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January 2012
Happy New Year!
Wishing you all a Happy, Healthy and Harmonic 2012.
"Transpapa" wins
Sarah Judith Mettkes feature Transpapa wins the prize of the prime minister of the German state Saarland.
"Transpapa" and "Schuld sind immer die anderen" at the Max Ophüls Film Festival
The two films Transpapa and Schuld sind immer die anderen have been nominated in the category best feature at this year's Max Ophüls Film Festival. Fingers crossed!
Sound design for Technicolor
Jörn Nettingsmeier and I designed an audio logo for a trade show trailer for the company Technicolor which was mixed in Ambisonics surround by Jörn himself.
"Reality-XL" in German cinemas
Tom Bohn's Thriller Reality XL starring Heiner Lauterbach and featuring foley by myself and fellow colleagues in the foley lounge hits German cinemas on January 12th.
"Tracy Beaker Returns" wins Childrens' BAFTA
Even though I have been informed over a year late, the foley lounge team is pleased to hear that Tracy Beaker Returns has won a Children's BAFTA award.
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December 2011
Foley edit for "Prisoners' Wives"
For the new BBC drama series Prisoner's Wives (working title "Bound") I helped out as foley editor on a few episodes.
Mix to "Überall wo es uns gefällt" completed
The mix to Klaus Betzl's documentary Überall wo es uns gefällt has been completed. The portrait of four female musicians joins them on their musical hiking journey through the Bavarian landscape, trading their music with the locals for food and loding.
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November 2011
"Transit" on Bavarian Television
On November 30th the feature Transit will be shown on Bavarian Television at 11:40pm.
"Krefeld, Geheimnisse der Seidenstadt" at Cinemaxx Krefeld
On December 4th the documentary Krefeld, Geheimnisse der Seidenstadt (Krefeld, Secrets of the Silk City) by director Matthias Heuser will be holding its premiere at the Cinemaxx in Krefeld.
"Halbe Portionen" wins in China
Halbe Portionen has won the prize for best script in the category "International Student Films" at the Sichuan TV Festival in China.
"Bis aufs Blut" on television
On November 11th the feature Bis aufs Blut is broadcast at 11 pm on German channel SWR.
Post-production on two documentaries
The audio post-production on two documentaries has begun. Mica Crossmedia's Krefeld: Geheimnisse der Seidenstadt explores the history of the city of Krefeld. Klaus Betzl's film Überall wo es uns gefällt joins four young musicians on a musical hiking tour.
Foley recordings for "Body Language"
I was the foley mixer on the foley footsteps recording for the Belgian feature Body Language.
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October 2011
Foley and dialogue edit for "Unglaublich Glücklich"
On Sarah Judith Mettke's feature Unglaublich Glücklich, starring Devid Striesow, I worked both on the dialogue edit and the foley production as both foley artist and editor.
Dialogue edit for "Schuld sind immer die Anderen"
I prepared the dialogue edit for the final mix of the feature Schuld sind immer die Anderen (formerly "Zweites Leben").
Mix to "Ausreichend" completed
The final mix to Isabel Prahl's diploma film Ausreichend has been completed. The short was mixed at the KHM Academy of Media Arts Cologne together with sound designer Kai Holzkämper .
"Halbe Portionen" and "Nachtbus" at festivals
Halbe Portionen has won the audience award at Filmzeit Kaufbeuren and has been nominated for a "Gold Panda" award in four categories at this year's Sichuan TV Festival. Nachtbus has been nominated for the German Nachwuchsfilmpreis 2011.
"/afk" reaches over one million views
The "World of Warcraft" fan film /afk has had over one million views worldwide.
Mixing of Alan Silson's Christmas song
After the successful and very friendly collaboration on his last release, Alan Silson invited me once more to mix his new Christmas song.
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September 2011
"Grimmsberg" on TV and at Cologne Conference
September 8th, 2011
Grimmsberg will be shown in 3D at this year's Cologne Conference. Pro7 will be airing the first season on October 29th at 08:15 pm.
Foley recordings for "Body Language"
September 8th, 2011
I was the foley mixer on the foley production for the Belgian feature Body Language.
