Anyone who doesn’t think very hard refers to cinema as a visual medium. This is not true and has never been, even silent movies had a piano accompaniment. Cinema fills your ears as much as your eyes yet sound is often a second thought, the thing you turn your attention to only after picture lock.

Brighton based bastion of cinema training and development, Lighthouse, are seeking to address this with a two day event focussing on sound as part of Cinecity, Brighton’s annual film festival.

The Sound of Story is aimed at filmmakers, sound practitioners, music producers and film lovers. Through a series of talks and workshops, leading sound and film professionals will discuss their work, influences and insights, offering a rare opportunity to learn about the power of the soundtrack, and the importance of designing projects with sound in mind from the start.

Their amazing list of speakers includes:

• Chris Watson – Wildlife Sound Recordist / Composer Frozen Planet (BBC) / Soundscapes (National Gallery)
• Magz Hall – Sound Artist Tree Radio (installation) / Radio Mind (installation)
• Barry Adamson – Singer / Composer / Filmmaker / Photographer Natural Born Killers / Moss Side Story (album)
• Joakim Sundström – Sound Designer / Supervising Sound Editor The Constant Gardener / Seven Psychopaths
• Martin Stig Andersen – Audio Director / Composer / Sound Designer Inside (game) / Rabbit at the Airport (cross-media)
• Anna Bertmark – Sound Designer / Supervising Sound Editor Lilting / The Goob

The Sound of Story is on the 17th & 18th November in Brighton, for more information please visit their website.