#GET BETTER K RD STORIES

#GET BETTER K RD STORIES

DECEMBER 2015


We spent considerable time and effort sound designing, foleying, editing and mixing 10 short films about New Zealands iconic K Road. watch them all for free right here !
http://www.krdstories.com/

One legendary street.
Ten unexpected stories.
Anything could happen.

BROKE
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY JAMES SOLOMON
A young man's mission for milk leads to an awkward confrontation with a local drifter.
 

A LOAD OF TROUBLE
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY GRANT LAHOOD
A lonely man, on his weekly visit to the laundromat, goes on a strange voyage of discovery to solve one of the great mysteries of life.

AROHA
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY NIKKI SI’ULEPA
A love story that’s not as simple as ‘boy meets girl’

FRITTERS
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY KARYN CHILDS
An overprotected boy escapes into the nightlife of K Road where a chance encounter gives him a taste of real freedom.


BOUND
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY JAMES SOLOMON
The streets can be dangerous at night, but sometimes not as dangerous as the bedroom…

THE EVENT
WRITTEN BY DOMINIC HOEY (TOURETTES) 
DIRECTED BY EDDY FIFIELD
An exceptionally hungover Seff tries to piece together fragments of the night before as he is accosted on all sides by assorted locals accusing him of a mysterious lewd act.

PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER PLEASE
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY JANE SHERNING WARREN
When a conflicted young artist offends her pretentious boyfriend after he steals the limelight at their joint exhibition she is chased only to be saved by a protective drag queen with a pool cue.

$CRATCH
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY CLINT RARM
A slice-of-life comedy about two lovable hustlers with an entrepreneurial spirit trying to scratch a living on the fringes of K Road.

CLOSED
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY PETRA CIBILICH
In a K Road laundromat where creeps and regulars stray in and out, Anna fights a broken drier and the urge to talk sense into a wayward woman.

SUGAR HIT
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY ROSEANNE LIANG
As three friends debrief over tea after a mysterious incident, their sugar hit has a unintentionally mind-altering result.

HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE

HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE

DECEMBER 2015

Going deep into the NZ bush for the weekend with the microphones to help our foley sound even wilder for the feature we're shooting next week.
he gentle art of being a tree.
Shooting Foley for "Hunt for the Wilderpeople" today.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4698684/

ASH VS EVIL DEAD S01

ASH VS EVIL DEAD S01

JULY 2015

☠ Ash vs Evil Dead foley in full swing and utilising all the important artist tools. ☠
Man with the Golden Hands vs Man in a Golden Helmet.

Sequels have a bad rep. Reboots arguably get it worse. 
Some are obvious attempts to squeeze a few dollars more out of an established brand, others add depth and development to the cinematic world that preceded it. AvED definitely falls into the latter, so this is very cool news about a little sequel season to a reboot.
Ash vs Evil Dead S01E01 premiere on Starz on the US 31st October. Get ready to have your brains spooked out !

LOCATION RECORD: JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK

LOCATION RECORD: JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK

JUNE 2015

Place was deserted so we made some hot sounding wind and rock slide records at Joshua Tree National Park. with Amy Thefoleyroom and Haruka Sometani.

LOCATION RECORD: The Velaslavasay Panorama

LOCATION RECORD: The Velaslavasay Panorama

JUNE 2015

Spent a couple of hours at The Velaslavasay Panorama in Los Angeles yesterday recording creaky chairs, ambience and various Footsteps across the old wooden floors and stage with Amy Thefoleyroom and Haruka Sometani. Natural reverbsssss

SAE: ALUMNI INTERVIEW

SAE: ALUMNI INTERVIEW

APRIL 2015

Such an inspiration.

BIO & ACHIEVEMENTS

Jonathan Bruce graduated with a Diploma in Audio Engineering from SAE Auckland in 2008.  Nowadays, Jonathan is a successful audio post production professional specialising in recording, performing, editing and mixing foley.  He has eight years of full time experience working on hundreds of episodes of US, UK & NZ television, scores of feature films, shorts and documentaries.  Jonathan is also a founding member of the audio collective The Masters of Foley, an international community of audio post professionals dedicated to recording unique and distinctive sound libraries. 

SAE EXPERIENCE

What inspired you to enter into the career you’ve chosen?

