Dražen Bošnjak

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

Dražen Bošnjak
BornSarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
OriginNew York City
Occupation(s)Composer, sound designer
Years active1998–present
LabelsDepartment 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[edit]

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 Alien: Covenant.[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[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Walden, Jennifer (March 2016). "Drazen Bosnjak Creates His Own Virtual Reality". MIX.
  2. ^ Doctorow, Cory (8 December 2014). "Limited edition vinyl: John Perry Barlow reads "A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace"". Boing Boing.
  3. ^ Knibbs, Kate (10 December 2014). "You Can Buy the Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace on Vinyl". Gizmodo.
  4. ^ "Ghost directed by Marco Brambilla". Vimeo. 4 June 2014.
  5. ^ "Marco Brambilla's 'Evolution (Megaplex)'". The New York Times. 6 December 2010.
  6. ^ "Art Basel Miami: Marco Brambilla". Nowness.
  7. ^ "Little Minx Exquisite Corpse - Best Sound Design". Webby Awards.
  8. ^ "Showtime ID - Most Effective Sonic Branding". AMP Awards.
  9. ^ "Archive". Clio Awards. Archived from the original on 2013-08-13. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
  10. ^ "Archived copy". Cannes Lions Archive. Archived from the original on 2015-02-28. Retrieved 2016-03-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  11. ^ "Film Guide Archive". Tribeca Film Festival Archive.
  12. ^ a b "Creativity 50: Drazen and Jacqueline Bosnjak". Advertising Age. 18 December 2017. Retrieved 2018-01-12.
  13. ^ a b "Dražen Bošnjak Creates His Own Virtual Reality". Mix Online. March 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-20.
  14. ^ "Content Specs". Samsung VR. Retrieved 2017-05-17.
  15. ^ "Mach1 Launches". Shoot. Retrieved 2016-09-06.
  16. ^ "The New Reality of Virtual Reality: Opportunities at the Intersection of Content and Technology". New York Women In Film And Television. Retrieved 2016-08-20.
  17. ^ "Ford VR App Puts You Racing at Le Mans". VRScout Inc. 18 August 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-20.
  18. ^ "Creepy VR Films Coming to Fantastic Fest Next Month". VRScout Inc. Retrieved 2016-08-20.
  19. ^ "The Martian VR Experience". MPC Moving Picture Company. Archived from the original on 2016-08-26. Retrieved 2016-08-20.
  20. ^ "NYT VR App Now Compatible with Daydream". The New York Times Company. 18 November 2016. Retrieved 2016-11-18.
  21. ^ "'Alien: Covenant' Births New Virtual Reality Experience With 'In Utero' for Oculus - Watch". IndieWire. 24 April 2017. Retrieved 2017-05-17.
  22. ^ "Twentieth Century Fox Delivers 'Alien: Covenant In Utero' Virtual Reality Experience". The Wrap. 25 April 2017. Retrieved 2017-05-17.
  23. ^ "Technical FAQ - Samsung VR for Gear VR v1.70.6". Samsung VR. Retrieved 2017-05-17.
  24. ^ "Great Performers". The New York Times. 8 December 2016.
  25. ^ "How 3D Sound Makes Virtual Reality More Real". Vice: The Creators Project. 7 December 2016.
  26. ^ "Dear Angelica". The Sundance Institute.
  27. ^ "Dear Angelica". IMDb.
  28. ^ "Night Night". IMDb.

External links[edit]

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dražen_Bošnjak&oldid=1218243038"