Creative Sound Design at Aspen Shortsfest 2023

What goes into building a soundtrack for a short film? And collaborating with a sound team when you’re dealing with a short time frame? And an even more limited budget?

To help us answer those questions and more, Glenn moderates a panel discussion with some of the filmmakers from this year’s Aspen Shortsfest — which is, without question, one of the best film festivals in the world for short films and short filmmakers:

This is a great discussion about the creative process of storytelling. And how that process translates into crafting a compelling soundtrack for a film… regardless of runtime!

Sound teams for the short films:

Sound Designer - Markus Andreas

Composer - Patrick McGinley

Foley Artist - Anna-Maria Jams

Foley Recordist - Joonas Taimla

Additional Sound Effects - Aleksandra Koel

Sound Designer - David Kamp

Sound Designer - Erik Naumann

Composer - Jorge Murcia

Many thanks to the faculty and students of Colorado Film School, who filmed and recorded this panel discussion for us:

Sound Recordist - Diana Flood

Camera Operators - Tim Bulger, Wil Francis, Felicia Hettinga, Lucas Lacy

Editor - Quinton Kaine

Production Assistants - Skylar McKelvey, Geneva Schafer

Instructor, Post Supervisor - Matt Baxter

Instructor, Production Supervisor - Aaron Koehler

And extra special thanks to Aspen Shortsfest:

Susan Wrubel - Executive + Artistic Director

Jason Anderson - Shortsfest Program Director

Erin McVoy - Operations + Production Director

Regna Frank-Jones - Head of Education 

Allie Wrubel - Program + Marketing Manager

Roger Ramos - Program + Education Coordinator