Nightingales’ Song And Other Sound-Design Obsessions

“Most filmgoers focus on the acting, dialogue, costumes, even the soundtrack, before noticing the many sounds also required to create and sustain a mood. Yet, says [sound designer Jane Tattersall], it’s those background details that can make or break the moment. If she gets them right, her skill is essentially unnoticed; if she gets them wrong, she ruins many months, maybe years, of others’ hard work.”