The Sound of Space in Entertainment Media

Space, fantastic technologies of the future, aliens and their planets are some of the most loved themes in books, paintings, movies, video games, and other forms of expression and entertainment. In the media that includes audio, sound has particular importance because it provides the necessary realism that transports the audience to the center of the action. In this talk, Pan Athen, the founder of SoundFellas and creator of Echotopia, through examples from famous works, will break down the key areas that creators should focus on in their sound so that their projects have aesthetic coherence with the script and their audience is immersed in a unique experience.

Pan Athen is a sound designer, entrepreneur, and educator. He has been involved in audio production and software development for over 30 years and has been teaching audio and creative media for over 22 years. To date, he has directed audio production for bands such as “On Thorns I Lay”, video games such as “Darkfall Online”, and films such as “Short Fuse”, and he has taught audio and creative media to over 2000 students. In 2011 he founded SoundFellas in Greece and, with his team, has designed and produced a large number of stock sound libraries, the video game quality control speaker simulation software “SoundCheck for Unity”, the mobile soundscape composition application “DMDJ”, and the professional soundscape production application “Echotopia”.