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Working on Wittgenstein with Doug Hall

Here’s a brief overview of some work-in-progress under our momentaudio.com banner - the realization of a sound work conceived of by Doug Hall, with Jim McKee, the San Francisco Girls Chorus, Lisa Bielawa, Starr Sutherland, and collaboration with Meyer Sound and BugID, recording by Leslie Ann Jones at Skywalker Sound. My role involves consultation and collaboration across all phases of the project from systems design and concepting, speaker siting, performance and recording, editing, spatialization and mix. The final work will be a 16-channel permanent outdoor installation at Oliver Ranch in Geyserville, California. 

Doug Hall: Wittgenstein’s Garden

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Oscar Nominated:  Last Day of Freedom

A wonderful animated documentary film I mixed designed sound for.

Academy Award Nominee 2016, Short Documentary category

Last Day of Freedom  by Dee Hibbert-Jones and Nomi Talisman music by Fred Frith, sound by Jeremiah Moore 31 minutes When Bill Babbitt realized that his brother Manny had committed a crime, he agonized over the decision to call the police, knowing that Manny could face the death penalty but hoping he would instead receive the help he needed. Manny, an African-American veteran who served two tours in Vietnam, suffered from PTSD and had found it difficult to obtain healthcare.

I'm so thrilled on so many levels. This is a very strong yet approachable film about the injustices of the death penalty - and it may prove to be a good political moment for it. The film's success is also, to me, a proof of the value of an engaged, multidisciplinary art practice such as Dee and Nomi have.

Also it should be mentioned that this is the only short documentary in the running this year which is not backed by a large media entity or foundation.  

The film also won Best Short at the International Documentary Association Awards.  

As of early 2016 it is Streaming on Netflix

Official website: lastdayoffreedom.net 

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Sound and making the VR medium work

Good VR piece by cartelmike over on Medium - Why VR “Storytelling” does not currently work. And can it ever work?

...I don't agree that the web is lost as a storytelling medium...

One of my favorite web stories is the interactive documentary Welcome to Pine Point from The Goggles and canada's NFB interactive. (Made immersive via a nice media framework w/ smooth sound fades and loops.) Sound is the contextual engine that makes it work, with music as an emotional dance-partner / grounding point.  As a period nostalgia piece the various media-addled clips have wonderful ghostly presence.  

I think there are similar clear capacities for VR to weave stories in this kind of sound-contextualized guided-interactivity framework with through-music.

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Chinese Whispers: Sound+Image Installation

Chinese Whispers Bay Chronicles

A video and multichannel sound installation about the forgotten history of Chinese shrimp fishing around San Francisco Bay.  A project by Rene Yung in collaboration Jeremiah Moore (Sound) and Chihiro Wimbush (Video). 

Semi-abstract filmed images from the Grace Quan sailings to former Chinese shrimping camp sites and fishing grounds are projected on curved fabric scrim material, the shape and scale of which evokes a boat’s sail. Surround 5.1 ambient sound transports the audience, while a tactile transducer in a bench seat renders physical the material processes of shrimping on the San Francisco Bay.

At San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park November 14, 2015 - January 10, 2016

https://www.facebook.com/events/1692236144332464/ Bay Area Sound Ecology page Short Film about the sailings here

Visitor Center Theater

499 Jefferson Street at Hyde San Francisco, California, 94109 (Corner of Jefferson and Hyde Streets)

9:30 AM – 5:00 PM Daily Closed Christmas and New Years Day

Concept, Design and Project Vision: Rene Yung Sound artist: Jeremiah Moore Video artist: Chihiro Wimbush

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Credit Karma: Bess’s New Car

Sound tells the story: Bess needs a new car.

Directed by Ben Fee and Pete Lee  Production Company: We are Scandinavia Starring: Samantha Jayne Sound Design and Mix: Jeremiah Moore

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VMWare: Animated Cloud Academy

It was a blast to give voice to the funny little 3-D modeled app-characters in these spots for VMWare. It was also a blast to collaborate with colleague Joel Raabe on the sound design!

Creative: FirstPerson Sound Design: Jeremiah Moore and Joel Raabe Mix: Jeremiah Moore

Part Two:

And here's a cool behind-the-scenes view from FirstPerson.

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Two videos I mixed for Pinterest. Careers is above.  

Their initial homes on the web: http://careers.pinterest.com/ http://engineering.pinterest.com/ YouTube links: Careers Engineering

Here is Engineering.

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A Farmer’s Son: Sound Design and Mix for PhilDev Foundation

“My story could be your story. As Filipinos, it must be our story.” Dado Banatao was born the son of a farmer in the rural Philippines. He grew up in poverty, without shoes or access to electricity. In the 1980s, Dado's innovations helped usher in the era of the personal computer. He pioneered the PC chipset and graphics acceleration architecture that continue to be two of the foundation technologies in every PC today. Along the way, Dado founded three companies: S3, Chips & Technologies and Mostron. This is his story, filmed in March of this year on location in Cagayan, Cebu and Manila. If you enjoy the film, help us share Dado’s story. If you want to learn more about the PhilDev foundation, visit our website: www.phildev.org Film by WKG Creative, Bailey Richardson and Kai Elmer Sotto Edited by Shawn Shannon Music Composed by Tom Hagerman Sound Design and Mix by Jeremiah Moore Color Grading by Ayumi Ashley

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Resources for Tactile Sound and Haptics

A few resources on haptic / tactile sound technology, pulled together for Jim McKee’s sound design class at SF Art Institute, April 2015.

