Modern movie sound: reality and simulated reality

Modern movie sound mixing utilizes impulse responses and convolution to provide a usable reproduction of dialogue and other sounds to align the visual and sonic impression while keeping the viewer engaged in the story. This paper will outline the process by which movie audio is processed to get to the final product, and provide and overview of playback platforms. Furthermore short clips of film with audio will be presented to compare the actual in situ recording to the studio mixed product, and other experimental/virtual approaches to creating impulse responses for use in the studio mix approach.