“Top Gun: Maverick” is filled with booming jet engines and layered sonic storytelling. It’s been nominated for Best Sound at the Oscars, largely due to the work of Al Nelson, sound designer and ...
Without sound design, film would be a bland medium. A character would walk into a room, and you wouldn’t hear footsteps. Crickets wouldn’t chirp on a summer night. The patter of rain in a forest would ...