Boom! Pow! Zoom! Dude look at the colors!
Here’s Bill and I with Kevin Kirwan the engineer from Encore Hollywood
That’s the back of my jughead checking out Hero Heights on Encore’s cool set up while Kevin plugs away.
Here we are with Oracle Post engineer Bill Devine. Check out the big grins on Bill Ho and I. Can you tell we were happy with the sound effects?
Greetings True Believers!
Last week Bill and I ventured over to Encore Hollywood to review our color corrections. We got to sit in a studio that looked like the cockpit of The Millennium Falcon and had engineer Kevin Kirwan at the helm. This session was scheduled in order for us to go through the cartoon and make sure we were happy with the colors. If something seemed too bright or dark, Kevin could use his technical expertise and fix it the way we wanted. Overall there were only a few minor adjustments needed so we were in and out of there in less than an hour. Thanks for your help Kevin!
Today we got a preview of the Hero Heights sound effects over at Oracle Post in Burbank! (Which, by the way is a really nice place!) Bill Devine the engineer did a fantastic job of putting it all together. Every whoosh, boom, smack and thud was expertly placed throughout the short. He really blew us away with the way he handled Smart Alec’s power hum. Since he uses his power though the whole cartoon, Bill made sure the sound effects he chose weren’t too distracting. He also gave us a variety of sounds depending on how Smart Alec was using his power at the time. Whoa! Talk about professional! We’d like to thank everyone at Oracle Post for contributing so much to our cartoon. But we’d especially like to thank Bill Devine for the sweet sound effects he arranged for Hero Heights! This cartoon required a lot of different sound effects so we knew it was a tall order.
That’s all for now! So until next time this is Raul Aguirre Jr. and Bill Ho saying, “Excelsior!”
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On July 31st, 2006 at 12:00 am
Seems very cool guys! And I didnt know you could change color like that… THATS AWSOME!!! Cant wait to see your short guys!
On August 1st, 2006 at 12:00 am
Yeah it tripped me out that you can select a part of a scene like a BG element or a prop and adjust the color on that one frame, then with the amazing technology it changes that one object’s hue throughout the whole scene. I had no idea you could do that until that day.
On July 31st, 2006 at 12:00 am
Bill, Raul — Going to sound effects previews is one of my favorite parts of my job. Bill and you did a great job of making “Hero Heights” yet even more of a blast to watch. Can’t wait for the music.
On August 1st, 2006 at 12:00 am
Thanks for stopping by Eric! We’re glad that you found our session an enjoyable experience! We have a music review this Tuesday at 11, so drop by!
On August 1st, 2006 at 12:00 am
Thanks Eric, it was cool seeing you at the session. I’m sure you’ll dig the music!
On August 1st, 2006 at 12:00 am
It’s the magic of science Stephen! We’re only days away from seeing the final product (for the crew that is)- But stay tooned… You won’t be disappointed!
On August 1st, 2006 at 12:00 am
Bill Devine! Whaaasssssup! Bill and I worked on Pinky and the Brain together! Great guy!
On August 1st, 2006 at 12:00 am
It’s a small world after all. Bill is totally cool.