most recent 30 from http://socialsounddesign.com 2013-05-22T13:35:44Z http://socialsounddesign.com/feeds/question/3413 http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/rdf http://socialsounddesign.com/questions/3413/is-sound-design-the-best-job-ever Utopia 2010-09-06T23:39:25Z 2011-10-15T09:23:15Z

<p>I mean, where else can you shoot machine guns at a van and call it work?</p> <p>Or set off fireworks all night long,</p> <p>Or walking in the mountains all day,</p> <p>Or visiting a Zoo,</p> <p>Or, or, or...</p> <p>What is your fondest memory from designing sound? Places you've been, recording scenarios you've been in, etc.?</p> <p>Mine was live mixing an event for a house of close to 8,000 people. That made me think "Wow, sound is a pretty cool gig"</p> <p>What's your "Wow I'm glad I got into this business" moment? If you care to share...</p>

http://socialsounddesign.com/questions/3413/is-sound-design-the-best-job-ever/3416#3416 Filipe Chagas 2010-09-07T02:33:55Z 2010-09-07T02:33:55Z

<p>Yes. Yes it is :)</p> <p>I have the "this is why i do this!" moment every time i get a difficult sfx right, or during screening sessions, when no one says absolutely nothing about whatever was my responsibility in that project!</p> <p>But THE moment was at the presentation of my final project in the audio engineering school i studied at. </p> <p>It was a very David Lynchy piece, and the whole vibe was just right for the movie; we had the big screen and PA system on a huge Warehouse. Our short was the last one to play, and 3 seconds after the credits ended, there was a roar of applause, you could feel the place shaking.</p> <p>We smiled</p>

http://socialsounddesign.com/questions/3413/is-sound-design-the-best-job-ever/3446#3446 ntkeep 2010-09-09T10:29:29Z 2010-09-09T10:29:29Z

<p>Its the best job every time I manage to crack a sound and get a scene to sound right..</p> <p>...until a few weeks later when I think I could have done better!</p> <p>:)</p>

http://socialsounddesign.com/questions/3413/is-sound-design-the-best-job-ever/10914#10914 Seph Lawrence 2011-10-14T21:27:55Z 2011-10-14T21:27:55Z

<p>I'd have to answer yes. One example, last year an opportunity came up to record a bulldozer driving over a car. I didn't need the sound particularly but couldn't pass it up. The car turned out to be a little too much on the modern side, too much plastic, not enough metal so the sound of it was not that interesting. But...I did get to watch and record a bulldozer driving over a car.</p> <p>Checkbox filled in.</p>

http://socialsounddesign.com/questions/3413/is-sound-design-the-best-job-ever/10917#10917 Joe Thomas Cavers 2011-10-15T09:23:15Z 2011-10-15T09:23:15Z

<p>It's hard to pick the best moment, but this week I made sounds for an ambience and implemented them into our game engine to test. That was a pretty amazing "I'm so glad I got into this business" moment.</p>