Richmond District Meeting: Sound for Picture! Understanding Audio Elements for Film

Presented by:
Allen Cavedo, Production Sound Mixer
Paul Bruski, Sound Designer, In Your Ear Studios

Paul Bruski Chief Engineer/Sound Designer/Drummer, began his 30-year career in audio after graduating from Northeast Tech. While at the historic Alpha Audio, Paul worked on sessions with the likes of Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith, The Temptations and countless other performers. Fast forward over thousands of radio and television spots later, Paul resides at IYE working on everything from animations to documentaries, feature films to national TV series. Paul opened up the first Pro Tools studio for IYE and since then has worked on over a hundred different movies and television shows and has had the opportunity to work with such artists as Sir Anthony Hopkins, Sir Ridley Scott, Evan Rachel Wood, Sissy Spacek, Julia Ormand, Brittany Murphy, Jamie Bell, James Spader, Claire Danes, D'angelo and 50 cent.

Allen Cavedo, Production Sound Mixer, provides location sound for ads, web promos, shorts, indies, features, spots, PSA's, documentaries, and corporate messaging. A recent local ad featuring his sound has been nominated for an Emmy Award. Allen is passionate about production sound and has given workshops to educate in this field for VCUarts Cinema, VCUarts Department of Photography and Film, and In Your Ear Studios AMPT program. Last year he captured sound on a series of super-fan documentaries for NFL Media titled “Heart of the Game.”