Power of the author

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... Read more

Godzilla 2014 Review

Brian Cranston. Juliette binoche. Elizabeth Olsen. Aaron Taylor-Johnson Directed by Gareth Edwards. Synopsis: After being awoken by the radiation hungry M.U.T.O. Godzilla returns to combat in a battle for dominance of the Earth. Opening with a... Read more

Why people hate my sound design

(Stick with me, there’s some actual science behind this)   Monday Morning… 10.13 am. I receive a direct message from my work colleague.   “Ryan, that sound you made last Friday…” “Erm, which one …?” “The sound of the character eating the... Read more

Highway one

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... Read more

A Quiet Place Audio Review

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... Read more