Episode 25: The Before and After of Production and Post-Production Sound (Interview with Sound Mixer Greg Curda)

In this episode, Dr. Vanessa Theme Ament, author of The Foley Grail and Foley Artist on such films as Die Hard, Platoon, and Predator, talks with Sound Mixer Greg Curda. A Hollywood-trained sound mixer, currently teaching at Nord University in Norway, Greg shares his journey from his roots in Chicago to the Disney mailroom in Burbank to mixing Foley to working in production sound for Reality TV shows from Hawaii. Greg and Vanessa use their experiences in the industry to highlight the importance of production sound, dialogue editing, and post-production as one connected workflow. Welcome to the Wonderful World of Performative Film Sound.