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Legendary sound designer Ben Burtt (Star Wars, Indiana Jones) shares secrets of creating the sounds of Wall-E. Included as a special feature on the 2008 DVD release of Wall-E. Video and characters © Walt Disney Pictures.
- published: 30 Dec 2009
- views: 171821
Ben Burtt, sound designer of the Star Wars films, details how he created the iconic sound of lightsabers in this vintage interview.
The lightsaber hum is one of Burtt's favorite sounds, he says. Inspired by Ralph McQuarrie's concept paintings featuring lightsabers, Burtt said he could "hear the sound in his head." At the time, he was still a graduate student at USC and was working as a projectionist. The old projector had an interlocked motor which, when idle, made a "wonderful humming sound." Burtt recorded it, and it became the basis of the lightsaber sound. But it wasn't enough -- he needed a buzzing sound, and he actually found it by accident. Walking by television set with a live microphone, the microphone picked up the transmission from the unit and produced a buzz. Burtt loved it, recorded it, and combined it with the projector motor, creating a new sound that became the basic lightsaber tone. To achieve the aural effect of a lightsaber moving, he played the hum out of a speaker and waved a microphone by it; doing so created the fascimile of a moving sound, and in this case, the sound of a Jedi or Sith wielding a weapon in battle. In this video, Burtt is seen using this technique to match the strikes in Luke Skywalker's duel with Darth Vader in The Empire Strikes Back.
- published: 01 Feb 2014
- views: 65884
How were R2-D2's beeps and boops created? Sound designer Ben Burtt talks all things astromech in this vintage interview.
R2-D2 was the most difficult non-human character to develop a voice for, Burtt says. He was a machine that was going to talk, act, and work opposite well-known actors. But he didn't have a face or speak English. Initial voice tests for Artoo seemed to lack "a human quality." After some trial and error, Burtt began imitating the sounds an infant might make, and he found that it worked: R2-D2 could convey emotion without speaking words. Thus, the idea was to combine mechanical and human sounds, and Burtt combined his voice with electronic sounds via a keyboard. It helped him understand how Artoo could inflect and, ultimately, deliver a performance.
- published: 08 Feb 2014
- views: 33496
Also watch: "Fantastic 10-minute SFX documentary w/ Sound Designer Ben Burtt on Star Wars, Indy, E.T. & more!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWiuKNPqkko
The 'comical' sounds that make the Millennium Falcon's hyperdrive malfunction, as demonstrated by Star Wars sound designer Ben Burtt in this 1980 clip.
- published: 11 Dec 2014
- views: 234648
In this featurette from the Lucasfilm video archives, sound designer Ben Burtt discusses the evolution of Darth Vader's iconic, ominous breathing.
In the original script, Darth Vader was described as a "strange dark being, in some kind of a life-support system." As a result, Burtt originally created many sounds for Vader: his heart audibly beating, gears turning as he moved, and more. This turned out to be too much, however, and was scaled back to just his mechanical lungs -- which became a classic movie sound effect, and remains a defining feature of the Dark Lord of the Sith.
- published: 25 Jan 2014
- views: 55427
Ben Burtt, the supervising sound editor on J.J. Abrams' "Super 8," talks about his connection to the film, the biggest audio moments, and his approach to the mixing process in a more general sense. Watch "Super 8" on Blu-ray with Dolby TrueHD 7.1 audio.
Learn more about Dolby TrueHD at http://bit.ly/HqyWRt
- published: 14 Nov 2011
- views: 7040
In this vintage interview, sound designer Ben Burtt discusses creating the sound of AT-AT walkers in The Empire Strikes Back.
Walkers were fun to work on for Burtt because "they were big mechanical beasts," and were a nice break from working on voices. Burtt felt that the challenge was to give them, through sound, a sense of mass and weight -- in reality, AT-ATs were just miniatures animated on a small stage.
The sound of the AT-ATs moving came from a metal stamping machine, something akin to a "big chopping block" for steel, recorded in a factory. Burtt took the sounds and made them rhythmic to convey walking. For its knee joints, Burtt took a dumpster door and recorded it opening and closing.
- published: 01 Mar 2014
- views: 41749
Benjamin "Ben" Burtt, Jr. (born July 12, 1948) is an American sound designer who has worked on various films including: the Star Wars and Indiana Jones film series, Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), and WALL-E (2008). He is also a film editor and director, screenwriter, and voice actor.
He is most notable for creating many of the iconic sound effects heard in the Star Wars film franchise, including the "voice" of R2-D2, the lightsaber hum and the heavy-breathing sound of Darth Vader.
Burtt was born in Jamesville, New York, and graduated with a major in physics from Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania.
In 1970, he won the National Student Film Festival with a war film Yankee Squadron, reputedly after following exposure to classic aviation drama through making an amateur film at the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome, a living aviation museum in Red Hook, New York, under guidance from its founder, Cole Palen.[citation needed]
For his work on the special-effects film Genesis, Burtt won a scholarship to the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California, where he earned a master's degree in film production.
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9:3210-minute SFX documentary w/ Sound Designer Ben Burtt on Star Wars, Indy, E.T. & more!
