| Capturing
“Best Sound” for “Black Hawk Down”
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Chris Munro (center) accepting the Oscar.
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At the recent 74th Annual Academy Awards ceremony, Chris Munro received an
Oscar for Best Motion Picture Sound on the film "Black Hawk Down".
With
fellow colleagues Michael Minkler and Myron Nettinga, Munro recorded "Black
Hawk Down" on Fostex
PD-4 portable timecode DAT machines.
| As one of the
first sound mixers to own a PD-4, Munro has collaborated with the company on enhancements
such as Event Numbers in the timecode user bit. This enabled him to be a pioneer
of the “magless dailies” process.
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The
Fostex PD-4 DAT machine.
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Munro is currently working on the latest Bond movie "Die Another Day",
using five new Fostex DV40 DVD-RAM 4 track machines to record audio directly to
non-linear DVD-RAM. The machines also supply original digital audio in the screening
theatres at Pinewood Film Studios and on location. | Working
together closely on the software development for the DV40, Muro and the company
have developed near instant import and export of audio to and from Avid Film Composer,
removing the necessity for the production to transfer audio to expensive magnetic
film stock.
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