ex Graduate Jim Petrak grabs himself an AMAA

Jim Petrak is an ADR recording engineer and 5.1 surround sound mixer specializing in Dolby digital for film, and a recent AMAA(african oscar) winner. Jim kicked off his career in audio post production after graduating with a Cape Audio College Diploma in Sound Engineering. Jim started his first full time job in audio at Chris Fellows Sound Studio’s in Johannesburg, where he progressed from foley recording to ADR recording and sound design. This progression allowed him to gain intimate knowledge of the audio design process, ultimately leading him on to becoming the head re-recording mixer at Kwazi Mojo in 2006. Read more »

Good news from Willem Schonken

Willem on the Right

Willem Schonken is one of our Diploma graduates from a few years back and recently dropped us a mail letting us know what he has been up to. We really enjoy hearing our past graduates success stories, and its great to see he’s been a busy man.

Willem does audio post work and has just finished working on a 13 episode TV series for CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation), for which he did all the hard sound effects and most of the dialog prep, and finally got to see his name on TV. Read more »