Sound design discussed at UMass movie night

摘要

For our February 22 meeting, we hosted a showing of the movie Inception. At the top of the meeting we covered some of the visual and auditory aspects of the film that made it a top choice among the films originally proposed. During the movie we paused several times to discuss filming and sound design techniques used in the film and covered in our curriculum. One aspect remarked upon was about the use of 5.1 in the scene where water comes crashing into a room. The engineers placed the sound of the water all the way to the rear, to give a sense of being enveloped by the water. We also discussed how using surround sound allows for much more complex sound design, giving clarity and space in the mix for many more sonic elements.