Michael Cullen Reels

My name is Michael Cullen, and I’m a post-production generalist. Over the past 7 years I have worked on video games, short films, features, and music albums. I am very accustomed to helping provide the creative direction for a project, creating all of the necessary assets, and finishing into the proper deliverables.

Below is a selection of projects that I have worked on recently. You can view my YouTube travel channel here. My YouTube audio tutorial channel here. My LinkedIn can be viewed here. My IMDB can be viewed here. My resume can be viewed here.

Reels

Featured Projects

To view all of my work, click on the portfolio link above. Since some of the projects are currently not publicly released, they are password protected. I have provided the passwords to watch the films below for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy!

FujiFilm X-E3 Camera: Showcase Films

I sound designed and mixed the showcase videos for the FujiFilm X-E3 camera.

World Destroyer: Trailer

World Destroyer is a animated trailer by Nominous Animation. I sound designed and mixed the trailer.

Sankofa: Video Game Walkthrough and Trailer

Click on Vimeo logo to watch HD version.

Sankofa is a light RPG game developed at the University of Caifornia Irvine. I sound designed the game in Unity and then edited and sound designed the trailer.

Mad Bots: Video Game and Trailer

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Mad Bots is a Chapman Senior Digital Arts Thesis film by Justine Stewart. I sound designed the game in Unity and then sound designed, adr, foley, and mixed the film in 5.1 surround sound and stereo. I also edited the film, composed the music, created the depth-of-field effected by using the Frischluft Lenscare After Effects plugin to the .tiff image sequence, and helped pre-vis the shots in Maya. The game was a semi-finalist for the 2015 IEEE Southern California Gamesig.

Foglands: Video Game

Start the video at 00:38 for gameplay footage.

Foglands is a Chapman Senior Digital Arts Thesis film by Sam Warner and Marcus Meler. I recorded ADR, foley, and helped with the temp mix. The game was a finalist for the 2015 IEEE Southern California Gamesig.

Island Dreams: Documentary

Password: goal

Island Dreams is a documentary by Toby Wosskow. I sound designed, and mixed the film in 5.1 surround sound and stereo.

Gardeners of the Forest: Documentary

Password: gardeners

Gardeners of the Forest is a Chapman Summer travel documentary film by Nicole Jordan-Webber and Ceylan Carhoglu. I recorded the foley, and mixed the film in 5.1 surround sound and stereo. It was nominated for a 2016 Student Academy Award.

Narry the Tailor: Documentary

Password: narry

Out of the Ashes: Short Documentary

Password: ashes

Out of the Ashes is a Chapman documentary film by Susan Saltz. I sound designed and mixed the film in 5.1 surround sound and stereo.

Murphy's Law: Short Film

Password: murphys

Murphy's Law is a Chapman Senior Thesis film by Alex Fichera. I on-set recorded, sound designed, adr, foley, and mixed the film in 5.1 surround sound and stereo.

Beware of Bunny: 2D Animated Short Film

Password: bunny

Beware of Bunny is a Chapman Senior Digital Arts Thesis film by Becky Gill. I sound designed, adr, foley, and mixed the film in 5.1 surround sound and stereo.

You've Got to be Kidding: Short Film

Password: lightbulb

You've Got to be Kidding is a Chapman Advance Production film by Hannah McDonald. I on-set recorded, sound designed, adr, foley, and mixed the film in 5.1 surround sound and stereo. I also helped write the kid voice's dialogue.

Titanes del Arte: Short Documentary

Password: titanes2015

Titanes del Arte is a Chapman Senior Documentary film by Mor Albalak. I recorded foley, and mixed the film in 5.1 surround sound and stereo. The film was nominated for a 2015 Student Academy Award.

Res-Life: The Musical: Short Musical Film

Password: reslife

Res-Life: The Musical is a Chapman Advance Production film by Chad King. I on-set recorded, sound designed, adr, foley, and mixed the film in 5.1 surround sound and stereo. You can listen to the mastered album versions of the songs below.

Girls in the Machine: Short Documentary

Password: roboregents

Girls in the Machine is a documentary by Jackie! Zhou, Amy Vanderlip, José Tadeu V. Bijos, and Jenny Joy. I mixed and re-recorded the film in 5.1 surround sound and stereo.

Williamsport: Short Film

Password: waffles

Williamsport is a Chapman Senior Thesis film by Chad King. I on-set recorded, sound designed, adr, foley, and mixed the film in 5.1 surround sound and stereo.

Green Acres: Animated Short

Password: green

Green Acres is a Chapman Digital Arts Thesis film by James Beck. I sound designed, foley, and mixed the film in stereo.

Audio Engineering and Music Composition

Mad Bots: Video Game Soundtrack

"Mad Bots" is a third person stealth video game developed by Justine Stewart. I sound designed, adr, foley, and mixed the game in Unity and then mixed the trailer in 5.1 surround sound and stereo. The music is provided with her permission.

Res-Life: The Musical (Soundtrack)

"Res-Life: The Musical" is a Chapman University Dodge College advance production film directed by Chad King. I on-set recorded, sound designed, adr, foley, and mixed the film. The film can be viewed in full below.

Outlook: Music Album

Outlook is a 12 track personal music album of original songs that I composed, recorded, and mixed. I released the album to iTunes and various online music stores.