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9:56Animation Sound Design: Ben Burtt Creates the Sounds for Wall-E (Part 1 of 2)
Animation Sound Design: Ben Burtt Creates the Sounds for Wall-E (Part 1 of 2)Animation Sound Design: Ben Burtt Creates the Sounds for Wall-E (Part 1 of 2)
Legendary sound designer Ben Burtt (Star Wars, Indiana Jones) shares secrets of creating the sounds of Wall-E. Included as a special feature on the 2008 DVD release of Wall-E. Video and characters © Walt Disney Pictures. -
3:39Ben Burtt Interview: The Sound of Lightsabers
Ben Burtt Interview: The Sound of LightsabersBen Burtt Interview: The Sound of Lightsabers
Ben Burtt, sound designer of the Star Wars films, details how he created the iconic sound of lightsabers in this vintage interview. The lightsaber hum is one of Burtt's favorite sounds, he says. Inspired by Ralph McQuarrie's concept paintings featuring lightsabers, Burtt said he could "hear the sound in his head." At the time, he was still a graduate student at USC and was working as a projectionist. The old projector had an interlocked motor which, when idle, made a "wonderful humming sound." Burtt recorded it, and it became the basis of the lightsaber sound. But it wasn't enough -- he needed a buzzing sound, and he actually found it by accident. Walking by television set with a live microphone, the microphone picked up the transmission from the unit and produced a buzz. Burtt loved it, recorded it, and combined it with the projector motor, creating a new sound that became the basic lightsaber tone. To achieve the aural effect of a lightsaber moving, he played the hum out of a speaker and waved a microphone by it; doing so created the fascimile of a moving sound, and in this case, the sound of a Jedi or Sith wielding a weapon in battle. In this video, Burtt is seen using this technique to match the strikes in Luke Skywalker's duel with Darth Vader in The Empire Strikes Back. -
2:22Ben Burtt Interview: R2-D2
Ben Burtt Interview: R2-D2Ben Burtt Interview: R2-D2
How were R2-D2's beeps and boops created? Sound designer Ben Burtt talks all things astromech in this vintage interview. R2-D2 was the most difficult non-human character to develop a voice for, Burtt says. He was a machine that was going to talk, act, and work opposite well-known actors. But he didn't have a face or speak English. Initial voice tests for Artoo seemed to lack "a human quality." After some trial and error, Burtt began imitating the sounds an infant might make, and he found that it worked: R2-D2 could convey emotion without speaking words. Thus, the idea was to combine mechanical and human sounds, and Burtt combined his voice with electronic sounds via a keyboard. It helped him understand how Artoo could inflect and, ultimately, deliver a performance. -
3:02Millennium Falcon's hyperdrive malfunction SFX demonstrated by Sound Designer Ben Burtt
Millennium Falcon's hyperdrive malfunction SFX demonstrated by Sound Designer Ben BurttMillennium Falcon's hyperdrive malfunction SFX demonstrated by Sound Designer Ben Burtt
Also watch: "Fantastic 10-minute SFX documentary w/ Sound Designer Ben Burtt on Star Wars, Indy, E.T. & more!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWiuKNPqkko The 'comical' sounds that make the Millennium Falcon's hyperdrive malfunction, as demonstrated by Star Wars sound designer Ben Burtt in this 1980 clip. -
3:28Ben Burtt's Sound Lab for "Forbidden Planet"
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1:02Ben Burtt Interview: The Sound of Darth Vader
Ben Burtt Interview: The Sound of Darth VaderBen Burtt Interview: The Sound of Darth Vader
In this featurette from the Lucasfilm video archives, sound designer Ben Burtt discusses the evolution of Darth Vader's iconic, ominous breathing. In the original script, Darth Vader was described as a "strange dark being, in some kind of a life-support system." As a result, Burtt originally created many sounds for Vader: his heart audibly beating, gears turning as he moved, and more. This turned out to be too much, however, and was scaled back to just his mechanical lungs -- which became a classic movie sound effect, and remains a defining feature of the Dark Lord of the Sith. -
5:30"Super 8" Sound Mixer Ben Burtt
"Super 8" Sound Mixer Ben Burtt"Super 8" Sound Mixer Ben Burtt
Ben Burtt, the supervising sound editor on J.J. Abrams' "Super 8," talks about his connection to the film, the biggest audio moments, and his approach to the mixing process in a more general sense. Watch "Super 8" on Blu-ray with Dolby TrueHD 7.1 audio. Learn more about Dolby TrueHD at http://bit.ly/HqyWRt -
8:27WALL E Animation Sound Design part 1
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2:28Ben Burtt Interview: The Imperial Walkers
Ben Burtt Interview: The Imperial WalkersBen Burtt Interview: The Imperial Walkers
In this vintage interview, sound designer Ben Burtt discusses creating the sound of AT-AT walkers in The Empire Strikes Back. Walkers were fun to work on for Burtt because "they were big mechanical beasts," and were a nice break from working on voices. Burtt felt that the challenge was to give them, through sound, a sense of mass and weight -- in reality, AT-ATs were just miniatures animated on a small stage. The sound of the AT-ATs moving came from a metal stamping machine, something akin to a "big chopping block" for steel, recorded in a factory. Burtt took the sounds and made them rhythmic to convey walking. For its knee joints, Burtt took a dumpster door and recorded it opening and closing.
