Category: Live Action

Role: Sound Edit and Mix

Tom Scott’s YouTube Channel is an eclectic mix of educational videos that span topics like technology (old and new), interesting places and cultural curiosities. With such diverse content, the myriad of locations creates a nice variety of challenges when it comes to the edit and mix.

No matter what Tom’s presenting, his personality and on screen presence has allowed his channel to grow to 1.2 million subscribers (as of July 2018) with over 250 million views, and Proximity Sound is proud to add that extra step in creating a professional presentation.

Here is a playlist of the work I’ve performed for Tom:

Role: Supervising Sound Editor

Working once again with Kathleen Hearn, “Los Chicos de 250” once again explores identity and desire as a teen, but this time does it with Cuba as a setting. Dramatizing their true stories, the students on screen have a gravitas that makes it hard to beleive they are not professional actors. This project also provided a unique opportunity for Emi to supervise a small group of students as they completed the sound for the project, instructing them on best practices and compiling their work to get it ready for mix. Check out more about the project below:

Los Chicos de 250

Role: Sound Edit & Mix

Kathleen Hearn’s, “The Boys”, is a short, two-hander drama that examines male bonding through a coming of age story. Emi was brought in to improve this edit and mix near the end of completion. Space and perspective were a big part of selling the world in this overall quiet piece.

You can find the project page with links to clips below:

The Boys

Role: Sound Design and Mix

Directed by Sandra Feldman and Ian Mah, A Touch Of Grey was Emi’s second feature legend film. A “story in a room” piece, it could have also worked as a stage play. Working with the cast was a pleasure and brought some fun performances.

Watch: A Touch Of Grey on Fandor

Role: Sound Design and Mix

Mouse is a short but powerful production created by James Flaherty, a secondary school teacher. A collaboration between the students, school board and the Peel Police, it dramatizes the unfortunately common act of a young boy being indoctrinated into a local gang. It was featured and screened in CTV’s W5, but is now only available as a learning resource from the School Board. Check out the articlea about the piece and a clip featuring an original song performed by the students.

Mouse In Mississauga News

Mouse – Opportunity Use It

Role: Sound Editor

Shot on a shoe-string budget with a skeleton crew, Only tells the story of two tweens as they explore the backwaters of Northern Ontario. The directorial debut of Ingrid Veninger (co-directed by Simon Reynold’s), this was also Emi’s first feature as a Sound Editor. This project presented many opportunities and challenges due to its setting. The location can be so desolate and isolated that dialogue naturally sounds great with little in the environment interfering. However, how does one create a robust and impactful soundscape in a place that is so quiet?

Music also played a huge part in this project, with the audience listening to the character’s iPods as they complement and compete with the surroundings and each other.

Rent/Buy on iTunes here: Only on iTunes

Also available on Fandor: Only on Fandor