Film is so axiomatically regarded as a visual medium that it’s easy to forget that sound came first. At least that was the order of things for Thomas Edison, who only invented the kinetograph so that ...

Midge Costin’s inspiring and educational documentary “Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound” seems destined to wind up in the curriculum of film schools across the country. In a short but ...

Directed by sound editor Midge Costin, Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound provides a rich overview of motion picture sound, from the era in which sounds were performed in theaters to Dolby Atmos ...

“Catching a wave” is the popular pastime of surf enthusiasts. But the phrase is a bit of a misnomer, in that waves aren’t singular. One follows another and another, together creating the thrilling ...

"Your job is to come up with the unimaginable." Dogwoof has unveiled the first official trailer for an indie documentary titled Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound, which is a film about sound ...

Imagine a light saber without its ominous hum, R2D2 without his squeals and beeps, or a Wookie without his bleat. That’s the impoverished reality we might face without the inspired work of Ben Burtt, ...

Argentine writer and filmmaker Martin Rejtman often gets credit for jump-starting his nation’s cinematic new wave. His dry, minimalist style had its debut in 1992 with “Rapado,” which he adapted from ...

With his breathless, soul-piercing “The First Wave,” director Matthew Heineman makes a tough cinematic proposition. He asks his audience to travel back to March 2020 and relive the early, frightening ...

Christopher Nolan, Ben Burtt, George Lucas, Walter Murch, and more topline a documentary that highlights the emotion of sound design. Film is so axiomatically regarded as a visual medium that it’s ...