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Burtt, Ben Filmography
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2014, role: actor , character name: Himself - Interviewee
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2012, role: editor
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2012, role: actor
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2012, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2009, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2009, role: actor , character name: Himself - Nominee: Best Sound Mixing and Sound Editing
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2008, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2008, role: actor , character name: M-O
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2008, role: actor , character name: WALL·E
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2008, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2008, role: actor , character name: WALL·E
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2008, role: director
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2007, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2007, role: editor
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2007, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2006, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2006, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2006, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2005, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2005, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2005, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2005, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2005, role: editor
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2005, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2004, role: actor , character name: Himself - Sound Designer
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2004, role: actor , character name: Himself - Sound Designer, 'Star Wars' Series
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2004, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2004, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2003, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2002, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2002, role: director
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2002, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2002, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2001, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2001, role: actor , character name: Himself
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1999, role: editor
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1999, role: editor
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1999, role: actor , character name: Naboo Courier
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1999, role: miscellaneous crew
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1997, role: actor , character name: Himself - Sound Designer
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1996, role: actor , character name: Himself
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1996, role: writer
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1996, role: director
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Animation Sound Design: Ben Burtt Creates the Sounds for Wall-E (Part 1 of 2)
Legendary sound designer Ben Burtt (Star Wars, Indiana Jones) shares secrets of creating the sounds of Wall-E. Included as a special feature on the 2008 DVD release of Wall-E. Video and characters © Walt Disney Pictures. -
Ben Burtt Interview: The Sound of Lightsabers
Ben Burtt, sound designer of the Star Wars films, details how he created the iconic sound of lightsabers in this vintage interview. The lightsaber hum is one of Burtt's favorite sounds, he says. Inspired by Ralph McQuarrie's concept paintings featuring lightsabers, Burtt said he could "hear the sound in his head." At the time, he was still a graduate student at USC and was working as a projectionist. The old projector had an interlocked motor which, when idle, made a "wonderful humming sound." Burtt recorded it, and it became the basis of the lightsaber sound. But it wasn't enough -- he needed a buzzing sound, and he actually found it by accident. Walking by television set with a live microphone, the microphone picked up the transmission from the unit and produced a buzz. Burtt loved it, ... -
Ben Burtt Interview: R2-D2
How were R2-D2's beeps and boops created? Sound designer Ben Burtt talks all things astromech in this vintage interview. R2-D2 was the most difficult non-human character to develop a voice for, Burtt says. He was a machine that was going to talk, act, and work opposite well-known actors. But he didn't have a face or speak English. Initial voice tests for Artoo seemed to lack "a human quality." After some trial and error, Burtt began imitating the sounds an infant might make, and he found that it worked: R2-D2 could convey emotion without speaking words. Thus, the idea was to combine mechanical and human sounds, and Burtt combined his voice with electronic sounds via a keyboard. It helped him understand how Artoo could inflect and, ultimately, deliver a performance. -
Millennium Falcon's hyperdrive malfunction SFX demonstrated by Sound Designer Ben Burtt
Also watch: "Fantastic 10-minute SFX documentary w/ Sound Designer Ben Burtt on Star Wars, Indy, E.T. & more!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWiuKNPqkko The 'comical' sounds that make the Millennium Falcon's hyperdrive malfunction, as demonstrated by Star Wars sound designer Ben Burtt in this 1980 clip. -
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Ben Burtt Interview: The Sound of Darth Vader
In this featurette from the Lucasfilm video archives, sound designer Ben Burtt discusses the evolution of Darth Vader's iconic, ominous breathing. In the original script, Darth Vader was described as a "strange dark being, in some kind of a life-support system." As a result, Burtt originally created many sounds for Vader: his heart audibly beating, gears turning as he moved, and more. This turned out to be too much, however, and was scaled back to just his mechanical lungs -- which became a classic movie sound effect, and remains a defining feature of the Dark Lord of the Sith. -
"Super 8" Sound Mixer Ben Burtt
Ben Burtt, the supervising sound editor on J.J. Abrams' "Super 8," talks about his connection to the film, the biggest audio moments, and his approach to the mixing process in a more general sense. Watch "Super 8" on Blu-ray with Dolby TrueHD 7.1 audio. Learn more about Dolby TrueHD at http://bit.ly/HqyWRt -
WALL E Animation Sound Design part 1
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Ben Burtt Interview: The Imperial Walkers
In this vintage interview, sound designer Ben Burtt discusses creating the sound of AT-AT walkers in The Empire Strikes Back. Walkers were fun to work on for Burtt because "they were big mechanical beasts," and were a nice break from working on voices. Burtt felt that the challenge was to give them, through sound, a sense of mass and weight -- in reality, AT-ATs were just miniatures animated on a small stage. The sound of the AT-ATs moving came from a metal stamping machine, something akin to a "big chopping block" for steel, recorded in a factory. Burtt took the sounds and made them rhythmic to convey walking. For its knee joints, Burtt took a dumpster door and recorded it opening and closing.
10-minute SFX documentary w/ Sound Designer Ben Burtt on Star Wars, Indy, E.T. & more!
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- Duration: 9:32
- Updated: 15 Dec 2014
- views: 26195
Very interesting 10-minute television special on sound effect wizard Ben Burtt. *** "Meet Pat Welsh: the voice of E.T." 07:34 ***
(Original upload: https://www...
Very interesting 10-minute television special on sound effect wizard Ben Burtt. *** "Meet Pat Welsh: the voice of E.T." 07:34 ***
(Original upload: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20uVkEwZMRg)
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Animation Sound Design: Ben Burtt Creates the Sounds for Wall-E (Part 1 of 2)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 9:56
- Updated: 30 Dec 2009
- views: 171821
Legendary sound designer Ben Burtt (Star Wars, Indiana Jones) shares secrets of creating the sounds of Wall-E. Included as a special feature on the 2008 DVD rel...
Legendary sound designer Ben Burtt (Star Wars, Indiana Jones) shares secrets of creating the sounds of Wall-E. Included as a special feature on the 2008 DVD release of Wall-E. Video and characters © Walt Disney Pictures.
wn.com/Animation Sound Design Ben Burtt Creates The Sounds For Wall E (Part 1 Of 2)
Legendary sound designer Ben Burtt (Star Wars, Indiana Jones) shares secrets of creating the sounds of Wall-E. Included as a special feature on the 2008 DVD release of Wall-E. Video and characters © Walt Disney Pictures.
- published: 30 Dec 2009
- views: 171821
Ben Burtt Interview: The Sound of Lightsabers
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- Duration: 3:39
- Updated: 01 Feb 2014
- views: 65884
Ben Burtt, sound designer of the Star Wars films, details how he created the iconic sound of lightsabers in this vintage interview.
The lightsaber hum is one o...
Ben Burtt, sound designer of the Star Wars films, details how he created the iconic sound of lightsabers in this vintage interview.
