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Mike Estler

Mike Estler’s 2011 Reel

This reel is a collection of work done on primarily in narrative short film. Projects range from simple mixing and noise reduction to detailed sound design, sync, and recomposition. Some clips were arranged and edited to highlight work done in each film. However, those that are left to their full running times were projects that were composed from […]

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Clones: by Matt Singer

Clones: by Matt Singer – A music video put together to the music of Matt Singer (if you don’t know…then look here: http://mattsingermusic.com/)

Not only a friend, but an incredibly talented singer/songwriter and heckuva guy, Matt Singer allowed me to make this video to his music in 2010 .  Everyone should visit: http://mattsingermusic.com/ While the sound contribution to this piece is only the mixing of Matt’s music in the background, this piece showcases my training in FCP 7 […]

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The Tale of Great Obeseus

The Tale of Great Obeseus – An AU student film that puts an unusual spin on the classic tale of man against beast.

This project was something that I conceptualized, wrote, starred in, edited, and did post work for.  Due to the workload and deadlines, there are noticeable imperfections.  However, it is a fun story that was fun to make and showcases my fun-loving nature, and imagination.

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Creative Sound Techniques

Creative Sound Techniques – This was a final project submitted for a course taught by 2 time Oscar winner, Russell Williams

Character dialogue was provided.  VO, sync effects, foley, music and ambiance was added in post using Pro Tools.

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Worst Case Scenario

Worst Case Scenario – An example of work done while interning at Takoma Park Media in Silver Spring, MD.

This clip incorporates both a “before” and “after” to better show what the client provided and a bit of sound can do. All other effects were courtesy of the sample library of Richard Humphries, a mentor, talented sound designer and friend. He was kind enough to allow me to play around with this footage after […]

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Lottery Ninja

Lottery Ninja – A project submitted for “Creative Sound Techniques”, a course taught by 2 time Oscar winner, Russell Williams.

The original video was completely silent, and all sound was added using Pro Tools with full access to the Audio Production effects library.  This shows creative understanding of sync effects, sound design, placement, and sound editing. If you’re interested in contacting Mike for information about rates, availability, or just to talk about sound… visit the ABOUT page.

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Life

Life – An example of work done while interning at Takoma Park Media in Silver Spring, MD.

Voice over and picture were supplied by the client.  All other effects were courtesy of the sample library of Richard Humphries, a mentor, talented sound designer and friend.  He was kind enough to allow me to play around with this footage after submitting his work to the client.

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Poor Bunny

Poor Bunny – This animated, silent film was a school project which required sound editing and syncing from a library of stock effects

This film by Don Hertxfeldt was provided to the class and was completely silent.  It was up to each student to interpret the images on screen and create sounds to compliment the content.  Available to each student was the full Audio Production effects library.  This serves as an example of sound placement, editing, time compression/expansion, […]

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Blastwave Movie

Blastwave Movie – Assigned to mimic the annual Blastwave competition

Inspired by the annual Blastwave competition, this footage from Blastwave 2010 was silent and sounds were created from scratch out of a SFX library.

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