CLOTH FOLEY: SWEATER FLAM

Some fabric Foley. After messing around with a blanket for a while, I started to use my everyday studio sweater— I keep a sweater at the studio so I can show up in a short sleeved shirt every day and have something to put on if I get cold, which happens from time to time here in Minnesota.

This is an attempt to harness cloth impact as a flam— and a successful attempt, I might add, because everything I do is successful. I’ll probably wind up slowing this down to achieve the relaxed, more plush friction I’m going for with this particular cue.

I placed the pillow (the impacted surface, in this case) on top of a piece of plywood in case there was some bonus woodiness to be gleaned (s befits the scene). There was not, other than the bonus points I unquestionably earned for effort.

DULZIPAN: SOUND EDIT AND MIX FOR PROMO VIDEO

Given how often I sound edit and mix the sort of corporate/ industrial material parodied by this video, I thought I knew exactly how to approach this project for Dan Schneidkraut-- a mock promo for "Proxcorp’s groundbreaking despair management solution, Dulzipan." Nope! Turns out Dan wanted something of an unorthodox sensibility-- VO buried somewhat, no real audio accents-- because the piece clearly just plain wasn’t weird enough as it was. This video is one facet of, shall we say, a larger project that threatens to reveal itself eventually. For now, poke around the web site, and be disturbed! Also features the talents of Amanda Day, Ryan Schadalee, and others.

JUNIOR BIRDMAN AUDIO AT MSPIFF 2019

Films featuring sound and music by Junior Birdman Audio’s Mike Hallenbeck will screen at the 2019 Minneapolis St Paul Festival!

DUAL

(Short, horror, d. Justin Staggs)

Sound edit, Foley, and mix by Mike Hallenbeck at Junior Birdman Audio

“A child psychologist attempts a breakthrough with a troubled little boy, unleashing the demonic fury of his ‘imaginary friends’ in the process.”

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BEEBOX

(Short, animation, d. Cable Hardin)

Sound edit, original music, and mix by Mike Hallenbeck at Junior Birdman Audio

A rough-hewn tumble of organic textures, the film explores organic farming via Hardin's generation, documentation and manipulation of frenetic imagery from Blue Dasher Farm in Estelline, South Dakota.

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Congrats to everyone involved on both of these films! Looking forward to the fest.