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Zone of Interest: Creating an Oscar-winning soundscape

Sound designer Johnnie Burn explains how he used audio to create the horrors of a wartime concentration camp.

The Holocaust film Zone of Interest performed strongly at the Academy Awards, claiming two Oscars.

The critically acclaimed drama, which follows a German family who live next to the Auschwitz concentration camp, became the first British film ever to win best international feature.

It also won the Oscar for best sound.

In this episode of the 5 Minutes On podcast, the man behind the audio, Johnnie Burn, spoke to the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Justin Webb about how he used sound to recreate the horrors of the Holocaust.

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