<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/issues/alum-provides-sound-design-sundance-stand-out-film.html" dsn="news"><item_date>03/30/2013 12:00:00 AM</item_date><category_header/><title>Alum Provides Sound Design for Sundance Stand-out Film</title><subheader/><description>Ken McGill ('05) worked as a sound designer for the film Blood Brother, a documentary about a man who moves to India to help children with HIV/AIDS. The film won the U.S. Jury Grand Prize and Audience Award at this year's Sundance Film Festival.</description><author/><photographer> </photographer><image> <img src="/sites/default/files/default_images/diving-eagle_356_0r_0_1_fade_1_0.png" width="900" height="676" alt=""/></image><taxonomy-story-type>Culture</taxonomy-story-type><taxonomy-cultural-story-category>Television &amp; Film</taxonomy-cultural-story-category><taxonomy-news-sections/><taxonomy-college-department/><taxonomy-tags/><type>story</type><categories/><relationships/><main-content>
    
    
    Ken McGill ('05) worked as a sound designer for the film Blood Brother, a documentary about a man who moves to India to help children with HIV/AIDS. The film won the U.S. Jury Grand Prize and Audience Award at this year's Sundance Film Festival.

As a sound designer at Washington, D.C.-based Defacto Sound, McGill creates and manipulates audio for films, games and TV. For Blood Brother, he worked as a dialogue editor, sound effects editor and foley artist.

"I would have been just as honored to work on the film regardless of any Sundance accolades," says McGill, a former trumpeter with the One O'Clock Lab Band who still plays professionally in the D.C. area.

"But it is rewarding to see a finished product garner some national attention, especially since the attention helps bring funding and assistance to the needs of these orphans."



Listen to samples of Ken McGill's music on SoundCloud. &gt;&gt;

Learn more about Ken McGill's film credits. &gt;&gt;
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