El Mundo Bueno Studios is both a multi-room recording-mixing-mastering facility and a film/music-video production company. Our large and comfortable space is set up to support all aspects of music and film/video-audio-postproduction in an acoustically balanced 5.1 surround-sound mixing environment with some of the best gear on the planet. Easy to get to and capable of handling a wide variety of projects, we are pleased with the recent alliance between El Mundo Bueno Studios and Skyline Studios and the increased level of service and comfort it affords our clients.

The filmmaking division of EMBS offers a complete film/video production capability. Along with great equipment and the experience of cinematographer Paul Nordin. EMBS brings tremendous production quality and value to the films & videos we participate in. Our focus is still on the independant artist: musicians and filmmakers, yet we also excel on the most demanding commercial projects.

  

For Paul, a varied and accomplished past including being a Dot.com/bomb survivor, Silicon Valley software company executive, outdoor adventurer & photographer, competitive athlete, schooling in photo-journalism, cinematography and computer science, has led back to the place he started: a lifetime passion for filmmaking.  Since 1998 Paul has focused his energy and creativity into both a professional career as a Cinematographer, and building artistic community-focused media companies. He provided the initial vision & wherewithal to found the no-holds-barred recording studio & film production company that is El Mundo Bueno Studios (EMBS), and is a partner in the alternative indie-record label Trance Jam Records. 

  

Paul Nordin
Director of Photography

With his love for creating compelling images with light and motion, Paul has married a formal background in photography/film, with 12 years of work on music videos, commercials, live music performances, industrials, short and feature-length films both as director and cinematographer to head the film and Imaging activities at EMBS.

As a Director of Photography for the last 8 years, Paul has amassed a large body of creative and commercial work including 8 feature films for the San Francisco Bay Area & LA independent film communities, where he fiercely pursues & expands his craft and art of cinematography and telling stories with image.  “As a cinematographer, it’s the artful blend of wielding complex technology to send controlled photons down a lens, and the resulting beauty of the well framed image that forms one of the most powerful and simple joys of the work.  As DP, the work also involves being one of the leaders of a large team, and for each film the crew and the cast become a creative community with a single charter to tell a story with pictures and sound beautifully and powerfully and originally and on-budget and on-schedule.  When working perfectly together, films can step outside the talents of individuals and transcend to glorious art.  Its times like those which keep me forever in love with the craft of filmmaking.”

  
Paul Nordin's DP Reel Page
  
     
 

Winter skillfully combines deep technical knowledge with artistic creativity to head up EMBS's recording, mixing, and mastering activities for both music and film.  He has been an accomplished musician for over 25 years and for the past 10 years he's been producing, recording, mixing, & mastering a healthy slice of the local music & film scene.  In his senior capacity at EMBS he has defined and refined the primary workflows for both music and film-sound projects.   He has an established track record of engineering live multi-track recording, audio post-production, commercial voice-overs, field recordings, location sound for movies, and forensic audio.  In addition, he has worked as an instructor at the California Recording Institute & taught recording at the Blue Bear School of Music.

  
     

Winter
Film/Music Recording & Mixing Engineer
Producer & Musician
Film Location Sound Mixer

Sharon Knight has been incorporating sound and music in a variety of contexts for over 20 years.  Accomplished as a musical recording and performing artist, she has also created numerous atmospheric soundscapes for theater, film, workshops, and somatic therapy. Through her experience using sound in situations that often require spontaneous and unconventional thinking, she has developed a keen sense for the emotional impact of sound.  In 2002, she joined with EMBS to apply her musical talents and skills to film projects at EMBS.  Her knack for thinking outside the box, intuitive communication style, attention to detail, and passion for her craft has proven to be a be a great asset to clients on all aspects of the post-production process.  Since then she has contributed sound and music to several Bay Area independent films, and leads the audio post-production department at EMBS where collaboratively she helps clients realize their vision for original and compelling audio for film in the areas of foley, scoring, dialog editing & mixing, ADR, sound design creation & mixing, and final mixing & mastering of sound for film projects.

  

Sharon Knight
Film Sound Supervisor
Foley Artist
Film Scoring Artist
Sound Design

 

EMBS Audio-Post Reel EMBS Audio Post Reel page
       
 
Paul, Winter, and Sharon's uncompromising commitment to community and service are reflected in all aspects of EMBS.
       
 
 
 
Emeryville . California
info@EMBStudios.com
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