{"id":40170,"date":"2014-05-08T11:40:24","date_gmt":"2014-05-08T15:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/?p=40170"},"modified":"2014-05-08T11:41:04","modified_gmt":"2014-05-08T15:41:04","slug":"why-dolby-atmos-is-the-future-of-cinema-sound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/why-dolby-atmos-is-the-future-of-cinema-sound\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Dolby Atmos is the Future of Cinema Sound"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"if-youve-not-experienced-dolby-atmos-just-yet-you-might-be-wondering-whats-so-great-about-it-these-industry-experts-will-set-you-straight\">If you&#8217;ve not experienced Dolby Atmos just yet, you might be wondering what&#8217;s so great about it. These industry experts will set you straight.<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/78017331?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0&amp;color=008996\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dolby Atmos is the future of cinema sound.<\/strong> While the industry might be going crazy over the number of K&#8217;s images can be shot on and projected with, cinema sound hasn&#8217;t advanced that much (so it would seem) in the past several decades. Until now. Dolby Atmos first hit just a few theatres in the summer of 2012 with <strong>Pixar&#8217;s <em>Brave<\/em> being the first feature film to make use of the new system, <\/strong>but is now available in a growing number of cinemas worldwide.<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>In this latest Dolby promo you can learn a lot more about why director of photography turned director, <strong>Wally Pfister thinks Atmos is the IMAX of audio<\/strong>, and how he put it to good use in\u00a0<em>Transcendence<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/92178068?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0&amp;color=008996\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"understanding-dolby-atmos\">Understanding Dolby Atmos<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/40658763?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you want to get a decent understanding of <strong>what Dolby Atmos actually is &#8211; and how it works<\/strong>, then these two videos will give you the full picture. The second features a fairly decent history of the evolution of cinema sound and a detailed description of the inside workings of surround sound.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/40699179?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"dolby-atmos-in-the-cinema\">Dolby Atmos in the Cinema<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Dolby&#8217;s sound consultants<\/strong>\u00a0chat with\u00a0film critic Peter Cowie about how Dolby Atmos can shape as well as enhance the filmmaker&#8217;s sound design possibilities.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/89776467?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/89776469?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>When Alfonso Cuaron and <em>Gravity<\/em>&#8216;s Oscar winning sound designer want to come to hear their film in your cinema, you know you&#8217;re doing something right. So it is for the owners of Olympic Cinema in London, talking about just how spectacular Dolby Atmos really is.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/89776468?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you want to<strong> find a Dolby Atmos equipped cinema near you<\/strong> then simply hop over to\u00a0<a title=\"I want Dolby Atmos\" href=\"http:\/\/iwantdolbyatmos.dolby.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">iwantdolbyatmos.dolby.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"more-posts-on-cinema-sound-design\">More Posts on Cinema Sound Design<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/pbblogassets\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Project-Mix-1.png\" alt=\"Understanding cinema sound design\" width=\"492\" height=\"277\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If all this talk of cinema sound design has whet your appetite to learn more then check out these previous posts on the topic.<\/p>\n<p>Fellow PremiumBeat blogger, <a title=\"Sound Design 101\" href=\"http:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/sound-design-101-making-your-film-sound-great\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Matt Hibbard has put together this excellent post<\/a> called<strong> Sound Design 101: Making your Film Sound Great. <\/strong><a title=\"Mapping out sound design\" href=\"http:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/sound-design-for-filmmakers\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Danny Greer has also posted this great tutorial <\/a>on<strong> mapping out your sound design<\/strong> for indie filmmakers. <a title=\"Scoring your film\" href=\"http:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/scoring-your-film-project-for-success\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">This last PremiumBeat post discusses<\/a> how to <strong>work well with a film composer to successfully score your film. <\/strong>Finally you can also check out the <a title=\"Sound Design Resources\" href=\"http:\/\/jonnyelwyn.co.uk\/category\/sound-design-mixing\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">category of posts devoted to sound design<\/a> over on my blog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve not experienced Dolby Atmos just yet, you might be wondering what&#8217;s so great about it. 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