Our popular “Filmmaker Conversations” Workshop Series returns to the festival at Yavapai College Sedona Center Campus. Each is designed to give attendees insight into the various aspects of filmmaking. Workshops and discussions are presented by industry experts. This year, ten thought-provoking workshops will engage, inspire, educate and entertain you. These are free and open to everyone.
The Magic of Post Sound: The (almost) Invisible Art Form
Back by popular demand after last year’s successful sound workshop! Enjoy a lively sound workshop with supervising sound editor Vickie Sampson (Return of the Jedi, Donnie Darko, Speed).
This workshop — for both film-goers and filmmakers — will go “behind the magic” as Sampson dissects a short film for its sound needs by having a mock spotting session, discussing both seen and unseen sounds as they apply to the story, showing the various steps of the sound process: examining and evaluating the production (on set) sound, suggesting ambient background sounds to give the film a “place” and trying out what different sound design and/or music choices do to affect the film. Every film has sound possibilities that often even the filmmakers can’t imagine!
We will be examining a short film, “Moon”, written and directed by Toy Lei as part of Women in Media’s Camaraderie program, who will be part of the workshop.
For film goers, don’t worry – it won’t destroy the magic of seeing/hearing films!
For filmmakers, this will give you new tools with which to expand your knowledge of what post sound can do to elevate your film to the next levels!
After a successful and award-winning 40 year career as a Supervising Sound Editor with over 200 film credits, Vickie Sampson retired in 2014 to devote her time and energy to directing and teaching.
She has received an Emmy, 4 Golden Reel Awards (from the Motion Picture Sound Editors) and has edited on Sound Oscar winning films (“Speed” and “The River.”) Her mother, Kay Rose, was the first woman sound editor to win an Oscar for her stellar work on “The River.” Vickie worked with her mom on many award-winning films, including “On Golden Pond,” “The Prince of Tides,” “The Rose,” and “Ordinary People.”
In 1987, Vickie was one of twelve women (out of 600) selected to the Directing Workshop for Women from AFI, where she made her first short (30 min) film, “The Last Chance Saloon.” She has since directed 7 award-winning short films, over 15 commercials and PSAs and is in pre-production for a new short, “Fortunate Cookie” to be shot in the fall.