFull
“People don’t wake up thinking, ‘What music can I steal today?’...”
– Harvey Goldsmith
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/aug/13/music-industry-harvey-goldsmith
May 2011
5 posts
Sound Design: How to make reliable wind sound →
This is a pretty useful PDF. Although what they suggested gets a little repetitive. So I put a very slow wah on the white noise to create the sea crashing on the rocks and now I’m about to mix in some audio i recorded at the beach a few weeks ago to liven it up a little bit. Hopefully it will make an effective cliff-top soundscape for the ending section of our short.
Mind Meister →
Showing your working out and logical progression through mind maps is an excellent method if you’re crap at writing like me. It’s also been shown to help students retain 10% more memory of projects when using this method. This site makes it pretty easy to create maps. I use it to make my sketchbook shorthand scribbles more presentable.
It allows you to export files as different size...
How to make a contact mic →
skint?
Yep.
March 2011
8 posts
Equipment list
For this short film I am using the following programmes and equipment:
MCE-86-s-II (I use this to record some of the ambience that isn’t closely accessable i.e the sea crashing on rocks)
Mic Type: Condenser Polar Pattern(s): Lobe and Hypercardioid Freq Response: 50 - 18,000 Power Required: 8 - 48 v
AKG C1000 S (This is used for all of the close up Foley sounds
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Notes on a test shoot
Sound Direction As no sound needs to be recorded live and it has higher quality if it is added afterwards, all the sound was Foley. For the ambiance i wanted to create the sounds of a cafe. This to me consists of cutlery, a radio, crockery, and a door and bell. The door and bell help produce thoughts of a cafe rather than a kitchen in a house. To create an effective radio sound i played some...
Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait (full film) →
This is why Mogwai are my biggest inspiration for the score of this film. Shame i don’t give a hoot about football.
Ambient Sound and Resonating Spaces - Rob Godman →
Research at 05:54
Stuart Hooper – Director of sound
As sound director on a film with no dialogue it is my role to create soundscapes that express the atmospheres of each scene. As vocals normally fill the foreground I will have to study other noises that are usually overwhelmed by voices in order to replace them. This is one option anyway. I am also considering simply building soundscapes that mimic certain...
February 2011
7 posts
Director of Sound
I’m director of sound for a short me and some chums are making over the next 10 weeks. It has no dialogue so I’m going to write some lovely backing score and of course handle all the foley and atmos. I’m very excited.
Falmouth Bassbin Society →
Above is a link to the finished website I’ve spent the last however long creating.
Enjoy.
————————————————————- The site got taken down because the bassbin society only put one gig on in 2 years… in other words they were ripping off their members.. So we decided to...
January 2011
5 posts
Coma →
Coma is a fun little flash game. It’s like a short puzzle that reminds me of scary girl.
October 2010
13 posts
Thanks very much for asking us to be involved with your documentary, but unfortunately we’re not going to be able to help you out on this occasion. I’ve checked with the guys’ schedule here and they’re so busy over the next month or so, plus travelling for a considerable amount of time. Please accept our apology and we really wish you well with your course and doco. -...
We have Rooster Records!
So far, Toucans, Pumpkin Records, Eigenlabs, Press Pack Studios, Lok Chi.
Soundcloud got back to me but as they are based in Germany it will be a skype interview, were just waiting for the dates.
I just contacted Rooster Records in Exeter, hopefully we can squeeze in an interview with several people in the shop before we have to head home from Eigenlabs.
“You’re either gonna be a terrible old man or a really cool old man, so you...”
Eigenlabs are on board!!!!
I get to interview the creators of the most expressive musical instrument ever created!
WatchA Mongolian Couch A documentary about how couchsurfing is benefiting underprivileged communities in Mongolia.
I just emailed Eigenlabs for an interview about the eigenharp.
Many fingers crossed.
I just emailed Pumpkin Records and Tony Butler from Big country asking if they would like to be in the documentry film im planning on getting green lit.
Fingers crossed.
September 2010
3 posts
August 2010
3 posts
Kurt Vonnegut →
“If you want to really hurt your parents and you don’t have the nerve to be a homosexual, the least you can do is go into the arts”
This is a lecture Vonnegut gave at Albion Collage where he received a honorary doctorate in 2002. The lecture’s title is “How to Get Job Like Mine”. This tape was donated to the Art Science Research by mr. Vonnegut.
I’ve...
Encounters at the end of the world →
June 2010
9 posts
3 tags
Fine Art Exibition Falmouth
I went to view the fine art exibition in falmouth on monday. It was really great, i didn’t take a camera which was pretty stupid, but i did spit wine on the wall.
The problem with gallaries is they always buy cheap shit wine and give it out for free. I’d rather pay for nice wine than drink crap. Fine art deserves fine wine. Graphic design doesn’t. That deserves coca-cola or...
Free Music Archive →
The Free Music Archive is an interactive library of high-quality, legal audio downloads. The Free Music Archive is directed by WFMU, the most renowned freeform radio station in America. Radio has always offered the public free access to new music. The Free Music Archive is a continuation of that purpose, designed for the age of the internet.
Every mp3 you discover on The Free Music Archive...
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http://mrdoob.com/ →
Creator of many projects including work with Audio Visualisation.