The lightsaber hum is one of Burtt's favorite sounds, he says. Inspired by Ralph McQuarrie's concept paintings featuring lightsabers, Burtt said he could "hear the sound in his head." At the time, he was still a graduate student at USC and was working as a projectionist. The old projector had an interlocked motor which, when idle, made a "wonderful humming sound." Burtt recorded it, and it became the basis of the lightsaber sound. But it wasn't enough -- he needed a buzzing sound, and he actually found it by accident. Walking by television set with a live microphone, the microphone picked up the transmission from the unit and produced a buzz. Burtt loved it, recorded it, and combined it with the projector motor, creating a new sound that became the basic lightsaber tone. To achieve the aural effect of a lightsaber moving, he played the hum out of a speaker and waved a microphone by it; doing so created the fascimile of a moving sound, and in this case, the sound of a Jedi or Sith wielding a weapon in battle. In this video, Burtt is seen using this technique to match the strikes in Luke Skywalker's duel with Darth Vader in The Empire Strikes Back.
wn.com/Ben Burtt Interview The Sound Of Lightsabers
Ben Burtt, sound designer of the Star Wars films, details how he created the iconic sound of lightsabers in this vintage interview.
The lightsaber hum is one of Burtt's favorite sounds, he says. Inspired by Ralph McQuarrie's concept paintings featuring lightsabers, Burtt said he could "hear the sound in his head." At the time, he was still a graduate student at USC and was working as a projectionist. The old projector had an interlocked motor which, when idle, made a "wonderful humming sound." Burtt recorded it, and it became the basis of the lightsaber sound. But it wasn't enough -- he needed a buzzing sound, and he actually found it by accident. Walking by television set with a live microphone, the microphone picked up the transmission from the unit and produced a buzz. Burtt loved it, recorded it, and combined it with the projector motor, creating a new sound that became the basic lightsaber tone. To achieve the aural effect of a lightsaber moving, he played the hum out of a speaker and waved a microphone by it; doing so created the fascimile of a moving sound, and in this case, the sound of a Jedi or Sith wielding a weapon in battle. In this video, Burtt is seen using this technique to match the strikes in Luke Skywalker's duel with Darth Vader in The Empire Strikes Back.
- published: 01 Feb 2014
- views: 65884
Ben Burtt Interview: R2-D2
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:22
- Updated: 08 Feb 2014
- views: 33496
How were R2-D2's beeps and boops created? Sound designer Ben Burtt talks all things astromech in this vintage interview.
R2-D2 was the most difficult non-human...
How were R2-D2's beeps and boops created? Sound designer Ben Burtt talks all things astromech in this vintage interview.
R2-D2 was the most difficult non-human character to develop a voice for, Burtt says. He was a machine that was going to talk, act, and work opposite well-known actors. But he didn't have a face or speak English. Initial voice tests for Artoo seemed to lack "a human quality." After some trial and error, Burtt began imitating the sounds an infant might make, and he found that it worked: R2-D2 could convey emotion without speaking words. Thus, the idea was to combine mechanical and human sounds, and Burtt combined his voice with electronic sounds via a keyboard. It helped him understand how Artoo could inflect and, ultimately, deliver a performance.
wn.com/Ben Burtt Interview R2 D2
How were R2-D2's beeps and boops created? Sound designer Ben Burtt talks all things astromech in this vintage interview.
R2-D2 was the most difficult non-human character to develop a voice for, Burtt says. He was a machine that was going to talk, act, and work opposite well-known actors. But he didn't have a face or speak English. Initial voice tests for Artoo seemed to lack "a human quality." After some trial and error, Burtt began imitating the sounds an infant might make, and he found that it worked: R2-D2 could convey emotion without speaking words. Thus, the idea was to combine mechanical and human sounds, and Burtt combined his voice with electronic sounds via a keyboard. It helped him understand how Artoo could inflect and, ultimately, deliver a performance.
- published: 08 Feb 2014
- views: 33496
Millennium Falcon's hyperdrive malfunction SFX demonstrated by Sound Designer Ben Burtt
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:02
- Updated: 11 Dec 2014
- views: 234648
Also watch: "Fantastic 10-minute SFX documentary w/ Sound Designer Ben Burtt on Star Wars, Indy, E.T. & more!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWiuKNPqkko
The '...
Also watch: "Fantastic 10-minute SFX documentary w/ Sound Designer Ben Burtt on Star Wars, Indy, E.T. & more!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWiuKNPqkko
The 'comical' sounds that make the Millennium Falcon's hyperdrive malfunction, as demonstrated by Star Wars sound designer Ben Burtt in this 1980 clip.
wn.com/Millennium Falcon's Hyperdrive Malfunction Sfx Demonstrated By Sound Designer Ben Burtt
Also watch: "Fantastic 10-minute SFX documentary w/ Sound Designer Ben Burtt on Star Wars, Indy, E.T. & more!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWiuKNPqkko
The 'comical' sounds that make the Millennium Falcon's hyperdrive malfunction, as demonstrated by Star Wars sound designer Ben Burtt in this 1980 clip.
- published: 11 Dec 2014
- views: 234648
Ben Burtt's Sound Lab for "Forbidden Planet"
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- Duration: 3:28
- Updated: 21 Mar 2014
- views: 9304
Ben Burtt demonstrates the sound equipment and techniques behind "Forbidden Planet." From the Academy exhibition "Mysteries of the Krell: Making the Sci-Fi Epic...
Ben Burtt demonstrates the sound equipment and techniques behind "Forbidden Planet." From the Academy exhibition "Mysteries of the Krell: Making the Sci-Fi Epic 'Forbidden Planet'" in 2011.
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Ben Burtt Interview: The Sound of Darth Vader
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- Duration: 1:02
- Updated: 25 Jan 2014
- views: 55427
In this featurette from the Lucasfilm video archives, sound designer Ben Burtt discusses the evolution of Darth Vader's iconic, ominous breathing.
In the origi...
In this featurette from the Lucasfilm video archives, sound designer Ben Burtt discusses the evolution of Darth Vader's iconic, ominous breathing.
