Only two movies to check off today, that way I can maintain symmetry. These next two movies only snagged one nomination each, in separate sound categories: Best Sound Mixing and Best Sound Editing. To simplify, mixing is about the dialogue, sound effects, and music. A movie with a good mix is one where you don’t complain about not being able to hear the dialogue because the music is too loud. Make sense? To further simplify, sound editing is foley work. Good sound editing can be a lot of things, but is usually when you remember a sound like what a T.I.E. fighter sounds like. Both field’s are, of course, much more complicated than that. Continue reading
