Sound Design: From Star Wars to Shark Week
Sound Design: From Star Wars to Shark Week
ARTSEDGE: The Kennedy Center's Arts Education Network
This audio series explores the sounds you hear in movies, television, and radio--from Star Wars to Shark Week!
Lions and Jellyfish!
In this episode, meet award-winning Documentary Composer Lenny Williams, a classically trained musician who is as at home in the pit orchastra of the Kennedy Center as he is in a jazz club with DC go-go legend Chuck Brown. Listen as Lenny scores two documentary television scenes, and learn the musical difference between a lion chase and a jellyfish attack!
Oct 14, 2011
10 min
Shark Week!
In this episode, meet Sound Designer and Producer Cheryl Ottenritter, and listen as she builds compelling promos for Shark Week and the Military Channel, sound by sound. Cheryl also discusses how her background as a musician helps her collaborations with soundtrack composers, and explains what does a sound designer does when what is on screen makes no sound of its own.
Oct 7, 2011
14 min
Episode I: Ben Burtt and the Sounds of Star Wars
Meet Ben Burtt, Sound Designer for films like Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark and WALL-E. Learn how he comes up with sounds that complement the amazing things seen on the silver screen – from laser blasts to whirring, buzzing lightsabers. Find out the story behind some of his signature effects and how he first got interested in sound design.
Sep 28, 2011
8 min