In the original script, Darth Vader was described as a "strange dark being, in some kind of a life-support system." As a result, Burtt originally created many sounds for Vader: his heart audibly beating, gears turning as he moved, and more. This turned out to be too much, however, and was scaled back to just his mechanical lungs -- which became a classic movie sound effect, and remains a defining feature of the Dark Lord of the Sith.
wn.com/Ben Burtt Interview The Sound Of Darth Vader
In this featurette from the Lucasfilm video archives, sound designer Ben Burtt discusses the evolution of Darth Vader's iconic, ominous breathing.
In the original script, Darth Vader was described as a "strange dark being, in some kind of a life-support system." As a result, Burtt originally created many sounds for Vader: his heart audibly beating, gears turning as he moved, and more. This turned out to be too much, however, and was scaled back to just his mechanical lungs -- which became a classic movie sound effect, and remains a defining feature of the Dark Lord of the Sith.
- published: 25 Jan 2014
- views: 55427
"Super 8" Sound Mixer Ben Burtt
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:30
- Updated: 14 Nov 2011
- views: 7040
Ben Burtt, the supervising sound editor on J.J. Abrams' "Super 8," talks about his connection to the film, the biggest audio moments, and his approach to the mi...
Ben Burtt, the supervising sound editor on J.J. Abrams' "Super 8," talks about his connection to the film, the biggest audio moments, and his approach to the mixing process in a more general sense. Watch "Super 8" on Blu-ray with Dolby TrueHD 7.1 audio.
Learn more about Dolby TrueHD at http://bit.ly/HqyWRt
wn.com/Super 8 Sound Mixer Ben Burtt
Ben Burtt, the supervising sound editor on J.J. Abrams' "Super 8," talks about his connection to the film, the biggest audio moments, and his approach to the mixing process in a more general sense. Watch "Super 8" on Blu-ray with Dolby TrueHD 7.1 audio.
Learn more about Dolby TrueHD at http://bit.ly/HqyWRt
- published: 14 Nov 2011
- views: 7040
WALL E Animation Sound Design part 1
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:27
- Updated: 30 Oct 2009
- views: 27208
- published: 30 Oct 2009
- views: 27208
Ben Burtt Interview: The Imperial Walkers
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:28
- Updated: 01 Mar 2014
- views: 41749
In this vintage interview, sound designer Ben Burtt discusses creating the sound of AT-AT walkers in The Empire Strikes Back.
Walkers were fun to work on for B...
In this vintage interview, sound designer Ben Burtt discusses creating the sound of AT-AT walkers in The Empire Strikes Back.
Walkers were fun to work on for Burtt because "they were big mechanical beasts," and were a nice break from working on voices. Burtt felt that the challenge was to give them, through sound, a sense of mass and weight -- in reality, AT-ATs were just miniatures animated on a small stage.
The sound of the AT-ATs moving came from a metal stamping machine, something akin to a "big chopping block" for steel, recorded in a factory. Burtt took the sounds and made them rhythmic to convey walking. For its knee joints, Burtt took a dumpster door and recorded it opening and closing.
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In this vintage interview, sound designer Ben Burtt discusses creating the sound of AT-AT walkers in The Empire Strikes Back.
Walkers were fun to work on for Burtt because "they were big mechanical beasts," and were a nice break from working on voices. Burtt felt that the challenge was to give them, through sound, a sense of mass and weight -- in reality, AT-ATs were just miniatures animated on a small stage.
The sound of the AT-ATs moving came from a metal stamping machine, something akin to a "big chopping block" for steel, recorded in a factory. Burtt took the sounds and made them rhythmic to convey walking. For its knee joints, Burtt took a dumpster door and recorded it opening and closing.
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Ben Burtt Interview: Star Wars Sound Design
Ben Burtt, sound designer of the Star Wars films, details how he created the sound design of the original trilogy in this vintage interview. In a film such as Star Wars, Burtt explains, the soundtrack is completely fabricated in a studio. Only about 15 to 20% of dialogue was recorded on-set; everything else was recorded later, including sound effects from footsteps to cloth rustle to exploding Death Stars. Everything that goes into a final soundtrack requires organization, eventually becoming an encyclopedia of sound. Sound designers collect sound and catalog it. "I think I have 6,000 tapes," Burtt says, consisting of everything from animal growls to jet engines. Thus, part of being a sound designer is "being a librarian." -
Ben Burtt Interview: Chewbacca's Voice
Ben Burtt, legendary sound designer of the Star Wars films, talks about creating Chewbacca's voice in this vintage interview. The first voice that Burtt worked on in Star Wars was Chewbacca's, but in the script, there was little direction as to what a Wookiee would sound like. It had to be alien and an intelligent language, but not recognizable. In one of Burtt's first meetings with George Lucas, the director suggested that bears might be suitable. For a year, Burtt collected the grunts and roars of bears, along with the sounds of walruses, lions, and many other animals. By extracting little bits from each recording, Burtt could identify sounds based on emotions -- anger, affection, etc. He cut those together in a way that could match how the character's mouth moved, as well as convey fe... -
Ben Burtt Interview: The Sound of Explosions in Star Wars
Ben Burtt, sound designer of the Star Wars films, discusses gathering and creating the sound of the saga's stunning explosions. "The sound of explosions has always been a great passion for me," Burtt says. During the making of the Star Wars films, he spent a lot of time recording explosions and weapons, always trying to get "the maximum visceral effect out of the event." But recording real explosions is difficult. They're loud, sudden, short, and usually don't have the full body of sound that one would expect. To create convincing explosions for film, Burtt has gathered various sounds: he visited military bases where he recorded tanks, missiles impacting, and has even lost microphones to explosions. He is still, however, searching for "the ultimate explosion." -
Ben Burtt Interview: The Challenge of The Empire Strikes Back
After working on the original Star Wars, sound designer Ben Burtt was tasked with a new set of challenges for its sequel, The Empire Strikes Back. Star Wars was the beginning of Burtt's career, and he knew very little about sound and film at the time. With the experience he gained working on it, however, he felt that he could do more with The Empire Strikes Back. "Stylistically," Burtt says, "I wasn't attempting to do something really different, but I was attempting to do the same thing on a grander scale." The Empire Strikes Back was bigger, with new characters, vehicles, and locations, and Burtt didn't want to just rehash what he did previously. Everything needed different and new sounds. A lot of those who worked on Star Wars were fans of science fiction, including Burtt, and they did... -
Sound Advice: An Interview with Ben Burtt
Skywalker Sound's Ben Burtt, sound designer of the Star Wars films, discusses the different roles required in creating and mixing audio for films and how that changed with Star Wars. Historically, there had typically three jobs in sound on a film: production recordist (on-set, with a microphone, recording dialogue and sound as they occur during shooting), sound editor (goes out and records sounds, edits them, and adds them to the film), and the sound mixer (blends all the sound together for the final film mix). Sound designer is a position and title that Burtt essentially created for himself with the first Star Wars film, as he combined elements of all three aeforementioned jobs into one. Ultimately, Burtt coordinated everything that was heard in the final soundtrack of the film.
