Dolby Institute Fellowship
The sound is equally as important because what you're seeing is almost one dimensional. But the sound can feel all around you and totally immerse you and push you into the image.
REED MORANO, DIRECTOR/CINEMATOGRAPHER, I THINK WE'RE ALONE NOW
"Sound design and effects take center stage along with the music," said sound supervisor rerecording mixer Tony Volante. “[We had to] get rid of the roar of the real world and replace it with what would be left, which is nonhuman sounds. No electricity, no planes, no cars. Just nature. And our main character, as he walks around and handles things and moves around, all those sounds are enhanced, bigger than life.
“It was this incredible opportunity to figure out what the world would sound like, if all that was gone,” said film editor Madeleine Gavin. “What does emptiness sound like? Emptiness doesn't necessarily sound like nothing. So it gave us this enormous opportunity.”
The Dolby Institute Fellowship allowed Reed and her creative team to augment the film’s sound design and mix the film in Dolby Atmos®. Audiences attending the film’s premiere screenings at the Sundance Film Festival in 2018 got to experience the full Dolby Atmos mix of the film and be transported to a fully realized post-apocalyptic world.
Sound is important for every film, but for independent, lower budget films, sound is an amazing way to elevate the feeling and the scope of your film and to create a bigger palette than you might have had the money to afford.
MADELEINE GAVIN, FILM EDITOR, I THINK WE'RE ALONE NOW
Dolby Atmos and the evolution of sound for film and TV
Curious about Dolby Atmos and just starting to dig in? Start here with an overview that provides a brief look back at the creative innovation leading to the release of Dolby Atmos and the amazing creative possibilities it enables.