Will Files - Sound and Music Hub
24 JUN // 15:30 // Auditorium Academia de Música de Espinho
Film Industry Role: sound supervisor, sound designer, and re-recording mix;
Major Works: "Stranger Things" (2019) and "The Batman" (2022);
Will Files will talk about a case study - The Batman - and explore the topic about subjective / point of view sound and how it is used to generate emotional engagement with the audience, explaining how ambiance sound / sound designer can work with the music in a way that makes sense to the storytelling.
Moderator: Filipe Paszkiewicz
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As a sound supervisor, sound designer, and re-recording mixer, Will Files has contributed to more than 100 films and TV shows, including such Hollywood blockbusters as the brand new The Batman, The Invisible Man, Venom, Halloween, War for the Planet of the Apes, Passengers, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Star Trek Into Darkness, Thor: The Dark World, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, and Cloverfield, in addition to the much-loved show Stranger Things, which gave him a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series. He has also contributed to highly regarded independent films Honey Boy, Midnight Special, Mud and Take Shelter. In 2007, the Hollywood Reporter named Files one of the industry’s “brightest and most talented 35-and-under artisans”.