Ben Burtt Interview: Star Wars Sound Design
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Ben Burtt, sound designer of the Star Wars films, details how he created the sound design of the original trilogy in this vintage interview.
In a film such as ...
Ben Burtt, sound designer of the Star Wars films, details how he created the sound design of the original trilogy in this vintage interview.
In a film such as Star Wars, Burtt explains, the soundtrack is completely fabricated in a studio. Only about 15 to 20% of dialogue was recorded on-set; everything else was recorded later, including sound effects from footsteps to cloth rustle to exploding Death Stars.
Everything that goes into a final soundtrack requires organization, eventually becoming an encyclopedia of sound. Sound designers collect sound and catalog it. "I think I have 6,000 tapes," Burtt says, consisting of everything from animal growls to jet engines. Thus, part of being a sound designer is "being a librarian."
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Ben Burtt, sound designer of the Star Wars films, details how he created the sound design of the original trilogy in this vintage interview.
In a film such as Star Wars, Burtt explains, the soundtrack is completely fabricated in a studio. Only about 15 to 20% of dialogue was recorded on-set; everything else was recorded later, including sound effects from footsteps to cloth rustle to exploding Death Stars.
Everything that goes into a final soundtrack requires organization, eventually becoming an encyclopedia of sound. Sound designers collect sound and catalog it. "I think I have 6,000 tapes," Burtt says, consisting of everything from animal growls to jet engines. Thus, part of being a sound designer is "being a librarian."
- published: 15 Feb 2014
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Ben Burtt Interview: Chewbacca's Voice
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Ben Burtt, legendary sound designer of the Star Wars films, talks about creating Chewbacca's voice in this vintage interview.
The first voice that Burtt worked...
Ben Burtt, legendary sound designer of the Star Wars films, talks about creating Chewbacca's voice in this vintage interview.
The first voice that Burtt worked on in Star Wars was Chewbacca's, but in the script, there was little direction as to what a Wookiee would sound like. It had to be alien and an intelligent language, but not recognizable.
In one of Burtt's first meetings with George Lucas, the director suggested that bears might be suitable. For a year, Burtt collected the grunts and roars of bears, along with the sounds of walruses, lions, and many other animals. By extracting little bits from each recording, Burtt could identify sounds based on emotions -- anger, affection, etc. He cut those together in a way that could match how the character's mouth moved, as well as convey feelings and language. The resulting mix formed the basis of Chewbacca's iconic voice.
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Ben Burtt, legendary sound designer of the Star Wars films, talks about creating Chewbacca's voice in this vintage interview.
The first voice that Burtt worked on in Star Wars was Chewbacca's, but in the script, there was little direction as to what a Wookiee would sound like. It had to be alien and an intelligent language, but not recognizable.
In one of Burtt's first meetings with George Lucas, the director suggested that bears might be suitable. For a year, Burtt collected the grunts and roars of bears, along with the sounds of walruses, lions, and many other animals. By extracting little bits from each recording, Burtt could identify sounds based on emotions -- anger, affection, etc. He cut those together in a way that could match how the character's mouth moved, as well as convey feelings and language. The resulting mix formed the basis of Chewbacca's iconic voice.
- published: 18 Jan 2014
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Ben Burtt Interview: The Sound of Explosions in Star Wars
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- Updated: 08 Mar 2014
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Ben Burtt, sound designer of the Star Wars films, discusses gathering and creating the sound of the saga's stunning explosions.
"The sound of explosions has al...
Ben Burtt, sound designer of the Star Wars films, discusses gathering and creating the sound of the saga's stunning explosions.
"The sound of explosions has always been a great passion for me," Burtt says. During the making of the Star Wars films, he spent a lot of time recording explosions and weapons, always trying to get "the maximum visceral effect out of the event."
But recording real explosions is difficult. They're loud, sudden, short, and usually don't have the full body of sound that one would expect. To create convincing explosions for film, Burtt has gathered various sounds: he visited military bases where he recorded tanks, missiles impacting, and has even lost microphones to explosions. He is still, however, searching for "the ultimate explosion."
wn.com/Ben Burtt Interview The Sound Of Explosions In Star Wars
Ben Burtt, sound designer of the Star Wars films, discusses gathering and creating the sound of the saga's stunning explosions.
"The sound of explosions has always been a great passion for me," Burtt says. During the making of the Star Wars films, he spent a lot of time recording explosions and weapons, always trying to get "the maximum visceral effect out of the event."
But recording real explosions is difficult. They're loud, sudden, short, and usually don't have the full body of sound that one would expect. To create convincing explosions for film, Burtt has gathered various sounds: he visited military bases where he recorded tanks, missiles impacting, and has even lost microphones to explosions. He is still, however, searching for "the ultimate explosion."
- published: 08 Mar 2014
- views: 17962
Ben Burtt Interview: The Challenge of The Empire Strikes Back
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- Updated: 22 Feb 2014
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After working on the original Star Wars, sound designer Ben Burtt was tasked with a new set of challenges for its sequel, The Empire Strikes Back.
