Director: Midge Costin
Writer: Bobette Buster

Sound is clearly an important facet of filmmaking. Think about how different the shower scene in Psycho would be without the sound effect of stabbing a casaba, or without Bernard Hermann’s shrieking score. Would Raiders of the Lost Ark have been as successful without Indy’s rousing theme march? How drab would the world of Star Wars be without the hum of lightsabers? The beeps and whistles of droids? The zip of a blaster gun? Without John Williams? And yet, most of us never give sound a second thought. In fact, one might argue that if the sound artists are doing their jobs correctly, we shouldn’t notice it. We want all of the various sounds to blend in, to disappear in the whole of the film. But what might seem, on the surface, to be simple and unobtrusive is actually quite complex and integral to the storytelling process. Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound gives its viewers a crash course on all things related to cinematic sound, and entertains while it does it.