How Oscar-Nominated Sound Sounds, From The Sound Editor of "Lone Survivor"

Academy Award-nominated sound editor Wylie Stateman discusses why and how Lone Survivor sounds the way it does, and putting the audience right in the frame with the movie's characters.

There is not one sound in a film that the audience hears by accident. Like every frame, every single noise is a conscious decision. As the supervising sound editor on the Academy Award-nominated war film, Lone Survivor, Wylie Stateman is responsible for the planning and execution of each and every one of those sounds, and how they're integrated into the film. Although Stateman's team includes foley artists, production mixers, composers, and many others, he is in charge of most creative decisions that determine what the audience hears.

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