14 PRODUCTION SOUND & VIDEO – Spring 2024
A Conversation
with
Mark Ulano
on the
Art of the
Sound Team
From your experience, who is the most interested
director in sound?
I'll answer the question I wished you had asked. It's the director
who understands that sound, from the very beginning in pre-
production, includes his/her sound artists as advocates for
the idea at hand. This director hugs the sound artists inside the
circle of trust recognizing their creative contribution. This director
understands that sound is an integral part of the creative palette,
beginning with the essential capture of p e r f o r m a n c e , e f f e c t s ,
a n d environment in ways that reveal character and tell the story.
This director takes his Sound Mixer on his tech scouts to witness
and join the creative power flow emerging with the DOP, AD, and
other team members.
