
Ben Burtt
Sound Designer
Skywalker Sound
San Francisco, CA USA
“It's important to have clear goals in mind...but you can always change a goal. There's no need to suffer if something isn't working out.”
Skywalker Sound
San Francisco, CA USA
“It's important to have clear goals in mind...but you can always change a goal. There's no need to suffer if something isn't working out.”
Sound Designer
I create sound effects for motion pictures like "Star Wars," "Indiana Jones," and "Wall-E."
I experiment with various materials and technologies to develop sound effects for movies. I spend a lot of time recording, editing, and manipulating different sounds to create something new.
Here's the first step for everyone
You have to get used to rejection and be willing to keep going. I have a library of sounds that didn't work out for the project I was developing them for, but some have worked for others and succeed.
"I can't do this. I'm just going to fail. "
The road-trippers head to Skywalker Ranch, where Star Wars sound designer Ben Burtt recounts driving cross-country to California twice before his dreams of being a sound designer beat back his fear of change; plus Pixar animator Ralph Eggleston on getting beyond the world you inhabit and going deeper into what interests you, and Janice Levenhagen-Seeley of ChickTech on challenging the status quo.