The concluding part of our journey into the home of Star Wars...
When we spoke to Force Unleashed II art director Matt Omernick, he told us about the sense of seamless transition between the movies and games, between the original Star Wars trilogy and its high-tech modern successors. We soon discovered that this idea of cross-platform continuity is carried through to the audio effects.
Despite being surrounded by digital technology, the Star Wars sound engineers – like the Force Unleashed art team – are forever returning to the series' improvisational foundations. While Omernick, talks about researching old movie props and poring over Ralph McQuarrie's concept sketches, everyone in the audio dept idolises Ben Burtt, the sound designer who created just about every iconic Star Wars noise, from the swishing fizz of the lightsabers to R2D2's bleeps and Darth Vader's bronchial respiratory wheeze. "His concept is that you should take...
When we spoke to Force Unleashed II art director Matt Omernick, he told us about the sense of seamless transition between the movies and games, between the original Star Wars trilogy and its high-tech modern successors. We soon discovered that this idea of cross-platform continuity is carried through to the audio effects.
Despite being surrounded by digital technology, the Star Wars sound engineers – like the Force Unleashed art team – are forever returning to the series' improvisational foundations. While Omernick, talks about researching old movie props and poring over Ralph McQuarrie's concept sketches, everyone in the audio dept idolises Ben Burtt, the sound designer who created just about every iconic Star Wars noise, from the swishing fizz of the lightsabers to R2D2's bleeps and Darth Vader's bronchial respiratory wheeze. "His concept is that you should take...
- 10/29/2010
- by Keith Stuart
- The Guardian - Film News
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