Star Wars wa...
After working on the original Star Wars, sound designer Ben Burtt was tasked with a new set of challenges for its sequel, The Empire Strikes Back.
Star Wars was the beginning of Burtt's career, and he knew very little about sound and film at the time. With the experience he gained working on it, however, he felt that he could do more with The Empire Strikes Back. "Stylistically," Burtt says, "I wasn't attempting to do something really different, but I was attempting to do the same thing on a grander scale." The Empire Strikes Back was bigger, with new characters, vehicles, and locations, and Burtt didn't want to just rehash what he did previously. Everything needed different and new sounds.
A lot of those who worked on Star Wars were fans of science fiction, including Burtt, and they didn't anticipate its success. So when it came to working on The Empire Strikes Back, Burtt felt pressure to top the first film. As a result, more time was spent gathering organic sounds, mixing in stereo, and creating a deeper aural experience.
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After working on the original Star Wars, sound designer Ben Burtt was tasked with a new set of challenges for its sequel, The Empire Strikes Back.
Star Wars was the beginning of Burtt's career, and he knew very little about sound and film at the time. With the experience he gained working on it, however, he felt that he could do more with The Empire Strikes Back. "Stylistically," Burtt says, "I wasn't attempting to do something really different, but I was attempting to do the same thing on a grander scale." The Empire Strikes Back was bigger, with new characters, vehicles, and locations, and Burtt didn't want to just rehash what he did previously. Everything needed different and new sounds.
A lot of those who worked on Star Wars were fans of science fiction, including Burtt, and they didn't anticipate its success. So when it came to working on The Empire Strikes Back, Burtt felt pressure to top the first film. As a result, more time was spent gathering organic sounds, mixing in stereo, and creating a deeper aural experience.
- published: 22 Feb 2014
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Sound Advice: An Interview with Ben Burtt
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- Updated: 11 Jan 2014
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Skywalker Sound's Ben Burtt, sound designer of the Star Wars films, discusses the different roles required in creating and mixing audio for films and how that c...
Skywalker Sound's Ben Burtt, sound designer of the Star Wars films, discusses the different roles required in creating and mixing audio for films and how that changed with Star Wars.
Historically, there had typically three jobs in sound on a film: production recordist (on-set, with a microphone, recording dialogue and sound as they occur during shooting), sound editor (goes out and records sounds, edits them, and adds them to the film), and the sound mixer (blends all the sound together for the final film mix).
Sound designer is a position and title that Burtt essentially created for himself with the first Star Wars film, as he combined elements of all three aeforementioned jobs into one. Ultimately, Burtt coordinated everything that was heard in the final soundtrack of the film.
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Skywalker Sound's Ben Burtt, sound designer of the Star Wars films, discusses the different roles required in creating and mixing audio for films and how that changed with Star Wars.
Historically, there had typically three jobs in sound on a film: production recordist (on-set, with a microphone, recording dialogue and sound as they occur during shooting), sound editor (goes out and records sounds, edits them, and adds them to the film), and the sound mixer (blends all the sound together for the final film mix).
Sound designer is a position and title that Burtt essentially created for himself with the first Star Wars film, as he combined elements of all three aeforementioned jobs into one. Ultimately, Burtt coordinated everything that was heard in the final soundtrack of the film.
- published: 11 Jan 2014
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10-minute SFX documentary w/ Sound Designer Ben Burtt on Star Wars, Indy, E.T. & more!
Very interesting 10-minute television special on sound effect wizard Ben Burtt. *** "Meet ...
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Animation Sound Design: Ben Burtt Creates the Sounds for Wall-E (Part 1 of 2)
Legendary sound designer Ben Burtt (Star Wars, Indiana Jones) shares secrets of creating t...
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Ben Burtt Interview: The Sound of Lightsabers
Ben Burtt, sound designer of the Star Wars films, details how he created the iconic sound ...
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Ben Burtt Interview: R2-D2
How were R2-D2's beeps and boops created? Sound designer Ben Burtt talks all things astrom...
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Millennium Falcon's hyperdrive malfunction SFX demonstrated by Sound Designer Ben Burtt
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Ben Burtt's Sound Lab for "Forbidden Planet"
Ben Burtt demonstrates the sound equipment and techniques behind "Forbidden Planet." From ...
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Ben Burtt Interview: The Sound of Darth Vader
In this featurette from the Lucasfilm video archives, sound designer Ben Burtt discusses t...
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"Super 8" Sound Mixer Ben Burtt
Ben Burtt, the supervising sound editor on J.J. Abrams' "Super 8," talks about his connect...
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Ben Burtt Interview: The Imperial Walkers
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Ben Burtt Interview: Chewbacca's Voice
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Ben Burtt Interview: The Challenge of The Empire Strikes Back
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Egyptian aviation investigators confirmed a black box recording from EgyptAir flight MS804 from Paris to Cairo that plunged into the Mediterranean on May 19 and killed all 66 people aboard showed smoke onboard, BBC News reported Wednesday. Automated electronic messages sent by the plane had shown that smoke detectors went off in a toilet and in the avionics area below the cockpit, minutes before the plane disappeared....
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Pyonghattan Skyscrapers Arise Out Of Crippling North Korean Sanctions
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The last few years haven’t been good for North Korea as crippling sanctions and isolationism have caused the rogue country to turn inward and continue showing the world the country is doing fine.But now North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has put his soldier-builders to work on yet another major project — a series of apartments and high-rises that are once again changing the Pyongyang skyline, The Associated Press reported Wednesday....
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Britain Is Not Going to Leave The EU Anytime Soon
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Article by WN.com Guest Writer Gilad Atzmon. Despite the Brexit referendum, Britain is not leaving the European Union in the foreseeable future. No one in Britain has expressed a desire to issue Article 50 and officially launch withdrawal from the EU ... They clearly do not know how to rid themselves of the spoils of their achievement ... Michael Gove, Liam Fox and Boris Johnson share the ambition to become the next British prime minister....
