Brian Rund, Senior Audio Engineer at MindSmackTV, Wins Emmy for his Role in the Launch Campaign for the Nickelodeon Series ‘Bubble Guppies.’
[Outstanding Promotional Announcement - Episodic] [“Bubble Guppies Launch Trailer”]
New York, NY. September 15, 2011. MindSmack’s Audio Guru Brian Rund began work on Nick Jr’s “Bubble Guppies” launch spot in December of 2010 – the spot went to air soon after to rave reviews.
All music editing, augmentation, sound design and mix were tackled in this project which Brian calls, “Tons of fun for everyone”.
The overall direction was to ‘make the spot sound more like a movie trailer then a promo but to keep it playful.’ Rund experimented with several treatments and arrived at the final sound through collaboration with campaign producer Elana Baumgarten and Creative Director Farrel Allen.
For subsequent Bubble Guppies promos, the team at Nickelodeon has reached out to Brian as consultant on behalf of other sound engineers so that they could achieve a similar sound. Says Rund, “They have asked me about the techniques I used for the voiceover, I ran down the specs and settings employed and we came up with a formula that would allow them to maintain the sonic style we developed for the launch. They’ve kept to the specs developed and thereby have maintained great consistency for the entire campaign.”
“I really enjoyed working on this project because of the playful, theatrical nature of the sound design” adds Rund. “It was great to once again be a part of another amazing team assembled by Farrel, Elana and the staff at Nickelodeon.
Brian has a long history of working on Nick campaigns including:
• Team Umizoomi – Launch Campaign and Promos
• Dora the Explorer specials:
– Dora and the Crystal Kingdom – Movie Special and Launch Campaign
– Dora and the Blue mermaid – Movie Special and Launch Campaign
and many other Nick Jr. campaigns including, Go Diego! Go!, BackYardigans, Kai-lan, Yo Gabba Gabba! & The Wonder Pets.
Brian’s continuing work at MindSmackTV includes the season launch Promo for HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, Spots and Docs for 24 Hours of Reality Hosted by Al Gore, as well as short and long form sound for USA Network, History Channel, SyFy and Food Network.
Beyond Sound Design and Mixing, Brian has been composing custom music for several projects including his hip hop kids band ‘KBC Kids’. Some of their tracks have been recently used in Disney’s “Lemonade Mouth” and Oxygen’s “Running Russell Simmons”. www.kbckids.com