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Latest Electronica Music Album Releases from Sabrina Young Start out the year listening to some exciting electronica with Sabrina Young's latest music album releases. Inspired by the music of cinema and electronica, and the crazy dystopian world of science fiction, Young envelops the listener in a jarring eerie world of synthesis and rhythm. Science Fiction Original Movie Soundtrack: Spiritus Young released the riveting soundtrack for her original animated science-fiction epic Spiritus. Complete with a purely cinematic sound, the Spiritus soundtrack has an intriguing combination of large orchestral sounds and music inspired by Stranger Things  and 1980s sound synthesis. Download the music album Spiritus today on Apple Music and other retailers.  Watch the Spiritus Movie TODAY on Amazon Prime! Electronic Music Inspired by George Orwell's 1984 Inspired by 1984 by George Orwell, composer Sabrina Young's newest 1984 album combines eerie sound synthe...

Buffalo Filmmakers Wrap up ROGUE Indie Filmmaker Boot Camp - Welcome to Space Force! This past Friday excited Buffalo filmmakers wrapped up the final day of shooting for Sabrina Peña Young' s ROGUE Indie Filmmaker Boot Camp. The group had five weeks to write, plan, and shoot a short film. The subject - Space Force - lent itself to some hilarious antics from the diverse cast and crew that included both seasoned veterans and newbies to filmmaking. As part of the camp, many filmmakers had a chance to try new aspects of filmmaking that they had never tried before like acting, camerawork, and sound. The result was a short comedic film full of shenanigans and fun.  "Welcome to Space Force" will be screened locally on August 17th.  More information about Welcome to Space Force can be found on our NEW Facebook Page!  Let's make Space Great Again!  Cast and Crew of Welcome to Space Force, Photo Credit: Aaron Webb

Spitfire Audio presents a rare insight into the workings of some of the finest film composers. A round table discussion with (From left) Ramin Djawadi, Jacob Shea, Henry Jackman, Hans Zimmer, Ben Wallfisch, Andy Page, David Fleming. Libraries Mentioned:

Sound design tutorial - How Sound Can Ruin or Make a Film

Learn audio editing and sound design for your indie film. The Buffalo Video and Movie Makers FREE film Music workshop October 16th 2017 at the Screening Room and Cafe in Amherst New York, 7pm. Presented by Award-winning composer Sabrina Pena Young.

Learn about basic audio editing and sound design. Free film music workshop by award-winning composer Sabrina Pena Young at the Screening Room, Amherst New York Oct 16, 2017 @7pm. Hosted by the Buffalo Movie and Video Makers.

Free Filmmaking Music School Workshop Buffalo New York Oct 16 7pm  Film Music Workshop by Award-Winning Composer Sabrina Pena Young Buffalo New York October 16 Award-winning Buffalo, New York, composer Sabrina Peña Young will be giving a film music workshop Monday, October 16th at 7:20PM at the Screening Room, located at the Boulevard Mall in Amherst, New York.  The Cuban-American composer and indie filmmaker will discuss basic audio editing, copyright, music licensing, film music, and sound design for free for the BMVM (Buffalo Movie and Video Makers), America's longest running film organization of its kind, since 1934. "My hope is to give filmmakers the tools they need to make a great soundtrack to their film and learn the basics of working with film composers and musicians when syncing music in post production." - Sabrina Pena Young.  The film music workshop is FREE for all attendees, of all ages. This workshop is meant for filmmakers, musicians, composers, ac...

Life After Autotune - Pop Music Industry Few DAW plug-ins today produce as much debate among audio engineers and fans as Auto-Tune. In a nutshell, Auto-Tune is an audio tool that allows an engineer to “tweak” pitchy performances by subtly (or sometimes blatantly) altering a singer’s performance and fixing out-of-tune notes. How does a simple plug-in like Auto-Tune create such incredible controversy?             Auto-Tune has very interesting, and decidedly unmusical, beginnings. Musician Andy Hildebrand developed Auto-Tune by “analyzing seismic data” when he worked for the oil industry. Being a musician, he decided to use this technology for music, developed Auto-Tune over a period of a few weeks (Prisco, 2014). Pop music was never the same             Using Auto-Tune in the music industry has a few competing camps – the purists, the engineers, and the hacks. In one cam...

Young is the foremost expert on virtual opera production and online collaboration with the debut of her machinima opera Libertaria: The Virtual Opera. Libertaria includes a live international cast and film crew, virtual choirs, sound synthesis , machinima animation, and contemporary choral writing, produced entirely online using crowdsourcing, social networking, and the Internet . Libertaria premiered October 5th, 2013 in Lake Worth, Florida , with additional screenings at the Buffalo Women and Arts Festival , the UK -site Moviestorm , the Holland Animation Film Festival, and other venues. She has a rich history of combining intermedia and classical music with cutting edge works like her multimedia oratorio Creation, winner of the IAWM New Genre Prize, World Order #5 for percussion and multimedia, and collaborations with artists in Vox Novus 60×60 and Lee Scott ’s interactive web opera The Village. Young is currently working on the novel series The Libertaria Chronicles, and is ...

Professional tips for creating convincing sound in your low budget film or video.  Sound can make or break your film. If you cannot afford good sound equipment with trained professionals on the set, dub it in later. Most consumer cameras do not allow for good sound recording . While dubbing in post production is a tedious process, it is well worth the time in regard to upping the overall quality of your film. Dubbing Dubbing in the dialogue involves taking the original shot and replacing dialogue with rerecorded dialogue in a better sound environment. Sometimes this is done for films that are done in several languages like an anime or a film shot at a foreign location. A good actor has to be able to not only sync up the dialogue correctly with the film, but also be able to emote convincingly without the added benefit of the set and possibly the other actors being present. When dubbing in a different language, issues of translation may also play a part, and deciding how closel...