Love Is Free (2022)
Dir. Hannah Renton
Role: Sound Designer
Mix: 5.1
Dir. Hannah Renton
Role: Sound Designer
Mix: 5.1
A triptych telling the story of one woman’s relationship with love and how it has been shaped by her relationship with her eccentric father.
A delicate soundtrack, shifting in texture to match the tryptic structure of the film, with particular attention put on the foley to create an almost haptic feel to the intimate narrative.
We experimented with a non-linear workflow, where a sonic storyboard was created in pre-production to weave the sound design into the fabric of the film.
pre-production storyboard:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jaGnCL736FbqlwSJC2W43YUrUMJA1maZ/view?usp=share_link
post-production storyboard:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vz3Hpd4A5AHmq3JVzQ7QXRbUUvgOD2Bv/view?usp=share_link
A delicate soundtrack, shifting in texture to match the tryptic structure of the film, with particular attention put on the foley to create an almost haptic feel to the intimate narrative.
We experimented with a non-linear workflow, where a sonic storyboard was created in pre-production to weave the sound design into the fabric of the film.
pre-production storyboard:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jaGnCL736FbqlwSJC2W43YUrUMJA1maZ/view?usp=share_link
post-production storyboard:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vz3Hpd4A5AHmq3JVzQ7QXRbUUvgOD2Bv/view?usp=share_link
About:
Simon is a sound designer, dubbing mixer and field recordist. His work spans across fiction, documentary, animation, commercials and podcasts. He graduated from the MA in Sound Design for Film at the National Film & Television School in 2023.
Simon’s approach to sound design is always in service of the storytelling. His ambition is to weave his soundtrack into the fabric of every project. As such he is dedicated to field recording during production, collaborating across departments and is keen to experiment with new workflows and techniques.
In 2023 Simon was awarded the MPSE Verne Fields Golden Reel for Outstanding Sound Editing in a Student Film for his design and mix of Dive.
In 2024 Crab Day, which Simon was the Sound Supervisor for, won the BAFTA for the Best British Animated Short as well as the RTS Award for Best Postgraduate Animation, where Simon’s sound design was also recognised for an RTS Craft Award.
He has also sound designed films that have won at the British Animation Awards and been nominated for Young Arrows and Best Short at London Film Festival.
Alongside his film work Simon is a regular mixer for the Financial Times podcasts and has worked with brands such as Google Pixel, Channel 4, Burt’s Bees, Herd and beyond.
He is proudly an assosiate artist of Brain Audio.
Simon is a sound designer, dubbing mixer and field recordist. His work spans across fiction, documentary, animation, commercials and podcasts. He graduated from the MA in Sound Design for Film at the National Film & Television School in 2023.
Simon’s approach to sound design is always in service of the storytelling. His ambition is to weave his soundtrack into the fabric of every project. As such he is dedicated to field recording during production, collaborating across departments and is keen to experiment with new workflows and techniques.
In 2023 Simon was awarded the MPSE Verne Fields Golden Reel for Outstanding Sound Editing in a Student Film for his design and mix of Dive.
In 2024 Crab Day, which Simon was the Sound Supervisor for, won the BAFTA for the Best British Animated Short as well as the RTS Award for Best Postgraduate Animation, where Simon’s sound design was also recognised for an RTS Craft Award.
He has also sound designed films that have won at the British Animation Awards and been nominated for Young Arrows and Best Short at London Film Festival.
Alongside his film work Simon is a regular mixer for the Financial Times podcasts and has worked with brands such as Google Pixel, Channel 4, Burt’s Bees, Herd and beyond.
He is proudly an assosiate artist of Brain Audio.