LOS ANGELES (AP) — Middle-earth will sound more realistic in “The Hobbit.” Dolby Laboratories Inc. and director Peter Jackson’s Park Road Post Production announced Wednesday that “The Hobbit: An ...

LOS ANGELES — Middle-earth will sound more realistic in "The Hobbit." Dolby Laboratories Inc. and director Peter Jackson's Park Road Post Production announced Wednesday that "The Hobbit: An Unexpected ...

Peter Jackson says Atmos and high frame rates “allow the audience to participate in the events on screen, rather than watching them unfold.” By Carolyn Giardina Tech Editor Peter Jackson has pushed ...

The sound is being mixed at Peter Jackson’s Park Road Post. By Carolyn Giardina Tech Editor While Dolby Atmos just debuted last spring, it is about to be used for the anticipated premiere of Peter ...

Now that you've seen it, what did you think? "Bilbo Baggins, I'm looking for someone to share in an adventure... "It begins! In theaters everywhere is The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, the first ...

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is shaping up to be a groundbreaking event for film technology. First, we heard that Director Peter Jackson shot the film at 48 frames-per-second, and now he’s ...

The Soundworks Collection has released a mini-documentary about how the epic sound of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey was created. From begininning to end, Peter Jackson’s team used more advanced ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. In the first video, embedded below, The Daily examines some of the animation techniques used to bring Tolkien’s ...

LOS ANGELES — Middle-earth will sound more realistic in “The Hobbit.” Dolby Laboratories Inc. and director Peter Jackson’s Park Road Post Production announced Wednesday that “The Hobbit: An Unexpected ...

Say what you will about the merits of high frame rate, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey has provided some amazing visual and sound effects achievements. Now, two new featurettes have been released ...

Fans of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug already got one cool treat when Stephen Colbert's cameo in the middle of Peter Jackson's trilogy adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's book was discovered. You ...

When it comes to sound effects and dubbing, stories about dragons and desolate men at sea have the same problem: How to place audiences right there with the character. Brent Burge and Chris Ward, both ...