Matthew Wood - Supervising Sound Editor, WALL-E & The Clone Wars
Posted on: October 2, 2008
By Lawrence Jordan
Today we present Part I of a three-part interview with Matthew Wood, supervising sound editor at George Lucas’ Skywalker Sound. Matthew is one of a unique new breed of craftspeople who have not only embraced digital technology but who, since early in his career, have contributed to its evolution. Starting out at Skywalker as a teenager, he’s had the amazing opportunity to see the technology develop from ground zero. From his beginnings as a QA tech on the first of its kind Sound Droid, he has had a chance to work on almost every digital editing technology used at the Ranch.
In this first segment I cover the basics. What exactly does a sound supervisor do? We go on to talk about how he approaches each project creatively, how technology has changed since he started out 16 years ago, and who were his mentors? We also talk about his current tools of choice and why those products best address his workflow.
Stay tuned for Parts II and III where we get more into what goes on up at Skywalker and his experiences working on his most recent projects, “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” and Disney/Pixar’s “WALL-E”.
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October 2nd, 2008 at 5:54 am
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October 2nd, 2008 at 8:19 am
Interesting, but not enough technical information. Would like to see a demo of pro tools, dry vs effected sounds, 5:1 techniques etc etc..
October 2nd, 2008 at 10:16 am
My compliments on the outstanding technical quality of the of the interview. The hi-def video and presentation on the internet is the best I’ve seen. I completely forgot about any excuses about quality issues on the web.
Best regards,
Dave
October 2nd, 2008 at 10:48 am
Thanks for the kind words Dave.
October 3rd, 2008 at 10:12 pm
Stephen,
Thanks for the suggestion. Adding to list for future segments.
October 6th, 2008 at 8:34 am
Very Good. Always interested to hear from other people in the industry. Be very interested to know how long certain departments get (Foley on Wall-E..5 weeks, 6 weeks ?? etc). Will be watching for the next installment!
Best
Julian
October 11th, 2008 at 5:57 pm
25 Days of Foley!
5 Reels of program (Reel 6 was credits).
Cheers.
October 13th, 2008 at 1:25 am
Thank you so much for the insight.
Looking forward for part 2 and 3.
A question for Matthew Wood:
Was The Clone Wars, mixed ITB (Protools and Icon board), or was it mixed on the DFC?
Best wishes, and thanks again!
Mikkel