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August 2011
"Grimmsberg" on pro7.de at Halloween
August 13th, 2011
The mystery series Grimmsberg will be released on pro7.de at Halloween. The team premier of the 3D version will be held in September.
Dialog edit for "Zweites Leben"
August 8th, 2011
I am currently working on the dialog edit for the feature Zweites Leben by director Lars-Gunnar Lotz. The film will be mixed by Christian Heck at sumophonic.
"Halbe Portionen" on BR
August 8th, 2011
The films Halbe Portionen and Höllenritt by director Martin Busker will be shown on as a double feature on Bayerischen Rundfunk (Bavarian Broadcast) on August 10th.
Sound design for "Nachtbus"
August 8th, 2011
I worked on the majority of sound design for the horror short Nachtbus (Hamburg Media School) by director Benjamin Teske. The film was mixed at Studio Hamburg.
Sound editing for "Be Patient"
August 3rd, 2011
Benjamin Simon and I edited the sound for the KHM academy of media arts Cologne short "Be Patient".
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July 2011
"Living Next Door To Alice" completed
July 1st, 2011
Alan Silson's new dance version of Smokie's Living Next Door To Alice will be released on July 15th.
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June 2011
"Grimmsberg"
June 22nd, 2011
Post-production of the Pro7 web series Grimmsberg has been successfully completed. The programme will be released in autumn.
Mix of new version of "Living next door to Alice"
June 10th, 2011
For the new release of a disco version of Smokie's world hit "Living next door to Alice" producer Uli Werner and former band member Alan Silson invited me to mix the single.
"Transit" available on DVD
June 10th, 2011
The featuer Transit will be available on DVD from the 24th of June. Starring Annika Blendl, Clemens Schick, Jürgen Vogel, production sound by me.
Foley for "Reality XL", "Und dennoch lieben wir" and "Tape"
June 10th, 2011
I was in charge of recording props for Tom Bohn's Thriller Reality XL with Heiner Lauterbach as foley mixer as well as mxing and editing footsteps for Und dennoch lieben wir. For the Dutch production Tape I worked as foley editor.
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May 2011
"Halbe Portionen" wins two Goldene Spatzen
May 29th, 2011
Halbe Portionen won the award as the best short film at the children's media festival Goldener Spatz. Lorenz Harder won as best actor for his outstanding performance.
BAFTA Award for "Flying Monsters 3D"
May 23rd, 2011
The 3D documentary Flying Monsters 3D by and with David Attenborough has won a BAFTA Award in the category "Specialist Factual". For the theatrical version I designed additional sound effects for the foley recordings.
"Bis aufs Blut" on DVD and Blu-Ray
May 9th, 2011
Bis aufs Blut is available on DVD and Blu-Ray.
"Halbe Portionen" at Neisse Film Festival
May 8th, 2011
Halbe Portionen is being presented at the Neisse Film Festival today.
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April 2011
"/afk" on The Jace Hall Show
April 28th, 2011
The internet site The Jace Hall Show has published an interview with director Benjamin Dressler on /afk.
"Grabpflege" on ARTE
April 27th, 2011
Tonight the short Grabpflege will be broadcast on ARTE at 00:35 am.
"Grimmsberg"
April 24th, 2011
The Pro7 web series Grimmsberg is currently being premixed.
University studies completed
April 2nd, 2011
I have completed my diploma thesis on "Dramaturgy in Film Sound" and my university studies at the University of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf and the IMM Düsseldorf and now have my degree as Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Ton- und Bildtechnik (sound and video engineer).
"Halbe Portionen" on ARTE
April 2nd, 2011
Halbe Portionen will be broadcast on ARTE on April 18th at 11:45pm.
Commercials
April 2nd, 2011
During the last few weeks I have been working both on set and in postproduction for element-e, Allianz, Mica Crossmedia and GSW-Worldwide.
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March 2011
Sound design for "Hockey is Diversity"
March 11th, 2011
I provided the sound design for the spots for the initiative Hockey is Diversity, produced by Mica Crossmedia. The clips will be shown for the first time at tonight's match of the Krefeld Penguins.
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February 2011
Foley for Pro7 "Funny Movie"
February 22nd, 2011
The action comedy Leppel & Langsam will be broadcast on Pro7 on April 9th. I worked on the film as foley editor and additional foley recordist.
