Sound Effects In Star Wars

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The sound effects in Star Wars illuminated the entire film, making it a gifted piece of art. Star Wars has such incredible sound effects that it is hard to compare another film to it. Jurassic Park, directed Colin Trevorrow can rival with the sound effects performed in the Star Wars movies. See a sound; hear a sound. Every time you see some action on the screen, your mind expects there to be a complimentary sound. The Foley artists from each film were exceptionally creative when they were preforming the sound effects for the film. In Jurassic park, they created the velociraptor language from mating tortoises and in the movie Star War, they created the voice of Chewbacca from pieces of walrus and other animal sounds. In contrast the director

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