Mixing Global Film Sound From Everywhere at Once

Making the soundtrack for a modern feature film increasingly means working with a team spread across cities, time zones, and continents. So how does a mix actually come together when the people, the rooms, and the media are rarely in the same place? Drawing on more than two decades of mixing feature films and television around the world, Gord Hillier offers a plain-spoken, ground-level look at how global collaboration in high-end immersive sound really works. He traces the technologies behind it, from moving large volumes of media between facilities, to linking rooms in real time for reviews, ADR, and live playbacks, to meeting the delivery and loudness specifications that tie the film and broadcast worlds together. He also digs into the security requirements now reshaping this work, and wherever stricter demands may take intercontinental collaboration next. Expect real stories, honest opinions, and plenty of room for questions. Whatever corner of media you work in, the challenge of collaborating across distance and format will feel familiar.