"Retreat" premieres at Berlin Film Festival
February 9th, 2011
The psychological suspense thriller Retreat, starring Cillian Murphy, Thandie Newton and Jamie Bell, will be screened at the Berlin Film Festival. I recorded the foley at the foley lounge.
David Attenborough's "Flying Monsters"
February 9th, 2011
The 3D documentary Flying Monsters by David Attenborough will be having an additional IMAX release. I supplied additional sound design elements to the foley production.
"The Green Wave" in German theatres
February 8th, 2011
Ali Samadi Ahadis film The Green Wave starts in German theatres on February 24th.
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January 2011
"Bis aufs Blut" actors win Bavarian Film Award
January 28th, 2011
Burak Yigit and Jacob Matschenz both received the Bavarian Film Award as best newcomer actors in Bis aufs Blut.
"Halbe Portionen" wins best medium length film
January 23rd, 2011
Halbe Portionen has won the prize for "best medium length film" at this year's Max-Ophüls film festival.
Diploma thesis "Dramaturgy in film sound"
January 14th, 2011
As final part of my sound engineering studies I am currently writing my diploma thesis on the topic "Dramaturgy in film sound". It will deal with the conceptional design of the film soundtrack as a sound supervisor and focus on methods of work in the mixing process.
Foleys for "Turnout" and "Retreat"
January 14th, 2011
Currently I am working as foley recordist for the British feature productions Turnout and Retreat, starring Thandie Newton, Jamie Bell und Cillian Murphy, who was last seen in "Inception".
Sound design for "Grimmsberg"
January 14th, 2011
I will be working on the sound post-production to Martin Busker's new internet series Grimmsberg, produced by teamWorx for German TV station Pro Sieben.
Happy New Year!
January 1st, 2011
I wish you all a happy, healthy and wealthy New Year 2011!
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December 2010
Merry Christmas!
December 24th, 2010
I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
"AFK" reaches half a million
December 22nd, 2010
Just before Christmas /afk surpasses 500.000 hits. The number of views on youtube has even been beaten by the Chinese platform youku.
"Halbe Portionen" at the Max-Ophüls-Festival
December 19th, 2010
Halbe Portionen was nominated for the Max-Ophüls-Prize 2011 in the category "medium length film". The film will be screened at the festival in January.
Post-production for "180 Grad"
December 13th, 2010
Currently I'm working on the post-production to Maren Erdmann and Ove Sander's children's short 180 Grad (180 degrees). Having mixed the production sound I will continue catering for its sound right through to the final 5.1 mix.
Saxophon quintet CD production
December 3rd, 2010
In April, recordings were made with the saxophon quintet SQFDAMKBW, an ensemble consisting of musicians from the German Armed Forces. The production is currently being edited and mixed.
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November 2010
Tonmeistertagung
November 21st, 2010
I will once again be working at the Tonmeistertagung in Leipzig as one of the technical operators in charge of presentations.
"AFK" released
November 21st, 2010
The short /afk - away from keyboard has finally been released after many fans joined in on the online gaming event! On the first day the film passed 20.000 views.
Interview with Benjamin Dressler
November 18th, 2010
The online magazine WOW-Insider talked to director Benjamin Dressler about /afk. The interview can be read here.
"AFK" trailer hits 25.000 views
November 12th, 2010
The trailer to /afk - away from keyboard has reached 25.000 views so far! I'm busy working on the sound post-production as we are heading for the November 19th release date. All in all the teaser and trailer clips have been viewed over 60.000 times so far.
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October 2010
Foley for "Tracy Beaker Returns"
October 27th, 2010
I'm currently working on the BBC children's series Tracy Beaker Returns as foley recordist, editor and additional props artist.
"AFK" teaser released
October 17th, 2010
The first teaser to /afk - away from keyboard has been released. The short will be released on November 19th, until then weekly teasers are to follow.
Shooting in Scotland successful
October 9th, 2010
The two weeks of shooting in Scotland have been finished successfully. Besides working on the production sound, with a wonderful protagonist and her family, and good weather, I was even able to experience the magic of my second home Scotland directly by helping save a little sheep.
