Two thoughts on this thread.
One, Tim, that sounds like my husband. He is forever telling me that
car won't go that fast, or would outrun the other, or doesn't sound
like that. lol
Two, I heard similar comments about the accents used in the movie
Troy not being accurate.
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--- In Tim Nielsen <> wrote:
>
> That's pretty bad. In their defense (being one of those pesky
movie
> sound guys) it's often pretty damn hard to have the luxury of
> tracking down a whole library of FX for a given foreign local. And
> the fact is, 99% or more of the people out there probably would
never
> know the difference (which is also probably a bit sad). My father,
an
> avid motorcyclist for his entire life, often vents to me when he
> hears them using the wrong sound for the bike, "On screen was a
1952
> Norton Commando, and they used the sound from a 1961 BSA blah
blah'.
> When I point out to him that about 4 other people on the planet
> noticed, sometimes he quiets down :)
>
> And often it's the director himself that dictates such choices. In
my
> first feature film, there was a beautiful Austin Healey, I spent
an
> entire day recording that exact model, and in the end when the
> director didn't think it sounded 'beefy' enough, it was replaced
with
> a 12 cylinder year 2000 Ferrari. Believe me, we all cringed
> constantly and every time we heard it. But in that case, our job
is
> to listen to the director. We tried very hard to get the real car
> sound in there, but in the end, we were overturned. It's very
> possible that the director heard the sounds of Africa and didn't
feel
> they were 'exotic' enough. I've had that happen to me, when the
> 'real' sounds were tossed out in favor of improper ones at the
> bequest of the people who sign the checks.
>
> Not defending them, but the term 'jerk' might just be a tad
strong,
> not knowing all the circumstances.
>
> Tim
>
> On Aug 6, 2007, at 8:37 PM, Bernie Krause wrote:
>
> >
> > I don't know how many on the list have seen BLOOD DIAMOND, but
with
> > my wife on the road last night, and the Netflix DVD sitting by
itself
> > on the coffee table and me alone in the house, I put it in the
> > player. For me, it ain't a good flick. Way too violent in the
> > episodic Hollywood American sense to be worthwhile no matter what
the
> > "cause." But it was made far worse by the terrible sound editing.
> > The story takes place in Africa in (sometimes) forested areas
where
> > diamonds are mined. I got as far as the scene where those jerks
> > inserted a Screaming Piha (Lipaugus vociferans) and tropical South
> > American frogs and insects as part of the soundscape. It was at
that
> > moment they lost me and I shut the damned thing off. I could no
> > longer suspend disbelief, having no patience for this kind of
> > cynicism.
> >
> > Bernie
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