Dražen Bošnjak Explained

Dražen Bošnjak
Birth Place:Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Origin:New York City
Occupation:Composer, sound designer
Years Active:1998–present
Label:Department of Records
Website:

Dražen Bošnjak is a composer and sound designer based in New York City. He founded Q Department, Mach1, and Department of Records. He has created soundtracks and sound design for a number of films, television shows, video games, advertisements, and more recently, virtual reality projects.[1]

In 2014, he composed a soundtrack for John Perry Barlow's narrated version of A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace, released through Bošnjak's own label.[2] [3] The recording was featured in the 2016 BBC documentary HyperNormalisation by British filmmaker Adam Curtis.

Bošnjak has worked on numerous projects with Marco Brambilla including Ghost starring Natasha Poly, Evolution (Megaplex) 3D, and Ferrari's RPM. His collaborations with Brambilla have been shown at numerous festivals including the Sundance Film Festival and Art Basel, Miami.[4] [5] [6]

Bošnjak has won numerous awards for his work including a Webby Award, an Association of Music Producers Award, and several Clio Awards.[7] [8] [9] He has worked on projects that have been shown at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity and the Tribeca Film Festival.[10] [11]

Mach1

Mach1 is a sound technology company started in 2015 by Dražen Bošnjak and Jacqueline Bošnjak specializing in audio for virtual reality projects. Mach1 was developed to overcome the audio limitations of game engines like Unreal Engine and Unity.[12]

Mach1 technologies and techniques extend traditional audio engineering practices to interactive media, especially virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR). Mach1 focuses development on its custom spatial audio formats that do not utilize additional active processes during user playback.[13] Mach1's Spatial format is a multi-channel isotropic audio file with an 8x1 configuration at 48k/44.1k 16bit sample rate. All 8 channels are placed into a single audio track. For support on Android hardware running Samsung VR, that audio track is transcoded to 4 audio tracks with 2 channels each.[14]

Mach1 technology has been implemented in numerous VR projects including The Martian VR Experience, Mr. Robot, The New York Times Magazine VR, Ford VR at 24 Hours of Le Mans, and VR films that have appeared at Fantastic Fest.[13] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19]

In November 2016, Mach1 partnered with Secret Location, and Moving Picture Company to power The New York Times VR app for Google Daydream.[20]

Mach1 provided audio for Ridley Scott and David Karlak's Alien: Covenant In Utero VR experience for Oculus Rift and Samsung VR, which served as a teaser for the 2017 film .[21] [22]

As of May 2017, Mach1 technology is also supported by and integrated in the Samsung VR platform v1.70.6.[23]

In 2017, Dražen and Jacqueline Bošnjak were included in Advertising Age's Creativity 50 list of the year's most influential creative figures for Mach1's contributions to the field of spatial audio.[12]

Partial filmography

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Walden. Jennifer. Drazen Bosnjak Creates His Own Virtual Reality. MIX. March 2016.
  2. Web site: Doctorow. Cory. Limited edition vinyl: John Perry Barlow reads "A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace". Boing Boing. 8 December 2014.
  3. Web site: Knibbs. Kate. You Can Buy the Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace on Vinyl. Gizmodo. 10 December 2014 .
  4. Web site: Ghost directed by Marco Brambilla. Vimeo. 4 June 2014.
  5. Web site: Marco Brambilla's 'Evolution (Megaplex)'. The New York Times. 6 December 2010.
  6. Web site: Art Basel Miami: Marco Brambilla. Nowness.
  7. Web site: Little Minx Exquisite Corpse - Best Sound Design. Webby Awards.
  8. Web site: Showtime ID - Most Effective Sonic Branding. AMP Awards.
  9. Web site: Archive. Clio Awards. 2016-03-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20130813191004/http://www.clioawards.com/archive/. 2013-08-13. dead.
  10. Web site: Archived copy. Cannes Lions Archive. 2016-03-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20150228105430/http://www.canneslionsarchive.com/. 2015-02-28. dead.
  11. Web site: Film Guide Archive. Tribeca Film Festival Archive.
  12. Web site: Creativity 50: Drazen and Jacqueline Bosnjak. 18 December 2017. Advertising Age. 2018-01-12.
  13. Web site: Dražen Bošnjak Creates His Own Virtual Reality. March 2016. Mix Online. 2016-08-20.
  14. Web site: Content Specs. Samsung VR. 2017-05-17.
  15. Web site: Mach1 Launches. Shoot. 2016-09-06.
  16. Web site: The New Reality of Virtual Reality: Opportunities at the Intersection of Content and Technology. New York Women In Film And Television. 2016-08-20.
  17. Web site: Ford VR App Puts You Racing at Le Mans. 18 August 2016. VRScout Inc.. 2016-08-20.
  18. Web site: Creepy VR Films Coming to Fantastic Fest Next Month. VRScout Inc.. 2016-08-20.
  19. Web site: The Martian VR Experience. MPC Moving Picture Company. 2016-08-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20160826032837/http://www.moving-picture.com/work/the-martian-vr-experience. 2016-08-26. dead.
  20. Web site: NYT VR App Now Compatible with Daydream. 18 November 2016. The New York Times Company. 2016-11-18.
  21. Web site: 'Alien: Covenant' Births New Virtual Reality Experience With 'In Utero' for Oculus - Watch. 24 April 2017. IndieWire. 2017-05-17.
  22. Web site: Twentieth Century Fox Delivers 'Alien: Covenant In Utero' Virtual Reality Experience . 25 April 2017. The Wrap. 2017-05-17.
  23. Web site: Technical FAQ - Samsung VR for Gear VR v1.70.6. Samsung VR. 2017-05-17.
  24. News: Great Performers. The New York Times . 8 December 2016 .
  25. Web site: How 3D Sound Makes Virtual Reality More Real. Vice: The Creators Project . 7 December 2016 .
  26. Web site: Dear Angelica. The Sundance Institute .
  27. Web site: Dear Angelica. IMDb .
  28. Web site: Night Night. IMDb .

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