How Walter Murch Worldized Film Sound

Summary by Krater

This video explores Walter Murch's 'worldizing' technique for film sound design, explaining how he recorded audio in the actual location of a scene and blended it with dry recordings to create realistic acoustic depth.

From the video

Answers: What is worldizing in film sound design?

• Worldizing film sound design
• Acoustic reverb and echo
• Sound editing for movies
• Balancing dialogue and music in film

What it concludes

• Worldizing solves the problem of realistic reverb by recording audio in the actual space it is meant to be playing.
• This technique gives the sound editor control over a sonic depth of field by adjusting track levels.
• Worldizing creates a deeper immersion in the story by matching picture and sound.