The ability to earn money and have a fulfilling career in making noise.  I had been a noise musician and jungle producer for the better part of a decade before fully realising that there was a genuine and internationally recognized film industry blossoming in New Zealand.  My skill set involved making noise and chopping up 180bpm+ breakbeats; both turned out to be highly transferable skills in a foley department. The ability to generate unique sound effects from real life objects while editing breaks easily transitioned to quickly editing the millions of footsteps on Power Rangers.

What are your fondest memories of your time at SAE?

It's kinda nerdy, but probably having educational breakthroughs that inspired creative work. For instance, our lecturer Mal teaching us about the differences in DVD-Audio vs CD-DA (Red Book) inspired me to create music for a format which allowed for 5.1 surround and greater theoretical dynamic range etc. Either that or the Digital Studio overnight shift with an industrial metal band (N.U.T.E) - that was pretty brutal!

How did studying at SAE help lead to where you are now?

One of the first things I noticed when I started contacting audio post studios after graduating SAE was that employers were actually pretty interested in my test score transcripts. It showed at a glance where my strengths were, and it showed them I had a solid fundamental understanding of the properties of sound, microphone placement, signal flow and basic acoustics.  This is all mandatory knowledge in any career in sound.

What are some of the highlights of your career so far?

I'd like to say we make our own luck, however I feel like I got really lucky with timing at least.  Straight out of SAE I landed in the foley depart of The Inside Track working on seasons of both Power Rangers and Legend of the Seeker.  I went freelance in 2010 and was immediately picked up to be in the foley department on Spartacus: Gods of the Arena, Vengeance & then War of the Damned.  Moving to Los Angeles in 2013 was a massive opportunity for my career and I was able to branch out into SFX editing and ADR mixing, which meant I got to work one-on-one with acting talent like Daniel Radcliffe, John Hamm and Danielle Panabaker etc (if you're into that type of thing).

My most recent career highlight however, was getting the chance to work in the foley department with Oscar winners John Sanacore (Birdman / The Hurt Locker) and Jeff Wilhoit (Kill Bill / Game of Thrones). These guys are industry legends and even after being in foley for eight years I felt like a beginner learning the ropes again.  Working on the NZ films Deathgasm and Turbo Kid, and Ash vs Evil Dead television series with the guys at The Foley Room in Auckland was genuinely great fun too.

What advice would you give to students aspiring to become successful in their field?

To get anywhere in the industry you need to be incredibly self-motivated, determined and able to face waves of rejection!  Once you get your foot in the door though, I recommend sitting in on as many edit and mix sessions as possible, continually (and quietly) learning from everyone above and around you.  Then don't stop doing that. And, of course, Be excellent to each other.

 

Click here to view Jonathan's profile on IMDb for a full work discography.

 

 

 

BORN TO DANCE

BORN TO DANCE

APRIL 2015

Woah.. We just got served the Born To Dance trailer ! 
The Foley Room takes Centre stage, gets Footloose and Steps up with some Dirty dancing in this Dance flick. Cant wait to Make it happen. Bring it on !!!

IN NZ CINEMAS SEPTEMBER 24TH

FIELD PUNISHMENT NO.1 AWARDED

FIELD PUNISHMENT NO.1 AWARDED

APRIL 2015

Good news every one. 
"Field Punishment No. 1" took the Gold World Medal for Drama Special at the New York Festivals Television and Film Awards recently.
The Foley Room crews extensive undertaking of real to life Footsteps on this project seen below. Also massive respect to the Sound designer on this picture, our good friend and sound collaborator James Hayday. Looks like everybody's kicked a goal.

Give him a click here:
http://jameshayday.com

Check out the Field Punishment No.1 trailer here:
https://vimeo.com/70921355

SXSW FILM FESTIVAL 2015

SXSW FILM FESTIVAL 2015

MARCH 2015

In this classic "before picture", little do they know these unsuspecting, happy film-goers at the SXSW Deathgasm premiere are about to have their skulls shattered by our SFX when the film peaks. "cthu bespoke 'post r'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn !!"

 

If you can set aside the fact it’s currently a city full to exploding with self obsessed, narcissistic hipster scum (just like us !!!), it’s a great time to to be in Austin, Texas. Here’s some Features & Documentaries The Foley Roomcrew worked on that appear in the 2015 SXSW Film Festival. Yusss !!

TURBO KID 
Deathgasm 
Excess Flesh 
Hot Sugar’s Cold World
@The Nightmare (too common a name to tag damnit!!)
https://www.facebook.com/nightmaresleepparalysis