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Fulfill Sound Requirements?

Like lighting and camera movement, sound design must serve a movie's story. Award-winning sound designer, sound editor, and rerecording mixer Paul Ottosson has applied this philosophy to his work with directors like Kathryn Bigelow, Sam Raimi, and Roland Emmerich. Ottosson talks about his process in the interview below. Watch the video and then consider the questions that follow.

After watching the interview with Paul Ottosson, consider the questions below. Then submit your response.

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1. What is Ottosson's rationale behind where he records different sounds?

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2. Why might certain crucial sound effects require multiple sound elements?

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