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Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump addressed a cheering partisan audience at an Ohio rally Wednesday and repeated his call for the return of waterboarding against Islamic State militants saying, “What do you think of waterboarding?. He then responded to his own question saying “I like it a lot.” ... The New York real estate tycoon lamented the U.S ... to close its borders to Muslim arrivals....
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June 14: This Week on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD
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- Ben Burtt and the Sounds of Star Trek — When famed sound designer Ben Burtt was hired to create sounds for the first Star Wars film, he took his inspiration from the original “Star Trek” series. Burtt jumped at the opportunity to pay ... - The Sounds of Music (and FX) – A discussion with film composer Michael Giacchino and sound designer Ben Burtt....
Why the TCM Classic Film Festival is Important
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A classic work is not old - it is timeless ... This couldn't be more wrong ... For example, it was a real delight at last year's festival to see Shirley MacLaine, Ann-Margret, and George Lazenby interviewed in person, to meet on the red carpet classic stars like the vivacious Diane Baker and the dapper and charming Norman Lloyd, and to see an insightful presentation by Ben Burtt and Craig Barron on the special effects and sound of Gunga Din....
The 2016 TCM Classic Film Festival & The Searchers 60th Anniversary
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The 2016 TCM Classic Film Festival is almost here, and I can hardly wait ... If you're like me, attendance at these marvelous events long ago ceased to be optional ... You get the idea ... Some highlights for me last year were watching Ben Burtt and Craig Barron go in-depth on the sound effects and visual effects of Gunga Din, catching an interesting presentation on 2-strip Technicolor, and seeing a rare 70mm film print of Patton ... ....
The 2016 TCM Classic Film Festival and The Searchers 60th Anniversary
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The 2016 TCM Classic Film Festival is almost here, and I can hardly wait ... If you're like me, attendance at these marvelous events long ago ceased to be optional ... You get the idea ... Some highlights for me last year were watching Ben Burtt and Craig Barron go in-depth on the sound effects and visual effects of Gunga Din, catching an interesting presentation on 2-strip Technicolor, and seeing a rare 70mm film print of Patton ... ....
'Star Wars' Goes EDM: How Beatmakers Turned Iconic Sound Effects Into Music
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The sound design crafted by Ben Burtt and his team for the Star Wars saga is just as iconic and evocative as John Williams' soaring fanfare. Burtt's work — spanning from 1977's A New Hope on through 2015's multi-billion dollar smash The Force Awakens — is as instantly recognizable as the "Star Wars Theme" ... Sidebar. 50 Best 'Star Wars' Characters » ... Abrams himself, Rubin gave these artists free reign....
The Strange Ways The Original Star Wars Noises Were Created
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None of these sounds occur naturally; they require the talent of people like Ben Burtt to make them happen ... Ben Burtt describes being on vacation and hearing the sounds of rocks hitting the support cables of a nearby radio tower ... For inspiration, Ben Burtt looked to another large mammal, the walrus ... Darth Vader’s iconic voice was a little more obvious for Ben Burtt to figure out compared to a support cable or a lonely walrus....
Hurston Library Focuses on Technology for Students in March (St Lucie County, FL)
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(Source. St Lucie County, FL) ... The library presents Disney/Pixar's 'Wall-E' (2008) as its Movie Matinee on Saturday, March 12 at 2 p.m. Featuring Ben Burtt and Elissa Knight, this animated feature takes place in the distant future, where a small waste-collecting robot falls in love and inadvertently embarks on a space journey that ultimately decides the fate of the human race. 'Wall-E' is rated G with a running time of 93 minutes ... St....
There's a wonderful hidden 'Indiana Jones' reference in 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens'
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"When the Rathtar is rolling down the hallway after Han and Chewie, I put in the sound of Ben Burtt’s boulder-roll sound from 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' when the boulder is chasing Indy," Acord said ... Burtt is an Oscar-winning sound editor and designer who also worked on the original "Star Wars" films ... ....
What Kylo Ren Owes to a Cat
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"When the rathtar is rolling down the hallway after Han and Chewie, I put in the sound of Ben Burtt’s boulder roll sound from Raiders of the Lost Ark when the ......
The Force Awakens Featured Indiana Jones Easter Egg
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"When the rathtar is rolling down the hallway after Han and Chewie, I put in the sound of [Star Wars and Indiana Jones sound designer] Ben Burtt's boulder roll sound from Raiders of the Lost Ark when the boulder is chasing Indy," Accord explained ... ....
Star Wars 7 Contains An Indiana Jones Reference You Probably Missed
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Easter eggs in movies are nothing new. Filmmakers like to put references to other films in their new movies all the time. Sometimes these references are direct, and other times theyre much more subtle ... Then theres some other cool things like when the rathtar is rolling down the hallway after Han and Chewie, I put in the sound of Ben Burtts boulder roll sound from Raiders of the Lost Ark when the boulder is chasing Indy ... ....
Did you spot the Indiana Jones easter egg in Star Wars: The Force Awakens?
Edit Games Radar 04 Feb 2016
Since the release of Star Wars ... That includes the whole Star Wars screen canon - Rebels, The Clone Wars - and as well as everything within the Skywalker Library ... "When the rathtar is rolling down the hallway after Han and Chewie, I put in the sound of Ben Burtt’s boulder roll sound from Raiders of the Lost Ark when the boulder is chasing Indy." ... Images ... ....
R2-D2
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R2-D2 (or Artoo-Detoo, spelled out phonetically) is an astromech droid, a type of robot that usually served as a mechanic and backup computer for small spaceships. Astromechs cannot speak; they communicate with electronic beeps through an interpreter droid or computer ... R2-D2 in the Prequels ... Sound designer Ben Burtt called creating R2-D2's voice "the toughest challenge" he faced in the Star Wars films ... ....
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