At the heart of every filmmaking decision is one question: Where is the audience in relationship to what is happening on screen? One of the most common approaches to answering this question is through ...

I'm Anita Rao. What does it sound like to lose your hearing? [Plays clip from "Sound of Metal"] At first, it was something This is Embodied, our show tackling sex, relationships and your health. I'm ...

With its immersive sound design and understated storytelling, Sound of Metal feels viscerally real. Nominated for six Oscars including Best Picture, the film tells the harrowing story of an ...

We all have our daily routines, punctuated by the sounds that make up the soundtrack of our lives. Maybe your cellphone alarm wakes you up with a track from your Spotify playlist. Maybe you talk to ...

Darius Marder’s feature debut, “Sound of Metal,” is the riveting story of a heavy metal drummer (Riz Ahmed) who goes deaf and struggles to reassemble his life. Making it nearly consumed the ...

The films received three nods apiece. By Carolyn Giardina Tech Editor Universal’s News of the World and Amazon’s Sound of Metal lead the feature competition of the 68th annual Motion Picture Sound ...

Inside Darius Marder and Nicholas Becker's experiment to create subjectivity through a point of hearing. At the heart of every filmmaking decision is one question: Where is the audience in ...