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Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

We're going to write something new,create something completely different

We're going to write something new,
create something completely different

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We're going to write something new, create something completely different.
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5 seconds
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01:22:40
Uploaded
Jun 15, 2025
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documentary, history
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Movie Summary

An exploration of the history and emotional power of cinema sound, as revealed by legendary sound designers and visionary directors, via interviews, clips from movies, and a look at their actual process of creation and discovery.
And a song can do in three minutes - Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound 00:06
And a song can do in three minutes
It's the collaborative effort of all those people... - Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound 00:04
It's the collaborative effort of all those people...
...that make that soundtrack what it is. - Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound 00:04
...that make that soundtrack what it is.
And the very last step is to provide that to the sound mixing stage. - Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound 00:06
And the very last step is to provide that to the sound mixin...
Re-recording mixing is a key component of film sound. - Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound 00:04
Re-recording mixing is a key component of film sound.
You take all the elements from the sound editors - Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound 00:07
You take all the elements from the sound editors
Or you may turn them both down to focus on a line of dialogue. - Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound 00:05
Or you may turn them both down to focus on a line of dialogu...
Mixing also involves thinking about where sounds are placed on the screen - Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound 00:07
Mixing also involves thinking about where sounds are placed ...
We used this panning technique everywhere in "Roma". - Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound 00:05
We used this panning technique everywhere in "Roma"...
Like what components could go from that side to that side, - Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound 00:06
Like what components could go from that side to that side,
Have the voices move that way when the camera pans that way. - Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound 00:05
Have the voices move that way when the camera pans that way.
Alfonso was constantly trying to get us to keep things moving. - Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound 00:05
Alfonso was constantly trying to get us to keep things movin...
"Roma" is filled with a lot of foreground/background sounds. - Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound 00:05
"Roma" is filled with a lot of foreground/backgrou...
The dance between the elements is what I consider cinematic. - Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound 00:05
The dance between the elements is what I consider cinematic.
This is what the core of mixing is - - Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound 00:08
This is what the core of mixing is -
At one point you go, "OK, we got a movie. "Sounds like a movie." - Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound 00:05
At one point you go, "OK, we got a movie. "Sounds ...
The circle of talent is a collaborative group of people - Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound 00:14
The circle of talent is a collaborative group of people
And if people have to try and find meaning in what they do, - Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound 00:08
And if people have to try and find meaning in what they do,
But it's easy to lose sight of that. - Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound 00:04
But it's easy to lose sight of that.
Because I had public success so quickly in my career, - Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound 00:09
Because I had public success so quickly in my career,