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September 2010
Shooting abroad in Scotland
Septmeber 24th, 2010
I will be spending the next two weeks shooting a documentary as production sound recordist in Scotland. So it is work that is finally bringing me back to my second home.
"Transit" and "The Green Wave" at Soundtrack Cologne
September 24th, 2010
Philipp Leinemann and Christoph Zirngibl will be talking about the score to Transit at this year's Soundtrack Cologne.
Apart from that the makers of The Green Wave will be talking about the sound and music design to their documentary.
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August 2010
Final mix for "Grabpflege"
August 30th, 2010
Director Kilian von Keyserlingk and I met up in Berlin for the final mix of Grabpflege, with dialogue editing by myself and sound design by Julian Scherle. The short will be broadcast soon on Arte.
Final mix for "Halbe Portionen"
August 20th, 2010
Benjamin Simon, Miriam Voth and I spent one week in Ludwigsburg on the final mix of Halbe Portionen. The film was mixed in 5.1 and will soon be broadcast on Arte.
"Bis aufs Blut" hits cinemas
August 20th, 2010
Bis aufs Blut has won the First Steps award as the best feature and hits German cinemas on September 23rd.
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July 2010
On set for "Grabpflege"
July 25th, 2010
The shooting of the short Grabpflege, a co-production of the Film Academy Ludwigsburg with La Femis Paris and Arte, will be taking place at the end of July as part of the Cinema Masterclass. Chrsitoph Sapp (boom operator) and I will be recording the production sound.
"Transit" wins Förderpreis Deutscher Film for best production
July 25th, 2010
Transit has won the Förderpreis Deutscher Film award in the category best production. On top of that, Christoph Zirngibl's score has been nominated in the category "Best Score For a Full Length Production" at the "International Filmmusic Festival" in Ubeda, Spanien.
Sound supervisor for "Halbe Portionen"
July 7th, 2010
My colleague Benjamin Simon and I are supervising the sound post-production for the film Halbe Portionen by director Martin Busker. Besides mixing we will also be responsible for the foley recordings. Further members of the sound post-production team are Miriam Voth (dialogue editing, backgrounds, sound design), Marc Wesemann (sound effects editing) and Peter Lorenz (foley editing). The final mix is scheduled for August.
Premier of KHM productions
July 7th, 2010
The KHM School of Media Art's comedy projects will be holding their premiere on July 15th at the KHM Cologne. Besides foley production for one film together with Benjamin Simon, I was also production sound mixer on set of a few other sketches with comedian Anke Engelke, a very friendly and funny experience!
"Bis aufs Blut" wins Studio Hamburg newcomer prize
July 7th, 2010
Oliver Kiehnle's film Bis aufs Blut wins the Studio Hamburg newcomer prize for best director!
"Der Großvater" on BR
July 7th, 2010
Der Großvater will be broadcast on Bavarian Broadcast (BR) in the BR short film night.
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June 2010
Foley editor for "The Green Wave"
June 21st, 2010
During the sound post-production of the Iranian documentary The Green Wave I was responsible as foley editor. The film, which will be shown in a 52-minute short version on Arte on June 22nd, sheds light on the elections in Iran and the following uprisings of 2009 through interviews and twitter blogs. The full theatrical release is due in autumn.
Festival dates for "Transit" announced
June 16th, 2010
The screening dates for Transit at the Munich Film Festival have been announced!
"Lennon naked" on BBC4 June 23rd
June 16th, 2010
The feature Lennon naked which I worked on as the foley editor in the Foley Lounge will be broadcast on June 23rd at 9:30pm on BBC4. The film portrays John Lennon in the late 60s, during the time when he left the Beatles and became a pop icon.
On set for congaz
June 16th, 2010
A commercial for Abtei took me on set as the production sound mixer for congaz once more. Besides familiar faces in the crew I also met up again with actor Bernd Blömer, whom I worked with on Rubikon.
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May 2010
"Tansit" at the Munich Film Festival
May 18th, 2010
The feature Transit, which I worked on as production sound mixer, will be holding its premier at the 28th Munich Film Festival. The festival programme is currently being put together.
