Sound Design with Nia Hansen

<p>Episode 21 features Sound Designer Nia Hansen, who has spent her career at Skywalker Sound working on many films from Pixar and Marvel, plus other franchises like Jurassic World and How to Train Your Dragon.</p> <p>We discuss starting in the deep end, processes that make large projects manageable, having too many hobbies with not enough time, and “creating magic” for a living.</p> <p>During the episode we cover:</p> <ul> <li>Attending Vancouver Film School</li> <li>Field Recording</li> <li>Exotic Animals</li> <li>Staying Organized</li> <li>Differences between Marvel magic and Pixar Magic</li> <li>Sonic Real Estate</li> <li>Working at "The Ranch"</li> <li>A "typical" workday</li> <li>Production (Pre and Post)</li> <li>Storytelling</li> <li>And much more...</li> </ul> <p><strong>Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode</strong></p> <p><a href="http://agentpalmer.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">AgentPalmer.com</span></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.essahansen.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">EssaHansen.com</a> (Where you can preorder her first novel <em>Nophek Gloss</em>)</p> <p><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3614489/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nia Hansen's IMDb</a></p> <p><strong>Tweets</strong></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/ThePalmerFiles"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">@ThePalmerFiles</span></a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/AgentPalmer"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">@AgentPalmer</span></a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/EssaHansen" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">@EssaHansen</a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">You can also hear more Palmer in the meantime on</span> <a href= "https://ourlinernotes.libsyn.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Our Liner Notes</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, a musical conversation podcast with host Chris Maier and as mentioned on this show as co-host of</span> <a href="http://thepodcastdigest.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The Podcast Digest</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">with Dan Lizette.</