Margarita, inspired on Rubén Dario´s poem, is a lyrical short film where music, poetry and color fuse together to bring to life the story of a young princess who leaves behind her extraordinary life to follow her own dream.

It’s a journey full of hopes and dreams for all those brave people who want to shine and follow their own star.

Behind the Scenes Feature:

As I continue to broaden my interest in sound design, I’m hooked on these profiles by Michael Coleman.

Join Skywalker Sound’s Re-Recording Mixer and Sound Designer Tom Myers, Sound Re-Recording Mixer Michael Semanick, Director Lee Unkrich, and Stuart Bowling, Technical Marketing Manager at Dolby Laboratories as they take you behind-the-scene and discuss the sound of Toy Story 3.

When I first saw the trailer for Inception I knew it was a good film. Then I started second-guessing my first reaction because I knew the score had such a huge impact on the viewing experience of the trailer (and eventually the film). Thankfully I was wrong, and the movie was amazing, and in large part due to the suspenseful sound design. I don’t often post about Sound Design on the blog, but I really should more often. It’s a huge part of the film-making process and one I need to learn more about. Here’s a fantastic look at the other half of the film viewing experience that’s often overlooked (if it’s good, that is):

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Source: Kyle Kenworthy

I know this is really old, but I just watched it again after organizing some files on my hard drive, and it’s really entertaining. This is a production diary from the making of King Kong that focuses on the animators. There was a lot of hype about this movie when it was being made, and it was increased when KongisKing.net posted a series of these videos for download to wet the appetites of the fans. You can download the whole series from the website, or you can buy a nice box set of the same production diaries released on DVD around the same time that the film was released.

The Envelope has a short interview with Pete Docter where he discussing the film making choices behind the opening sequence for his second film, Up. I particularly liked where they drew their influences from for making the intro silent. Docter says,

We also talked early on about most of us grew up in homes where our folks were taking Super-8 films of our family. And when you go back and look at those, they’re also silent, but there’s something powerful about having no sound.

It’s just feels so right.

Read the rest of the interview here.