{"id":470,"date":"2022-03-01T02:41:13","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T02:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/classapps.chass.ncsu.edu\/com304\/?p=470"},"modified":"2022-03-01T02:41:13","modified_gmt":"2022-03-01T02:41:13","slug":"ben-burtt-the-sound-effects-of-star-wars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/classapps.chass.ncsu.edu\/com304\/?p=470","title":{"rendered":"Ben Burtt &#8211; The Sound Effects of Star Wars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bunker8.com\/images\/2015\/12\/ben-001.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ben Burtt is an award winning sound designer best known for his work on the <em>Star Wars <\/em>movies. Alongside his work as a sound designer, he has also done voice acting, directing and screenwriting. He has created some of the most iconic sounds in cinema and he does so by using &#8220;found sounds&#8221; rather than just simply using synthesizers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arguably, Burtt&#8217;s most iconic sound that he has created is the Lightsaber. The lightsaber is created through two different hums, first through the idling of motors in a projector. Burtt discovered the louder swishing noise by walking past a television set with a live microphone in his hand. He created the sound of lightsabers clashing together by jamming a stick into dry ice and combined it with a vacuum cleaner. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also created the noise of the blasters by hitting a hammer against a cable connected to an AM radio tower. Burtt created the intimidating breathing of Darth Vader with a scuba regulator. He created R2D2&#8217;s beeps and screams by combining his own voice with a synthesizer. Burtt is the genius behind many of the most iconic film sounds that you have heard over the years.   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ben Burtt is an award winning sound designer best known for his work on the Star Wars movies. Alongside his work as a sound designer, he has also done voice acting, directing and screenwriting. He has created some of the most iconic sounds in cinema and he does so by using &#8220;found sounds&#8221; rather than&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/classapps.chass.ncsu.edu\/com304\/?p=470\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ben Burtt &#8211; The Sound Effects of Star Wars<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/classapps.chass.ncsu.edu\/com304\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/classapps.chass.ncsu.edu\/com304\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/classapps.chass.ncsu.edu\/com304\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classapps.chass.ncsu.edu\/com304\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classapps.chass.ncsu.edu\/com304\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=470"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/classapps.chass.ncsu.edu\/com304\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":473,"href":"https:\/\/classapps.chass.ncsu.edu\/com304\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470\/revisions\/473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/classapps.chass.ncsu.edu\/com304\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classapps.chass.ncsu.edu\/com304\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classapps.chass.ncsu.edu\/com304\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}