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Episode 137 Dolby Creator Talks

The Sound of Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

December 9, 2022
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Two-time Academy Award winning director Guillermo del Toro and his co-director Mark Gustafson join us to discuss their latest work — appropriately titled — “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio.” Despite being stop-motion animation, the film features a rich sound design and complex mix. One which the directors had to fight for.

Mark [Gustafson] and I had to fight for the time that we needed on the mix board originally, because [for an] animated movie, they gave us a number of weeks. And we said, ‘no, we need more.’ Scott and I knew that our timing generally takes a little longer. But I think that we ended up understanding that we needed as many passes as a live-action movie — a big one — to reach simplicity. Which is very, very, very at odds. To be simple, we needed to elaborate the mix and make sure we were not mixing something superficial.

Guillermo del Toro, Director, “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio”

  • our episode on BARDO from earlier this week
  • check out “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio,” now streaming on Netflix, in Dolby Vision® and Dolby Atmos®
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