Chapter eleven

Sound

We were far enough out in the woods that sound was not an issue. I mean it was work to get out there, but when we were finally at the location, we weren’t bothered by any extraneous sounds.

Jim Taylor

DIRECTOR

Recording Clean Tracks

During the past 40 years, the processing and transmission of sound to film audiences have undergone a radical evolution. Today, projection sound systems such as THX, Dolby, DTS/SDDS, and surround sound have heightened the aural dynamic of the film experience. Digital sound reproduction has drastically changed the way audiences hear soundtracks in theaters. However, with everything that can now be done in postproduction to process and deliver a complex and exciting soundtrack, the most important ...

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