In this episode, Dave interviews Laura Psotka from Roman Empire Studios, and they nerd out about film audio. They discuss the boom and bust cycle of being a creative entrepreneur, doing tech surveys and shooting location audio, overdubbing, the state of the film market in Saskatchewan, Laura’s work in the film Resting Potential (with a featured clip), the “garbage in, garbage out” philosophy of audio recording, how audio is edited in post production, room tones, non-diegetic sound, stereo sound versus surround sound and immersion, sound and music and their effect on emotions, mentions of “Mother” and “Interstellar,” modern cinema’s obsession with LFEs, goals for Roman Empire Studios, and other topics.

“The worst part about watching a movie is remembering you’re watching a movie.” - Laura Psotka

Catch Laura on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/laurapsotka/

And Roman Empire Studios: https://www.instagram.com/roman.empire.studios?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D

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Watch “Resting Potential” here:

https://www.restingpotentialfilm.com/