Monday, February 12, 2018

OUTSTANDING SOUND MIXING

Julian Slater, Tim Cavagin & Mary H. Ellis for Baby Driver
Ron Bartlett, Doug Hemphill & Mac Ruth for Blade Runner 2049
Paula Fairfield, Simon Poudrette, Noyan Coaster & Craig Henighan for mother!
Olivier Goinard & Matthieu Lasausa for Personal Shopper
Christopher Scarabosio, John Midgley, Adrian Bell & David Acord for Phantom Thread

AND THE WINNER IS:


PAULA FAIRFIELD, SIMON POUDRETTE, NOYAN COASTER & CRAIG HENIGHAN FOR MOTHER!

This is the first win and nomination for Simon Poudrette & Noyan Coaster. Paula Fairfield was previously nominated for sound mixing Sin City (2005). Craig Henighan was also nominated for Requiem for a Dream (2000), Sin City (2005) & sound editing/mixing Black Swan (2010).

Another great film this year filled with impressive sound that you might not expect to feature it was mother! The Darren Aronofsky feature was a polarizing one that many hated as well as loved. I loved the film and have to call attention to one of it's best elements. The exploration of the narrative of the creation of the world required some unique sound work from the first half where we follow the mother character through her home where sounds of oddity set her off. The second half, however, is where the sound mix really hits its height where a full on war took place and crowds of people flooded this small space. The work by this team distinguished the greatness of each half of the film and made the tense interactions between characters work very effectively.

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