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Geekosystem: Why do lightsabers sound like that? What went into the sound of raining frogs from Magnolia? Find out that and more thanks to a recent blog post by Dolby where they lay down some facts about classic movie sound origins. Pew! Pew!
When I went to Universal and visited my cousin in LA, I got to step on the sound stage of Transformers. It was really cool to watch them mix the scene. They had all the types of sounds on different faders on a huge digital board. I also got to step in to the foley studio and make a sound effect with my sister. The little tinkle-y robot? That was egg beaters (me) and mylar pom-poms (my sister). It was really cool to be a part of that, and my cousin also gave me some secrets like these. I remember them recording his Porsche and using the Doppler effect of it driving by as a movement for one of the transformers.
I find the work that foley artists do to be really interesting. It's so cool that they can create these sounds that, even though they don't actually exist, sound real. They have this amazing ability to know how to create random sounds out of fairly common materials. I also find it rally funny that even if a sound is fairly common, rather then recording it they'll record something else that sounds similar to it, and in the end what they record sounds more realistic than the real thing. The way our minds play tricks on us with sound, and how we interpret it, is interesting, and the way foley artists and sound mixers use that is really cool.
It has never really occurred to me about how much goes into making sounds or what the artists and engineers to do to get them. A lot of it is surprising and going to be what I look for when watching some of these things again, like transformers. Like what Thomas said, it really is amazing that these people can imagine and figure out what some of the unreal things sound like or even making real things sound "more real" with different, but similar sounds.
This is interesting to see. I was always curious about the lightsaber noise. It is so unique and easily recognizable, so it's neat to learn how such a well known noise was first created. I know that Darth Vadar's voice was made by using scuba diving equipment, which is something I would think people would recognize very quickly, however, when put "on land" one does not immediately think about underwater apparatuses as air breathing devices. Bane's voice was another interesting one. I have a friend back home who does a really good imitation of the voice, but of course, it has no where near the power they were able to make it carry in the movie.
I find this really interesting. I am always really surprised when i hear that they didn't use real lightsabers for the sound effect (Because somehow i forget that they are a fictional weapon and you can't make and effect of something that doesn't exist). So I am really happy i get to know that its the hum of a projector mostly. All the other ones are interesting too. I just wonder how you come up with that. I also really appreciate the Master and Commander sound effect, and the fact he was trying to be more authentic.
This article is SUPER interesting for a sound designer. Though film audio is not necessarily something that I want to do, every time I read one of these articles I am so amused. I think that Foley art is pretty amazing, it takes such creative thinking to make something that may have an entirely different meaning and turning it into some amazing sound. I think that exploring these ways of making sounds can help me as a live sound person and a theatrical sound designer. Ever since I started doing sound and educating myself on how different things react to different conditions (sonically) this is super interesting.
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When I went to Universal and visited my cousin in LA, I got to step on the sound stage of Transformers. It was really cool to watch them mix the scene. They had all the types of sounds on different faders on a huge digital board. I also got to step in to the foley studio and make a sound effect with my sister. The little tinkle-y robot? That was egg beaters (me) and mylar pom-poms (my sister). It was really cool to be a part of that, and my cousin also gave me some secrets like these. I remember them recording his Porsche and using the Doppler effect of it driving by as a movement for one of the transformers.
I find the work that foley artists do to be really interesting. It's so cool that they can create these sounds that, even though they don't actually exist, sound real. They have this amazing ability to know how to create random sounds out of fairly common materials. I also find it rally funny that even if a sound is fairly common, rather then recording it they'll record something else that sounds similar to it, and in the end what they record sounds more realistic than the real thing. The way our minds play tricks on us with sound, and how we interpret it, is interesting, and the way foley artists and sound mixers use that is really cool.
It has never really occurred to me about how much goes into making sounds or what the artists and engineers to do to get them. A lot of it is surprising and going to be what I look for when watching some of these things again, like transformers. Like what Thomas said, it really is amazing that these people can imagine and figure out what some of the unreal things sound like or even making real things sound "more real" with different, but similar sounds.
This is interesting to see. I was always curious about the lightsaber noise. It is so unique and easily recognizable, so it's neat to learn how such a well known noise was first created. I know that Darth Vadar's voice was made by using scuba diving equipment, which is something I would think people would recognize very quickly, however, when put "on land" one does not immediately think about underwater apparatuses as air breathing devices. Bane's voice was another interesting one. I have a friend back home who does a really good imitation of the voice, but of course, it has no where near the power they were able to make it carry in the movie.
I find this really interesting. I am always really surprised when i hear that they didn't use real lightsabers for the sound effect (Because somehow i forget that they are a fictional weapon and you can't make and effect of something that doesn't exist). So I am really happy i get to know that its the hum of a projector mostly. All the other ones are interesting too. I just wonder how you come up with that. I also really appreciate the Master and Commander sound effect, and the fact he was trying to be more authentic.
This article is SUPER interesting for a sound designer. Though film audio is not necessarily something that I want to do, every time I read one of these articles I am so amused. I think that Foley art is pretty amazing, it takes such creative thinking to make something that may have an entirely different meaning and turning it into some amazing sound. I think that exploring these ways of making sounds can help me as a live sound person and a theatrical sound designer. Ever since I started doing sound and educating myself on how different things react to different conditions (sonically) this is super interesting.
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