Supervising sound editor Jane Tattersall, sound designer Brennan Mercer and rerecording mixers Matthew Chan and Lou Solakofski knew the stakes were high for Paramount+ series “Halo,” based on the wildly popular Xbox video game, which for years had been trying to make the leap to movie theaters.
“There was enormous pressure,” says Tattersall of the series, which is in the middle of its nine-episode first-season run on the streamer. Also head of sound for Toronto’s Formosa Group, which was responsible for post-production sound work on the show, Tattersall says producer Sheila Hockin had told them that “it’s very important to learn not only the world of the game, but also respect the fans.” Set in the 26th century, “Halo” focuses on a cybernetically enhanced super soldier known only as Master Chief (Pablo Schreiber), who leads his fellow Spartans in defending humanity from an alien race.
Hockin connected the sound designers with 343 Industries,...
“There was enormous pressure,” says Tattersall of the series, which is in the middle of its nine-episode first-season run on the streamer. Also head of sound for Toronto’s Formosa Group, which was responsible for post-production sound work on the show, Tattersall says producer Sheila Hockin had told them that “it’s very important to learn not only the world of the game, but also respect the fans.” Set in the 26th century, “Halo” focuses on a cybernetically enhanced super soldier known only as Master Chief (Pablo Schreiber), who leads his fellow Spartans in defending humanity from an alien race.
Hockin connected the sound designers with 343 Industries,...
- 5/6/2022
- by Karen M. Peterson
- Variety Film + TV
Original Harry Actor in Mamma Mia! Musical Recreates a Scene While Social Distancing with His Family
Mamma mia!
Paul Clarkson, the actor who originated the role of Harry in the West End production of Mamma Mia!, is revisiting his days on the show — with the added help of his family!
The actor’s daughter, Abigail Clarkson shared a video of herself, her dad and her mom, actress Julia Hills, on Twitter lip-syncing and dancing to “Voulez-Vous.”
“Dad was the original Harry in Mamma Mia – here’s him lip syncing to himself 21 years ago!… plus a few extras do we make this weekly?@paul_clarkson1 @julia_hills #werkwednesday #mammamia,” Abigail tweeted.
Clarkson, who is head of acting...
Paul Clarkson, the actor who originated the role of Harry in the West End production of Mamma Mia!, is revisiting his days on the show — with the added help of his family!
The actor’s daughter, Abigail Clarkson shared a video of herself, her dad and her mom, actress Julia Hills, on Twitter lip-syncing and dancing to “Voulez-Vous.”
“Dad was the original Harry in Mamma Mia – here’s him lip syncing to himself 21 years ago!… plus a few extras do we make this weekly?@paul_clarkson1 @julia_hills #werkwednesday #mammamia,” Abigail tweeted.
Clarkson, who is head of acting...
- 4/2/2020
- by Alexia Fernandez
- PEOPLE.com
Jim Broadbent as Tony Webster, in The Sense Of An Ending. Photo by Robert Viglasky ©. Courtesy of CBS Films
Memory is a funny thing. One can feel so certain of one’s own memories that it is jarring when others’ recollection of events does not match.
The tricks of memory are at the heart of the unforgettable The Sense Of An Ending, director Ritesh Batra’s screen adaptation of Julian Barnes’ short novel. In this American/British film, Jim Broadbent stars as Tony Webster, a curmudgeonly older man who lives alone, opening his tiny camera repair shop daily and seeming to live a joyless existence. His shop only sells and repairs old Leica cameras, and he seems to regard the occasional customer more as an interruption than the reason for this business. His dull routine is interrupted by the arrival of a letter, informing him he as been left something in a will.
Memory is a funny thing. One can feel so certain of one’s own memories that it is jarring when others’ recollection of events does not match.
The tricks of memory are at the heart of the unforgettable The Sense Of An Ending, director Ritesh Batra’s screen adaptation of Julian Barnes’ short novel. In this American/British film, Jim Broadbent stars as Tony Webster, a curmudgeonly older man who lives alone, opening his tiny camera repair shop daily and seeming to live a joyless existence. His shop only sells and repairs old Leica cameras, and he seems to regard the occasional customer more as an interruption than the reason for this business. His dull routine is interrupted by the arrival of a letter, informing him he as been left something in a will.
- 3/17/2017
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
She's famed for playing icy control freaks. But Lindsay Duncan wanted more laughs in her new film Le Week-End. And, really, she'd love to pack it all in and head for India
• First look review: Le Week-End
Happy news for the autumn day: love dies and flesh withers and your nearest and dearest can become your deadliest foe. This, at least, is the set up for Le Week-end, a bitter, biting drama about bitter, biting people; a film that rages against the dying of the light. Lindsay Duncan and Jim Broadbent star as Meg and Nick, a pair of sparring academics whose 30th anniversary hits the buffers as their train pulls into Paris's Gare du Nord. Up ahead we shall find squabbles, misery and the rattling spectre of adultery. "I was always asking for more laughs," Duncan says ruefully. "That didn't get me anywhere."
I meet the actor in a north London cafe,...
• First look review: Le Week-End
Happy news for the autumn day: love dies and flesh withers and your nearest and dearest can become your deadliest foe. This, at least, is the set up for Le Week-end, a bitter, biting drama about bitter, biting people; a film that rages against the dying of the light. Lindsay Duncan and Jim Broadbent star as Meg and Nick, a pair of sparring academics whose 30th anniversary hits the buffers as their train pulls into Paris's Gare du Nord. Up ahead we shall find squabbles, misery and the rattling spectre of adultery. "I was always asking for more laughs," Duncan says ruefully. "That didn't get me anywhere."
I meet the actor in a north London cafe,...
- 9/30/2013
- by Xan Brooks
- The Guardian - Film News
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