Chapter 1 Introduction

The sound and music are 50% of the entertainment in a movie.

George Lucas

Purpose

The idea behind this book is to give low and no budget filmmakers a guide to creating effective sound designs for their films. Sound design includes the dialogue, sound effects and music combined together to create an experience for the audience. Every film is different and has different needs, so although this book can’t possibly address every situation, it does give filmmakers useful information that can be applied to nearly every film.

Many of the concepts and approaches in this book will vary according to the software, facility ...

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