ANDRES SANTANA

ANDRES SANTANA WAS BORN IN COLOMBIA WHERE HE RECEIVED HIS BACHELOR OF ARTS IN AUDIO ENGINEERING. SHORTLY AFTER AQUIRING HIS DEGREE HE WAS IMMEDIATLEY EMPLOYED BY MUCHA MUSICA - CITYTV COLOMBIA. BY BEING INVOLVED IN VARIOUS MUSIC VIDEOS AND FAMILIARISING HIMSELF WITH THE TECHNICAL PROCESS OF THE FILM ARTS, HE SOON TURNED HIS FOCUS TOWARDS AUDIO POST-PRODUCTION FOR FILM. HE THEN MOVED TO VANCOUVER TO FURTHER HIS STUDIES IN SOUND DESIGN FOR VISUAL MEDIA AT THE VANCOUVER FILM SCHOOL.

AFTER GRADUATING IN 2008, WITH AN EXCELLENT PORTFOLIO UNDER HIS BELT SUCH AS “SOUND SCAPE VANCOUVER”, A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL SOUNDS RECORDED AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS BY HIMSELF, HE HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN MANY DIFFERENT PROJECTS FROM SHORT FILMS TO FEATURES AS LOCATION SOUND AND SOUND DESIGNER. ONE OF HIS PASSIONS IS THE ART OF RECORDING AUDIO BY CAPTURING VARIOUS SOUNDS AND EXTENDING HIS PERSONAL PROFESSIONALY RECORDED CUSTOM SOUND LIBRARY. SOUND DESIGN COMES AS A NATURAL TALENT TO ANDRES WHO IS ABLE TO CREATE VIVID 3 DIMENTIONAL WORLDS BY USING SOUND DESIGN.

HIS ROLE IN CREATING THE 5.1 MIX FOR BOTD WAS BY FAR ONE OF THE MOST TIME CONSUMING JOBS TO DATE. BEING ARMED WITH NOTHING BUT HIS EQUIPMENT, KNOWLEDGE AND SHEER TALENT ANDRES WAS ABLE TO GIVE BONG OF THE DEAD THE EXACT SOUND THAT THOMAS WAS LOOKING FOR.

BONG OF THE DEAD HAS UNDOUBTABLY BEEN THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE OF HIS CAREER SO FAR, AND POSSIBLY THE BEST EXPERIENCE OF HIS LONG CAREER YET TO COME. HAVING COMPLETED AN ENTIRE FULL LENGTH FEATURE BY HIMSELF IN SOUND DESIGN HAS GIVEN ANDRES THE BEST EDUCATION ONE COULD WISH FOR.

THE ENTIRE SOUND IN BONG OF THE DEAD HAS BEEN 100% RECREATED FROM SCRATCH INCLUDING ALL ACTORS DIALOGUE WHICH WAS REDUBBED IN THOMAS NEWMANS BASEMENT WITH A MAKESHIFT SOUND STUDIO. THE RESULT OF YET ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL WHO IS ALSO FUELED BY PASSION IS A FILM WITH PRISTEEN SOUND AND QUALITY IN EVERY ASPECT.