WLP: Can you tell us some of the projects you’ve worked on?
Anything that you’re most proud of?
SK: There are way too many projects that I loved working on. To name a few:
Ted Lasso, Those Who Wish Me Dead, The 100, Dead To Me, David Makes Man, Miracle Workers, The Kominsky Method, The Flight Attendant, Madame CJ Walker, Queen Sugar, Goliath, Claws, All Rise, Corporate, Moonbase, Baskets, Faces, Santa Clarita Diet, Big Bang Theory, Fear The Walking Dead, Titans, Kungfu, Magnum PI, Safety, Seal Team, The Right Stuff, Animal Kingdom, Batwoman, I Am The Night, Shameless, Arrow, Supernatural, Rugrats, Clifford The Big Red Dog, High School Musical: The Musical, Riverdale, Mom, Barb And Star, Greenleaf, 13 Reasons Why, Manifest, Jay and Silent Bob, YellowStone, Swamp Thing, Star Trek: Discovery, Cry Macho and many more.
WLP: If you had to choose, what was the most challenging sound you’ve had to capture/create?
SK: I would say a building exploding and a car crash. When we were working on Those Who Wish Me Dead, Mr. Alan Murray called me after listening to the Foley and told me I missed a couple of big scenes. I was like no way! He said I missed the house exploding and car crash. I thought he was kidding! I always left scenes like that for sound effects to cover. His reply was not for big-budget features.
I immediately went to a panic in my head and thought how am I going to do that? We decided to just keep doing layers until we get the desired sounds. For the building, we started with the drywall, then wood (different sizes and shapes) then glass, rocks, metal, roof tiles. We had to throw them and smash them from different heights and we had to match the ones that land in front of the camera and ended it with some dust settles. It took hours to do one short little scene.
The car crash was a nice challenge as well. We had used actual car doors, hoods, tailgates, a nice heavy squeaky chair, and lots of dirt to make it work. I believe it took us over 8 hours for a small car crash scene. It really was a beautiful challenge.