ABC News Features Documentary “The Force of Sound” Trailer Debuts
The trailer for ABC News Features’ documentary The Force of Sound has debuted, giving us a glimpse at their visit to Skywalker Ranch to explore the sounds created for Star Wars: The Last Jedi by the outstanding team at Skywalker Sound.
Our friend Clayton Sandell of ABC News has posted the trailer for the upcoming feature. The documentary will feature writer/director Rian Johnson and Matthew Wood, and will cover the remarkable sound production and design created for The Last Jedi. Check out the trailer here:
One thing Star Wars has always been known for is elite-level sound design, technology, and production, and this documentary will delve into what Skywalker Sound brought the table for The Last Jedi. This will be a must watch for Star Wars fans who love to learn how the dynamic sounds of a Star Wars film come to life!
Video: Our @nightline story: How ‘Rogue One’s’ Princess Leia, Grand Moff Tarkin Were Created by @ILMVFX https://t.co/PZIiKlxia5
— Clayton Sandell (@Clayton_Sandell) January 5, 2017
The documentary debuts on Tuesday, February 20th via ABC News!
SOURCE: ABC News‘ Clayton Sandell
John Hoey is the Lead Editor and Senior Writer for Star Wars News Net and the host of The Resistance Broadcast podcast
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Wish they would fix the Falcon’s quad-cannon sound- it sounded cooler in the OT.
10 bucks says this doc won’t remotely cover how in the Disney transition Ben Burtt was basically demoted to managing the sound library at Skywalker Ranch and was barely even consulted for sound on TFA/TLJ, despite being the most qualified person in the history of film to tackle it.
Why was he demoted? I just assumed he didn’t want the job on the films anymore.
http://www.starwarsunderworld.com/2017/12/ben-burtt-talks-about-why-hes-not.html
I’ve got my fingers crossed for J.J. requesting him back.
Why on earth would they oust such a GEM of a TALENT??? I just don’t understand the world anymore when a company can look past PROVEN TALENT like him ??
Overzealous fans here are in complete denial about this, but that is just how it is in a corporate environment like that, they don’t want anyone that independent having that much control over their films.
A corporate environment doesn’t want a PROVEN, award winning Sound talent with decades of hit films? Gotcha.
I’ll bet John Williams is happy. I’m not taking sides, but rumor has it that he and Ben used to fight for control of the volume knob.
Thanks for posting that, I had no idea. It sounds to me as if he pissed some higher-ups off. He says “No bad blood that he’s aware of” but you don’t go trash-talking the current “regime” unless you’re at odds with them. I’m sure he knows a lot more than he’s letting on. My guess is that he was unwilling to work in tandem with other people and wanted more control. That kind of thing won’t fly with Disney.
It was more about doing things in an authentic manner. He’s used to seeing the dailies, and then inventing the sounds to match — he’s not just audio minded, he’s visual too. But Disney just wanted to assign him to the sound library to vaguely develop sounds for future use, which is sorta creatively stifling. That’s a shitty thing to do to an artist, especially a pioneer in the field.
Absolutely SHAMEFUL the way Lucasfilm has ousted Ben Burtt. Here is a recent article on him: https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/12/ben-burtt-star-wars-sound
Full “The Force of Sound” documentary, 1280×720, 602MB. Right click, Save link as…
http://ondemand.abcnews.com/playback/abcnews/2018/02/180219_vod_orig_feat_forceofsound_3200.mp4