Mel Lambert

By Mel Lambert   The nominees in the Best Sound category at this year’s Academy Awards represent an array of noteworthy films.   To learn more about the post teams …

By Mel Lambert   With Dolby Atmos immersive playback now available in an increasing number of consumer environments, is it any wonder that major studios and media stakeholders are including …

“You never get used to receiving news of an Oscar nomination.”

The keynote panel addressed the topic of pivotal sound changes within the post community, including the rise of streaming services, emergent technologies and formats, plus evolution of the sound designer/re-recording …

Here, we consider products from three of the leading developers of processor and plug-in design: Sound Particles, iZotope/Exponential Audio and Liquid Sonics.

During his introduction, ACE president Kevin Tent made pointed reference the Academy’s decision to pre-record the award presentations for eight craft awards, including film editing and sound. Tent called the …

For the first time this year, the Academy has combined Sound Editing and Sound Mixing into one category, Best Achievement in Sound.

One critic has likened the film to director Ramón Menéndez’s “Stand and Deliver” (1988), in which a teacher successfully inspires his dropout-prone students to learn calculus.

by Mel Lambert “The editor of an unscripted documentary is always, by the nature of the task at hand, a writer,” Walter Murch, ACE, said. The legendary editor was addressing …

All of the Oscar-nominated editors appeared at a panel discussion during the American Cinema Editors’ 20th Annual “Invisible Art, Visible Artists” (IAVA) to talk about their films, their careers, and …