Sound design for "trust movement"
May 6th, 2010
The spec spot trust movement was a wonderful collaboration, working together with director Stephan Telaar, composer Markus Roser and mixer Björn Mauder, and myself being involved as sound designer.
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April 2010
"TravelWorks" videoclips online
April 28th, 2010
The videoclips about worldwide voluntary work through TravelWorks by director Caroline Bergmann are now available online and on DVD. Impressive imagery, wonderful music by Fabian Schulz, Two Travel Agents and Sindikaat, and mixed by me.
Byzantinian Sacral music
April 20th, 2010
After her debut a few months back, Soprano Camelia Tarlea has released her second CD, Asa vorbeste Domnul Slavei, featuring Byzantinian Sacral music, recorded and mixed by me.
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March 2010
Final mix for "Ins Blaue"
March 18th, 2010
The last tweaks for the mix to Kaija Helweg's short Ins Blaue are currently being made at the KHM mixing stage in Cologne on an ICON. After that we hope to have several festival screenings.
On location for "young promotion"
March 8th, 2010
I was on location recording production sound for young promotion. The filming took place at Frankfurt airport, amongst other locations.
In the frame for "congaz"
March 8th, 2010
For the visual media company congaz I worked as a sound mixer on the set of a green screen production. This way of filming allowed me to not only bring the microphone but also myself into the frame, without having to fear of being beheaded.
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February 2010
Foley editor at the "Foley Lounge"
February 19th, 2010
I've recently started working as a foley editor at the Foley Lounge for foley artist George Hapig. So far the predominantly foreign productions I've been working on include the british feature Lennon naked, which tells the story of John Lennon and his leaving the Beatles in order to follow his solo career.
Videos for "TravelWorks"
February 18th, 2010
The final mixes of the video clips by colleague and friend Caroline Bergmann have been completed. The clips about "work and travel" trips abroad through TravelWorks will be available on DVD soon.
Trailer for "Mystery Cache"
February 10th, 2010
My colleague and composer Christian Barth and I designed the soundtrack to Holger Frick's trailer for the feature Mystery Cache.
Production on "AFK" has begun
February 1st, 2010
The shooting to Benjamin Dressler's new short AFK has started. The film is being shot on a RED One.
"Parkour" at Berlinale
February 1st, 2010
Marc Rensing's feature Parkour will be shown at the 60th Berlinale.
"Bis aufs Blut" wins in Saarbrücken
February 1st, 2010
Bis aufs Blut won three prizes at this year's Max Ophüls Filmfestival. Apart from being the audience favourite and convincing the pupil's jury, Oliver Kienle's film also won the distribution funding.
Byzantinian Christmas music
February 1st, 2010
Soprano Camelia Tarlea has released her first CD with traditional Romanian Christmas carols, Doamne a Tale cuvinte. I was responsible for recording and mix.
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January 2010
Happy New Year!
January 7th, 2010
I wish you all the very best for 2010.
"Champions" hits box offices
January 7th, 2010
The Suisse feature Champions hits the cinemas today.
"Bis aufs Blut" and "Wolf unter Schafen" at the Max-Ophüls Festival
January 7th, 2010
Both Bis aufs Blut and Wolf unter Schafen will be holding their premier at this year's Max Ophüls Filmfestival in Saarbrücken.
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December 2009
Merry Christmas
December 24th, 2009
I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
"Born of Hope" released
December 8th, 2009
The Lord Of The Rings fan film Born Of Hope has been released. I was fortunate to be part of the team and am credited as one of the foley artists. The film can be watched online at www.bornofhope.com
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November 2009
SFX for "Champions"
November 23rd, 2009
I was given the chance to work as an additional sound editor on the Swiss feature Champions, editing sounds for the in-game ice hockey scenes.
"Parkour" wins Eastman Kodak Award
November 23rd, 2009
Marc Rensing's feature Parkour won the Eastman Kodak Award at this years' film festival in Hof. The film will hit cinemas in March 2010.
"2012" wins Westfalia Film Award
November 23rd, 2009
The sci-fi short 2012 by Marcus Overbeck won the Westfalia Film Award at this year's film festival in Lünen.
