Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

director: Midge Costin

original title: Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

year: 2019

running time: 94 min.

synopsis

Film sound design, its art, history and celebration! The film, presented this year in Cannes, is an elite feature-length lesson on everything relating to sound in contemporary cinema: high-quality, refined, drawing on the tradition of cinematic tricks and sophisticated technology. In a film chock-full of clips from films and from the sound studios, film legends George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Barbra Streisand, Robert Redford, David Lynch, Ang Lee, and Sofia Coppola share their experiences.

biography

Besides working as a director, Midge Costin is above all a leading film sound editor who has worked for numerous large Hollywood studios. Her sound effects for Armageddon and Crimson Tide even earned her nominations for the Oscar.

more about film

director:	Midge Costin
producer:	Bobette Buster, Karen Johnson, Midge Costin
editing:	David J. Turner
music:	Allyson Newman

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