Tactile Driver + Amp

Tactile-sound driver:  http://clarksynthesis.com/

dealer link therefor: Parts Express

Class-D Amp I used for it - fine for low-power scenarios: Dayton DTA-1 (”Class-T” it’s listed as, which is a trademark of Tripath, who makes class-D amp chips.)

I don’t specifically endorse Parts Express, but have bought from them and my experience was good. They seem to be the primary online retailer for Clark Synthesis.

Contact Mics - Piezo

Excellent starting place on Piezo-disc contact mics:  Zach Poff’s Alex Rice Piezo Preamp

And more on theory and background and practicalities of Piezo Discs from Open Music Labs

Other Contact Mics

The Good stuff - Trance Inducer contact mic.

Other Mic Rigs and Resources

Great miniature stereo mic rig from FEL: PRIMO EM172 pair - excellent though fragile. Great paired with Sony PCM-M10.   Lots of other great pages at Zach Poff's site. for instance, Recorder recommendations.

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@LARGE: Ai WeiWei on Alcatraz -  Sound Work Q+A from For-Site Foundation

Clockwise from left: Jim McKee, Jeremiah Moore, Andrew Roth.

Moment Audio Group, our collaborative company, consulted on, designed and implemented and installed systems for, and performed on-site audio mastering for @Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz on dislplay Oct 2014 to April 2015. Information on the show's impact here.

Illumination consisted of two long musical pieces, one Tibetan and one Hopi, in adjacent psychological observation cells within the Hospital Wing at Alcatraz. Video Walkthrough

Stay Tuned consisted of twelve audio programs - both music and spoken word - each occupying a cell of Cell Block A. Video Walkthrough

The sound components of the show were well regarded critically, and specifically called out by many visitors as being especially strong experiences.

For a deeper look into the work and the pieces, For-Site Foundation published an extended Q+A with us on their Facebook page.

@LARGE Audio Q+A Part 1 and Part Two

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Balance/Unbalance: Acoustic Ecology Field Recording Workshop

March 25-26, Tempe Arizona

At the Balance/Unbalance 2015 conference on water, climate and place in Tempe, Arizona, I had the opportunity to lead a field recording workshop alongside the wonderful composer and listener Annea Lockwood and the rather amazing us-mex-border sound artist Glenn Weyant.

It was lovely to spend time with a group of thoughtful listeners, many of whom were quite well practiced.

Full information here.

The workshop was organized by the American Society for Acoustic Ecology, which is a membership organization dedicated to promoting a holistic understanding of sound, listening, and environment through research and creative exploration.

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Last Day of Freedom premiere: Full Frame

Last Day of Freedom - a strong and inventive documentary about the effects of the death penalty - is premiering at Full Frame Documentary Festival 2015. Congrats to Nomi Talisman and Dee Hibbert-Jones! Directed by Nomi Talisman and Dee Hibbert-Jones Sound design and mix by Jeremiah Moore. Music by Fred Frith.

Official film website: lastdayoffreedom.net

Winner: Full Frame Jury Award, Best Short

Winner: Full Frame Center for Documentary Studies, Filmmaker Award

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New Documentary Mix premiering at SXSW:  T-REX

"T-Rex is an intimate story about a new kind of American heroine. For the first time, women’s boxing is included in the 2012 Olympics. Fighting for gold is 17-year-old Claressa “T-Rex” Shields. From the streets of Flint, Michigan, Claressa is undefeated and utterly confident. Her fierceness extends beyond the ring. "

Directed by Drea Cooper, Zackary Canepari Sound Design and Mix by Jeremiah Moore

http://t-rexthefilm.com/

http://schedule.sxsw.com/2015/events/event_FS17983

Will also be screening at San Francisco International Film Festival, Hot Docs Toronto. Other announcements pending. 

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Sound Mix: Bruce Riley's Resin Paintings

A short film by Jason Stanfield & Jordan Olshansky, shot by Keith Wilson, music by Henrique Eisenmann, Mix by Jeremiah Moore.

Featured in Vimeo Staff Picks, and The Atlantic.

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Sound Mixes for Gilead

I mixed this set of videos for Gilead Pharmaceuticals. 

http://www.gilead.com/ar2014/

Produced by Tolleson, with collaborators Stamen Media, Runaway Films (Amanda Micheli), Mission Film Design.  

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Hog's Tooth, short film sound mix

director: Olek Lyzwanski Sound Designer / Supervisor: Jim McKee Re-Recording Mixer and Dialogue Editor: Jeremiah Moore Composer: Dan Wool Post Supervisor: Sin Cohen

Festivals: Cannes, Santa Barbara, Another Hole In The Head, Big Sur Screening Series, LA Short Fest.

Hog's Tooth is the story about a young Scout Sniper, Andy Weston, who is deployed on his first combat mission in Iraq. As a new team member, Weston is eager to prove he is ready for the challenges and rigors of extended sniper missions. In an unanticipated turn of events, he finds himself behind the rifle in a compromising position. Under the pressure of the mission and of the military, Weston will make a decision that will forever change his life.

Official Website:  www.hogstooth.com

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Feeling Calm? A spot for Calm.com

A short sound-oriented spot I helped my friends at MAKU Creative make. Sound Design and Mix by Jeremiah Moore.