Sunday, 22 January 2012

The ‘Epic Sound’ Factor: How To Make A Movie Unforgettable?



Ever wondered how movies like Inception, The Lord of The Rings or Nolan’s Dark Knight managed to ring in our minds even after we were out of the movies?

The answer is efficient Sound Editing and Mixing; while watching a movie or once you’re out, something that gives us the chills of ‘awesomeness’ most of the time is the sound effects and the background score used in the movie.

 So it is of utmost importance that the music and sound effects used for a movie is optimal, else how much ever appealing the acting is or visual effects are, the movie will simply lack the ‘wow’ factor.

Often perfect sound mixing is ignored even by the biggest film-makers, and most of the time, how much ever good their movie is, we simply don’t remember it once the silver screen goes off.

A typical example for importance of sound mixing is portrayed by the movie Book of Eli, even though the effects, direction and acting in the movie are good, it is the music by Atticus Ross that actually gave life to the movie. Another movie where good use of Music was made was none other than Nolan’s Masterpiece, Inception, where Hans Zimmer had done an epic work with the background scores.

So for all you amateur movie makers out there, even if the actors in your movies disappoint you, try to make sure that their inefficiency is easily masked with excellent music.

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