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Prospect grad creates 'Zero Dark Thirty' sound effects

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Prospect High School grad Alex Ullrich has been a Foley artist for more than a decade, performing sound effects for such films as "The Hurt Locker" and "Zero Dark Thirty."

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Prospect High School grad Alex Ullrich has been a Foley Artist for more than a decade, performing sound effects for such films as "The Hurt Locker" and "Zero Dark Thirty." Note the box marked "Gun Stuff and Grenades."

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Navy SEALs raid Osama bin Laden's suspected compound in Kathryn Bigelow's fact-based thriller "Zero Dark Thirty." Mount Prospect native Alex Ullrich created some of the sound effects for the movie.

Prospect High School grad Alex Ullrich has been a Foley artist for more than a decade, performing sound effects for such films as "The Hurt Locker" and "Zero Dark Thirty."

Photo courtesy of Alex Ullrich

Prospect High School grad Alex Ullrich has been a Foley artist for more than a decade, performing sound effects for such films as "The Hurt Locker" and "Zero Dark Thirty."

Photo courtesy of Alex Ullrich

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Prospect High graduate Alex Ullrich works as a Foley artist in Hollywood. He's the guy who supplies the sounds you hear in movies, cartoons and TV shows. Every sound he adds is in postproduction. "You start with a scene that's completely blank, sound-wise. By the time we're done with it, it's completely alive!" he said.