Bendy provides complete post production sound package for Michael Olmos’s new Dark Horse Indie feature “Splinter” starring Tom Sizemore, Edward James Olmos and Resmine Atis. Supervising Sound Editor / Engineer Andy Snavley enlisted the help of Bendy’s own music editor Dean Menta, and sound editor Kathleen Edwards of Hear Kitty, Inc. Post picture finishing and digital intermediate by the talented folks at FilmworksFX.
 
Synopsis: On the mean streets of LA, two gangsters - - Dreamer (Almeida) and Dusty (Noel G.) - - unite over the mysterious murder of their brother. Dreamer, with the bullet that killed his brother still lodged in his skull, is desperately seeking revenge when he crosses paths with Detective Gramm (Atis), a confident rookie cop partnered with corrupt veteran Cunningham (Sizemore). Amidst a rising body count, an ineffective Captain (Olmos), and the threat of an all-out gang war, the four characters lock themselves in a ruthless endgame as they discover who among them is creating the brutal chaos.
 
Recalls Snavley, “Initially our primary focus was in restoring some particularly rough dialog scenes. We used some of the latest background noise and rumble reduction tools, and notch filters. Surprisingly little ADR was required. With a clean dialog edit we were able to then shift our focus to sound design. Obviously this is an action movie, so there needed to be the requisite big sounds of gunfire and impacts. But there was also a strong dreamy thematic element, so at times we shifted from the huge sounds to some deeply disturbing drones and ghostly echos. It was a pleasure working with Michael, he is a truly gifted director.”