Chris Hind

In a nutshell

Chris — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:17:50 +0000

Feverishly working on the sound and music for the Burqa doc as the final mix happens in less than 2 weeks. It’s going very well though and feel confident that there is lots of time and no need for any all-nighters.
I know that it’s been making the rounds on facebook but wanted to repost here as well. Great quote by Will Smith and it really sums up how I feel right now.
” If you’re absent during my struggle, Don’t expect to be present during my success. ”
Later

A new hat

Chris — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:13:13 +0000

So this week I continue on with composing and sound designing the doc and put on a new hat as music producer. I’m currently arranging and building the bed tracks for a singer songwriter that we hope will result in some factor money. She has a great voice and some good musical ideas and the sound we are trying to achieve is portishead like.

First 4 reels of the doc are done and I’m trying to get it done by the end of february for the final mix at a local post house. Should get to the finish line on time.

more doc toc

Chris — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:07:57 +0000

Not much to tell in terms of news. The Burqa doc is moving along nicely and rough cuts that have been sent out are receiving a lot of encouraging comments. As the doc is based in the middle- east I thought it prudent to try and give it a middle-eastern/modern musical bent. I borrowed a friends oud and taught myself the basics and just mixed 4 songs that sound pretty good. So that will add a certain something to the film and I’m quite pleased with the results.
Year of the Dragon!!!

Voice Over O Rama

Chris — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:56:12 +0000

Crazy two weeks of voice overs for the Burqa doc but I think we have it all recorded and placed. Great time with the Director who is also the voice over artist and interesting to see which takes she thought worked best. Yesterday we did war scenes and I’m waiting for CSIS to show up at my door as there was a lot of Jihad inspired yelling and screaming filling up the neighborhood. And now I can finally get back to sound design and music. That’s about it career wise this week.
In other news, for those readers outside of Canada, we have been getting some crazy winter weather all across the country. -40 C in the west and even Vancouver has been below zero for a week.
See you next week.

True to my word

Chris — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:28:29 +0000

2nd week of January and here I am blogging as promised. Just spent the weekend transferring files to my new computer and now I am ready to go. First up is the ” Burqa ” doc which needs to be sound designed asap. I need to alter the video files as they are gigantic and too cumbersome to tell with. Have I ever received the proper file format from a visual editor? No never! lol Oh well maybe someday.

I watched an interesting film last night called ” Carnival of lost souls “. Not a great film by any means but the score was interesting. Just a pipe organ but some really clever composing. Check it out – it’s quite old so perhaps a library would have a copy.

Until next time.

2012

Chris — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 00:44:53 +0000

Hi and welcome to 2012. The first day of the new year and full of such promise. I have no idea how things are going to unfold but I feel that this will be a year to remember and in fact a year to judge all others by. I don’t make resolutions. If you want to change your life then just do it! Why wait until an arbitrary day called new years. Having said that though, I will endeavor to post this blog more regularly and my goal is to write once a week at least. And of course update the media content of the site more regularly. So check out the music samples.
Take a deep breath and here we go…

October – you is so crazy!!!!

Chris — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 20:21:06 +0000

Yes I know it’s the middle of November but that”s just how crazy October was! I’m just able to update this site now.
I was working on ” Vancouver Plays ” which was a series of 4 plays back to back and I was the composer, sound designer and audio consultant. The series took place at CBC studio 700 and the design team basically took the cement box which is studio 700 and built our studio inside. Quite a feat especially since we only had a few days in the studio before the first performance. I was in charge of sourcing all the audio gear we would need and stay on budget. The series was great and one of the best teams I have ever worked with. And I mean everyone including designers, actors, director stage and Pi management and volunteers. A smooth creative machine!!! As for renting and working in studio 700 at the CBC – well I really have nothing good to say about that experience and my professionalism prevents me from going into detail but I would love to rant over a beer!!!!!
Anyway, now I am just wrapping up the editing and producing of the series podcast that will be uploaded to the Pi website for your listening pleasure. Richard Wolfe and I are producing and they sound pretty good – you’ll get a feel for the live performance.
In other news, I have updated this website and among the new goods are the video installations I did for the Rainforest Circus this past summer.

Cheers,

Goodbye August

Chris — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 21:23:09 +0000

Well it’s been a crazy month and time to change gears moving into september. The not so good news is that this month I went through a shocking number of rejections. Canada Council – no! NFB – no! and then there were 2 or 3 festivals I got hired for and then the bastards hired someone else behind my back and didn’t have the decency to tell me to my face. I have yet to receive word or apology from someone I’ve worked with many times in the past and that’s just so far off side!!! And then there was that woman at the bar….
The good news is all of that is behind me now and one door closes and all that! This month I put two new feathers in my cap. I became a video artist and a performer at an arts festival. I’ve made films before but this was the first time I made video art. I created three pieces for the Synchronicity Festival that takes place in Gibson’s. The playing space is a forest and one installation was projected as people entered the playing space, one film about swings played on a laptop that swung from a tree and another about a marrionette fortune teller played on a laptop under a chandelier that hung in a tree. Pretty cool installations and I was very happy with the result.
I’m just finishing off the music and sound effects for an iphone app game and then onto a documentary and a very big theatre project which will happen at the CBC space in downtown Vancouver.
That’s you updated for now – back soon.

What’s new in July?

Chris — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 21:06:24 +0000

July is turning into quite an exciting month as many long term projects have been completed. I’ve just put the final polish on my latest feature film script and will soon be shopping for a producer. My co-directed NFB short proposal has been submitted and now I’m waiting for the results. And after a long hiatus from my ” Encounter ” documentary I am back in production, meeting interesting interviewees and getting ready for the next shooting schedule. I’m also working on a festival on the Sunshine Coast this summer and have been hired as a video artist. The festival takes place in a forest park and my installations will be projected amongst the trees. Should be fun. More news soon.

April News

Chris — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 22:45:05 +0000

Well I just finished working on the french version of the play ” Problem Child “. Great show and very gritty and realistic. After working on ” Annie ” previously with a zillion cast members, this was a nice change as there were only 4 actors and 3 designers. If you are able to read francais here is an interview with the designers including me: http://www.seizieme.ca/images/stories/16edition/vol.23.pdf

And this site has just been updated!!! New mp3′s , updated categories and a new photo. More to come.

Thanks for stopping by.