Teaching Foley for Feature Films with Bastian Gerner

About this Episode

Joining us today is Bastian Gerner, a renowned freelance Foley Artist and Dolby Atmos Studio Owner from Düsseldorf, Germany. With well over 70 film credits to his name, Bastian is a master at bringing sound to life through Foley work.

His expertise extends to studio organization, inventory management, field recording. And he loves to share his expertise through his fantastic videos as "The Foley Teacher" on Linkedin and Instagram. For the past four years, he's also worked in the world of video game Foley, contributing his audio artistry to Ubisoft's global audio group. Today, we delve into the captivating world of Foley art, Dolby Atmos, and the intricacies of crafting soundscapes for both cinema and video games.

Things we talked about on this Episode

• Bastian Gerner - The Foley Teacher: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thefoleyteacher/
• Dolby Atmos: https://www.dolby.com/technologies/dolby-atmos/
• Brüel & Kjær Accelerometer: https://www.bksv.com/en/transducers/vibration/accelerometers
• Tim Nielsen on creating Star Wars Blaster Sounds with the B&K Accelerometer: https://www.bksv.com/de/knowledge/blog/sound/star-wars-blaster-sound
• Musa Gerner (German Rap): https://www.youtube.com/@musagerner/videos
• adt-audio V776 Preamplifier: https://www.adt-audio.com/Audio_Modules/PreAmp/V776_Preamp.html
• SPL Transient Designer: https://www.uaudio.de/uad-plugins/special-processing/spl-transient-designer.html
• Tegeler Audio Vari Tube Recording Channel: https://shop.tegeler.com/products/vari-tube-recording-channel
• Sanken CUX-100K: https://sankenchromatic.com/products/cux-100k/
• Shure SM7B: https://www.shure.com/en-US/products/microphones/sm7b?variant=SM7B

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