ABSTRACT
Sound is an incomparable stimulant to the audience’s imagination, and only rarely gets its due. Ideally, everyone would be alert to sound composition possibilities from scripting onward, but often it becomes a late, mop-up operation. To combat this, note down every idea anyone has for sound along the way, and don’t leave it all to an audio-sweetening session. (That, by the way, is an expression I detest. It suggests that sound is sour and needs sugaring. Sound design, sound editing, and sound mix are the more direct and respectful terms.)
Finalizing sound is a computer operation that usually uses Pro Tools and a rst-rate speaker system approximating a theater sound environment. Though few movie theaters come close to being “state of the art,” good sound-as Dolby cinemas have shown-is also good business, so sound may yet get its day.
