Summary: You may have heard it said that sound can make or break a film and wondering how that could be possible. More than likely you've seen a low budget movie and known that something wasn't quite right, but you couldn't put your finger on it. Chances are, the sound was shotty. Shaun Burdick joins us to discuss the different jobs of a sound editor on small and large scale movies. Shaun Burdick- Sound Editor Shaun Burdick is a Los Angeles based Sound Designer. A graduate of the Savannah College of Art and Design's MFA program, he got his start working on Jamil Walker Smith's directorial debut Make a Movie Like Spike... as the film's Dialogue Editor. For the past ten years he has leant his talents as a designer and mixer to various theatrical productions and independent films around the country. His most recent credits have included Re-recording Mixer on the independent documentary Empty Hand: The Real Karate Kids, Sound Designer for The Night Shift, TV pilot Jalama Beach, Mother's Red Dress, Of Silence and additional audio design on the video game Supremacy MMA. In February 2011 he was nominated for the MPSE Verna Field Award for his sound design work on the short film En Route. Currently Shaun is serving as the Sound Designer/Re-Recording Mixer for the independent feature 29000 Wishes. 1 Regret. www.burdicksound.com Film Method Hosts For more information about the Film Method hosts, please visit the About page.
