That means you’ll need a way to record audio in the wild. Many, if not all of the sound effects you’ll record are away from the safe world of your editing setup. Done properly, these organic recordings just sound right.
Second, because these are things people have already heard, the familiarity connects with the listener on a gut level. First, recording things that already exist is certainly more practical than building something just to record it. This involved taking ordinary, everyday things and re-purposing them to fit into a new world. Although synthesizers were used for many droid sounds, Star Wars sound effects designer Ben Burtt chose a more organic approach for the majority of his recordings, from the most basic whoosh sound effect to Star Destroyers jumping to hyperspace and everything in between. The second school of thought is that embraced by Star Wars sound effects. The result was weird, sometimes sterile sound effects that could be achieved no other way. This mindset was used in many science fiction films in the 50s and 60s. They were quirky, weird and certainly had an out-of-this-world vibe. Since music synthesizers were still new and unusual, many sound effects were generated inside these devices.
The thinking at the time was that this was futuristic space and science. Here, we’re talking old-school, original TV series Star Trek sound effects. First is the mindset used for Star Trek sound effects. There are two basic schools of thought in sci-fi sound effects. The neat thing is that you can make them, too, plus many others for your next sci-fi fan film. There are no laser cannons, blasters or lightsabers in the real world and each of these sound effects had to be created from items found here on planet Earth. The sounds were so perfectly suited to the action, it was easy to forget that none of this really happened. Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope forever changed the way we think about sci-fi sound effects. In a lonely hallway, a master and his apprentice fight their final battle with elegant swords made of light.
Inside the mothership, other battles take place with guards and intruders exchanging laserfire. Spaceships shoot through the inky blackness, blasting each other with powerful lasers.
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