I am a post sound mixer that specializes in sound design for animation and short films! I have a BFA in Film Production with a focus on Sound Design, and a background in music production. Overall I have almost a decade in experience working in audio!…

Olivia W. Luffman

I am a post sound mixer that specializes in sound design for animation and short films! I have a BFA in Film Production with a focus on Sound Design, and a background in music production. Overall I have almost a decade in experience working in audio!…

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I am a post sound mixer that specializes in sound design for animation and short films! I have a BFA in Film Production with a focus on Sound Design, and a background in music production. Overall I have almost a decade in experience working in audio!

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Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Freelance Audio Work at Freelance
May 1, 2021 - Present
Sound design for animated films and video games; engineering remote narration recording sessions; dialogue and effects editing; production audio recording on set interviews for documentaries.
Audio Engineer / Key PA at MAGIC Spell Studios
February 1, 2021 - May 1, 2022
Facilitating recording sessions with students, faculty and clients for ADR & Foley work, video games, podcasts, and narration for film/animation; managing the specialty post production sound space, troubleshooting technical issues; exporting deliverables; experience with remote voice recording sessions utilizing SourceConnect; managing equipment cage and rental reservations with students.
Audio Engineer / Key PA at MAGIC Spell Studios
June 1, 2023 - Present
Facilitating recording sessions with students, faculty and clients for ADR & Foley work, video games, podcasts, and narration for film/animation; managing the specialty post production sound space, troubleshooting technical issues; exporting deliverables; experience with remote voice recording sessions utilizing SourceConnect; managing equipment cage and rental reservations with students.
Teaching Assistant, All Sound Courses at RIT
January 1, 2020 - May 1, 2022
Teaching and training students how to use equipment and software and studios; assisting with in-person and online troubleshooting throughout the whole school year; taking attendance, monitoring class participation and project progression, along with offering demos for location sound equipment; engineering sessions in a professional sound mixing stage for class.
Director of Sound at Red Bird Pictures
May 1, 2023 - Present
Facilitating sound design conversations with deaf/hard of hearing collaborators; recording onset sound for production; mixing, finishing, and delivering sound files for the deaf editor.
Script Supervisor at Blend Localization
August 1, 2023 - October 1, 2023
Ingesting scripts from clients into Google Sheets; remote voice recording sessions utilizing SourceConnect for video games.
Sound Designer / Recordist at ScienceLore (Ravens) directed by Chelsea DeMott Wiley
May 1, 2023 - August 1, 2023
Mixing using Pro Tools for a 5-minute animated short pilot; organizing assets; recording effects in a Foley session and integrating them into the mix.
Location Sound Mixer / Narration Engineer at Dear Eleanor
June 1, 2021 - Present
On-set location recording with the Zoom F8n Field Recorder and Sennheiser ME66; recorded all the voice over for the film within MAGIC Spell Studios using a Neumann TLM 103.

Education

BFA in Film Production at Rochester Institute of Technology
August 1, 2018 - May 1, 2022

Qualifications

RIT Outstanding Undergraduate Scholar Award
January 11, 2030 - May 12, 2026
Tom Hope Award
January 11, 2030 - May 12, 2026

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Education, Professional Services
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    I served as the sound designer for this short animated film created by Riley Zusi. I recorded many of the effects myself, as well as the foley. I engineered two remote recording sessions with the voice talent. Originally mixed in 7.1 surround sound.

    uniE608 Sound Design for "The Wiz"
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