SACD mix of Essen's Girls' Choir completed
November 16th, 2009
The dramaturgical surround mix for the Super-Audio-CD of the Girl's Choir of the City of Essen has been completed. It will go straight to mastering and duplication to ensure its release in time for Christmas. The stereo and surround mixes are being mastered by Christian Zimmerli.
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October 2009
Foley for "Born of hope"
October 26th, 2009
Born Of Hope is a Lord Of The Rings fan film, produced by Actors at work productions, bringing together fans and creatives from all over the world. Sound post-production was spread out to various teams, including myself as foley artist/recordist on some scenes, with Enos Desjardins as sound supervisor and re-recording mixer. The film will go online on December 1st.
"Schlaraffenland" in BR short film night
October 20th, 2009
Schlaraffenland will be aired in the BR short film night on this Wednesday, October 21st at 11:40pm.
Audio gradutation work online
October 16th, 2009
An excerpt of my audio graduation work to the film Crew United (director: Milos Savic, production: Film Academy Baden-Württemberg) can now be found online under media.
"Versatzstücke" premieres
October 7th, 2009
Elisa Purfürst's documentary Versatzstücke about escape and migration is going to premiere at the film festival 52. DOK Leipzig (26.10. - 01.11).
SACD Mix
October 4th, 2009
The recordings of the Girls Choir of the City of Essen we made in June are now being mixed by Anne Camina and myself at the studios in the IMM. We are using a surround dramturgy developed by Prof. Hans-Joachim Haas in order to strengthen the textual reference and emotional listening experience by specifically placing the signals in the surround environment.
Mix for "Ins Blaue"
October 2nd, 2009
Kaija Helweg's short Ins Blaue is currently being mixed at the KHM Cologne School of Media Arts. The sound post-production team, with Helene Seidl as dialogue editor and myself as re-recording mixer is working hard to have the final mix ready for the screening at the KHM Showcase.
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August 2009
Children's short "180grad" in Berlin
August 18th, 2009
I am currently working as the sound recordist on the set of the children's short 180grad (180 degrees) in Berlin, getting the chance to once again work with director Maren Erdmann and DOP Ove Sander, as well as other crew members from Paul's Grandpa.
TRANSIT continues
August 5th, 2009
Things went well during the first half of filming and I have been asked to continue my work on the set of the feature Transit. I will be doing the on-set recordings for all but the last four days, giving me the chance to work with German actor Jürgen Vogel.
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July 2009
On set for Munich's HFF film school
July 26th, 2009
I am currently on set als sound recordist for the first half of the shooting to the feature Transit by director Philipp Leinemann. The film is being shot on location in and around Munich, to a great extent at motorway service areas, as well as on the motorway using a rigged truck-trailer. The film is being co-produced by Viafilm and Kaissar Film.
Dialogue editor for Film Academy Baden-Württemberg
July 26th, 2009
The dialogue for director Alex Eslam's short Wolf unter Schafen (wolf amongst sheep) was edited by me in preparation for the final mix by sound designer Christian Heck.
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June 2009
SACD production with the Girls Choir Essen
June 30th, 2009
Under the supervision of Prof. Hans-Joachim Haas, my colleagues Anne Camina, Bernhard Trutnau and I were responsible for the recordings of the Girls Choir of the city of Essen in Essen's Cathedral. The concert, recorded in 96 kHz in our university's OB-recording van, is to be mixed in 5.1 surround for an upcoming SACD.
Location sound for long-time documentary project
June 30th, 2009
Prof. Manfred Waffender is making a long-term documentary project on piano professor Thomas Leander and some of his students at Düsseldorf's Robert Schumann Music Academy. Together with my colleagues Jonas Hummel, Silvan Oschmann and Jakob Storm I was responsible for location sound recording while shooting during lessons. As part of our seminar, we are trying to find the pros and cons of different micing concepts for the situation.
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May 2009
Boom operator for "Bis aufs Blut"
May 13th, 2009
I am assisting my colleague and sound recordist Marc Wesemann in recording the production sound for the film Bis aufs Blut (Director: Oliver Kienle). The film is being shot on location in and around Würzburg, Germany.
