Post-Production : Sound Design of Forrest Gump by Randy Thom by Sandeep Sharma

Sandeep Sharma , thank you. I've just seen this.

Florin Şumălan It is a great breakdown of the sound design process. I am huge huge fan of Randy Thom and Walter Murch.

Florin Şumălan If you are up for a great read, here is an excellent article by Randy Thom.

http://filmsound.org/articles/designing_for_sound.htm

Sandeep Sharma , I will check that

Florin Şumălan Let me know what you think.

Sandeep Sharma, I can't say very much, because I know very little about how things really work.

I think sound design is an art; it contributes to creating the world of the movie, it helps expressing characters emotions, actions and other...

I like what Randy Thom said in "Writing for Sound" chapter, regarding the steel mill:

"The place can therefore become a character, and have its own voice, with a range of "emotions" and "moods."

And also this connection in the character's mind:

"Maybe as our guy daydreams about his childhood, the rhythmic clank of a metal shear in the mill changes into the click clack of the railroad car taking him back to his home town. "

I also like the idea of linking sound design to camera movement, lens type...

Maybe we should give more attention to sound design.

Perhaps some of the people who made movies in the past 20 years took in consideration Randy Thom's advice or this article (it looks like he wrote it in 1999) and maybe their movies were improved thanks to him.

Florin Şumălan You highlighted 2 key points that really resonated with me about the article:

1. How writers can introduce sound into their writing

2. linking sound design to camera movement and lenses

I'll see what other resources I can find and will share. Please do the same. Really appreciate the links you are posting!

Thank you, Sandeep Sharma .

This is a great conversation, Florin Şumălan and Sandeep Sharma! Can't wait to see what y'all find next!