The most terrifying bus journey I have ever experienced took place over fourteen hours from Cusco to Ica. We continued to travel northwards to our eventual destination of Huaccachina to experience sand boarding and the notorious sand buggy rides in the idyllic but tiny oasis town. Despite booking the highest level of Peruvian luxury coaching ..
From Joshua tree national park we take a hot windy drive over to the Californian west coast, towards Highway One. From vantage points we overlook Palm Springs through a hazy cloud of pollution that really shouldn’t be there. The brume has drifted southwards from Central California and obscures the distant landscapes that should be visible ..
Music Composition and Sound effects. The Borderlands Handsome Collection trailer was the perfect vehicle to demonstrate technical ability in a combination of Reason 8 and Logic Pro X
To ‘authorise’ is to endorse, give approval or validate the worth of something. With the weight of that definition comes ‘authority’, so the role of the author is to be elevated by association. A successful, well-known literature author will sell books based upon name alone as their proximity to a text sends forth a perceived ..
A day like today is the kind of day you hope for whilst travelling. Mind blown and expectations crushed I now know I have seen truly affecting poverty but also the pervasive ingenuity of humankind to build to survive in the harshest of places. We travel to the Rocinha favelas in rio and are escorted ..
For those in the envious position of planning an extended trip, you may be asking yourself which items or gadgets do I really need to take? What follows is a list formulated from experience on a trip spanning five continents from September 2013 to May 2014. SmartPhone My iPhone 5 was perhaps the piece of tech ..
Directed by: John Krasinski Composer: Marco Beltrami Sound Design: Erik Adahl/Ethan Van der Ryn Emily Blunt and Joe Krasinski tiptoe through a post apocalyptic, auditory nightmare in which the slightest noise can trigger the unwanted attention of some particularly brutal creatures that hunt by sound alone. From the first moment of seeing the trailer to A Quiet Place, ..
It’s the last week of school and fatigue is beginning to set in. The weariness of my students has begun to manifest in a heady blend of restlessness and cynicism. Students have completed their coursework and the next teaching module isn’t due to start until after summer break. I have a challenging period five lesson ..
Before the dawn of CGI, puppet films ruled the roost in the categories of fantasy/child orientated fare. Here is my top 5 list of puppet films from the celluloid vaults. 5. Meet the Feebles (1989) Perhaps a left field opening choice, Meet the Feebles is a surprisingly X-rated adult version of the Muppets. Written and ..
Original sound design created by manipulating horse, panther and walrus sounds through spectral toolsets
