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Joseph Kosinski discusses his collaboration with Skywalker Sound and Lewis Hamilton to perfect the sound mix for the 'F1' movie, calling it the longest sound mix he's ever worked on to ensure every gear shift and engine roar was accurate.
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00:00What did you learn about sound design in this process?
00:02It was this, from a sound design point of view, a massive challenge.
00:10Skywalker Sound, you know, this is my sixth movie with them.
00:14We had them out at the track recording all these cars.
00:18We were able to put microphones on board the real cars,
00:21which was pretty amazing because they're, you know, very well-protected machines.
00:26You know, there's four different engines, I think, in Formula One,
00:29so getting the distinctive character, making sure that Sonny's car sounds different than JP's,
00:33and then, you know, making it knowing that Lewis Hamilton's going to be watching and analyzing it,
00:39making sure we're in the right gear at the right corner for every single track.
00:43So, yeah, the mix for this movie was the longest I've ever done.

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