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It takes a great team to do a great job.  At Big World we have all the experience, know-how and creativity we need to create perfect audio for your project – from mixing, editing and supervision, to film score, ADR, sound effects, and voiceover.

The Big World Team

Doug Paterson is a master sound designer, confident and experienced in every aspect of his craft, and is proud of his reputation as a relaxed, easy-going guy who gets great results.  As a musician he understands the creative process, and he knows the importance of timing and rhythm.

Early in 2007, Doug worked on the feature length documentary Let It Ride, a film by Jacques Roiseaux, which won Best Film at the Xdance Film Festival and Best Mountain Culture Film at The Whistler Film Festival.
Doug was nominated twice at the Leo Awards in 2007 in the Best Sound Editing (short drama) category for Adrien van Viersen’s films Pig Tale, and Tit for Tat.

Carl Ragan likes to say that he’s evolved into an award-winning composer the long way – through a variety of musical experiences.  His eclectic approach to film score has met with great success.  Recent highlights include the CBC sci-fi cult hit Code, which received a Leo nomination for best musical score (2002).  I Am My Father, Anik Films’ 2001 feature drama, won four awards in the New York Independent Film Festival. In 2005, The Zero Sum premiered at the Whistler Film Festival as a Borsos Award finalist.

Background

Doug Paterson founded Big World Sound in March 1991 in order to provide a nurturing environment for burgeoning songwriters and bands.  The studio’s early success culminated in its relocation to Downtown Vancouver in 1993.  Doug constructed a brand new studio from the ground up, and secured the contract for the film score for Beyond Borders: Redwood Films highly regarded travel documentary.  Other producers were quick to hire Big World to compose scores, and the company moved into sound design and audio post-production in 1999.
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