Dialogue editing for "Parkour"
May 13th, 2009
During the sound post-production for the feature film Parkour (Director: Marc Rensing) I was responsible for dialogue editing for my colleague and sound supervisor André Zacher. Helene Seidl was adr and foley editor.
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April 2009
"Jeder für sich" premieres
April 11th, 2009
Jeder für sich, Johan Leenders' visual graduation film, will premiere on April 17th at IMMPact No.1. The film, which will be shown together with other productions by students of the IMM, tries to find a common view on and of the director's generation. Besides recording some of the interviews, I was responsible for the final mix as well as creating the sound design together with Johan Leenders.
Graduation project sound - "Crew United"
April 8th, 2009
Sound post-production and therefore my graduation project in the sound department of my studies at the Institute For Music And Media have been completed. Besides recording the original dialogue and sound on set, I was responsible for editing, sound design, part of the music and the final mix in 5.1 surround. The exam was held by Prof. Andreas Grimm and Olaf Mierau (result 1,0). The film premiered in Schwäbisch-Gmünd in April.
On location for Congaz
April 8th, 2009
My assistant David Dimartino and myself as recording engineer spent two days shooting on location for congaz visual media in Düsseldorf.
Sound editing for Parkour
April 8th, 2009
I am currently editing dialogue for the feature Parkour (Director: Marc Rensing, Sound Supervisor: André Zacher).
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January 2009
Mix of "Versatzstücke"
January 29th, 2009
The experimental documentary Versatzstücke by Elisa Purfürst is based on the acoustic impressions experienced by refugees. Four people from different backgrounds and generations tell their stories of fleeing to Germany, while describing the visual and aural sensations they were experienced. The sound design by Axel Bauer was partially created from the vocalized noises and was put together in the surround mix to form a surreal soundtrack that forms a contrast to the plain, authentic interviews.
Happy New Year 2009!
January 09th, 2009
Here's to a successful and happy year 2009!
Graduation project sound - "Crew United"
January 09th, 2009
I'm currently working on the sound post-production to Milos Savic's short Crew United. The editing, sound design, some of the music and final mix will be my final audio graduation project at the Institute For Music And Media.
Brahms Piano Concerto in the Tonhalle
January 09th, 2009
The orchestra of the RSH will be playing music by Brahms and Yun in Düsseldorf's Tonhalle on January 16th. Jana Langenbruch will be directing a multi-camera production for an upcoming DVD. Katrin Körber and I will be doing the music recording.
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December 2008
Screenings at Max-Ophüls Film Festival
December 17th, 2008
Two films that I was fortunate to work on will be screened at the Max-Ophüls-Festivals in January. Both Schlaraffenland and 2012 have been entered into the festival programme.
Dialogue Editing for "Schlaraffenland"
December 13th, 2008
I took care of the dialogue editing for the short Schlaraffenland. Christian Heck is responsible for sound design and mix.
Demo-CD Production
December 13th, 2008
Caroline Bergmann and I have recorded a demo-CD with Agnes Zarzeczny (Vocals) and Jens Thomas (Piano). The German jazz and chanson style songs were composed by the two musicians.
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November 2008
Tonmeistertagung 2008
December 13th, 2008
Fellow students and I were in charge of the equipment in Hall 3 and the Talkback Room at this year's Tonmeistertagung in Leipzig.
Gospel Project 2008
December 13th, 2008
I was responsible for location sound recording and sound post-production for a short clip to be shown at this year's Gospel Project Ruhr. Robert Gummlich was the director.
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October 2008
"Top 10 Grooves and Beats" on Drummerworld
October 20th, 2008
My visual graduation production Top 10 Grooves and Beats with Andy Gillmann is currently being presented at Drummerworld.
Julian David wins at AES in San Francisco
October 19th, 2008
Julian David has won two prizes at the AES student recording competition in San Francisco. He came second in the category non-classical surround and third in Jazz/Pop stereo. I very much enjoyed assisting Julian in the production and am very happy to hear about his success!
Dialogue editing for KHM Cologne
October 4th, 2008
I edited dialogue for Kaija Helweg's short Was es ist (What it is). Judith Nordbrock will be doing the final mix at the KHM (University of Media Arts) dub stage. Foley recordings and an ADR session are planned for October.
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