Sound Design

Click the VIEW LECTURE button below to access a presentation on sound design for cinema. 

This virtual lesson with Prof Avery explores the way musical soundtracks, audio landscapes, and sound effects are created to bring the visual world of a film to life. Click the WATCH NOW button to view now.

In a post-apocalyptic world, a family is forced to live in silence while hiding from monsters with ultra-sensitive hearing. Click the WATCH NOW button to view the film.

Supervising sound editors Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryn on noisy audiences, quiet characters, and the challenges of watching at home. Click the READ NOW button to check it out.

For a movie with such unique sounds and audio like “A Quiet Place” these foley artists had to do things a little differently. Rather than focusing on making everyday sounds like footsteps more audible, the sound designers on the film focused on a “less is more” approach.

In this behind the scenes look, Academy Award winning sound designer Ben Burtt explains how he built the world of WALL-E from the scratch in this interesting look into the creative world of sound design.

Witness the magic of movie making and journey into the little known world of Foley Artists, who bring films to life with their perfectly-timed sound-effects.

An exclusive SoundWorks Collection profile with Director Alfonso Cuarón and Re-recording Mixer Skip Lievsay about the sound teams work to create a dramatic sound scape to a dark and vast outer space environment.

After reviewing the material on Sound Design and screening A Quiet Place, click the START NOW button below to reflect on this lesson.