PAX EAST / AT&T eMLS CUP 2018: SOUND EDIT+ MIX FOR SHORT DOC
We recently spent a busy 3 days covering the eMLS Cup with Official Sponsor AT&T and former MLS star Jimmy Conrad. Held at gaming extravaganza PAX East in Boston, the eMLS Cup brings the world of professional soccer to an electronic gaming audience through playoff rounds culminating in a $10,000 prize and the North American Championship trophy.
With Jimmy as our on-camera talent we introduced the series, interviewed e-athletes and gamers, and covered the final match on the main stage in the PAX Arena. Our on-location edit team turned pieces around within 24 hours or less (some of them same day), handing results off to AT&T and Jimmy for distribution. Most of the action occurred on Twitter, where two of the pieces amassed over 500,000 views within 36 hours, though +200k views on Facebook isn't bad either. The sizzle reel above wraps up the series.
Junior Birdman Audio provided post sound for this recent short doc of the first-ever eMLS Cup at PAX East 2018 in Boston, featuring Jimmy Conrad and sponsored by AT&T. The mix had to be lightning quick, including polishing announcer and interview dialog captured in a difficult situation. I created a sound design replete with assorted accents and crowd audio from my personal field recording library, then whipped up a mix and delivered on a tight turnaround.