> Have any of you seen Silence, an Irish film from 2012? It tells the story=
of a sound recordist, working in Germany, who comes home to Ireland to fin=
d and record silence.
Nick,
I saw it about a year ago in an arts house cinema. It is well worth viewing=
.
My only caveat was that the background "silence" levels as shown were on a=
par with the cinema and audience noise levels and indeed my own breathing
sounds, but it was a good representation on our take on "silence". Indeed i=
t
was a sound recordist's film, including both filmmaker and audience.
I'd like to see it again on DVD in my own ambience. What was great about it=
was that it was not afraid to reproduce real quiet background sounds betwee=
n
chatting with various local contributors. Beautiful scenery with beautiful=
real sounds.
Just to be difficult, there is one one obviously track laid and dubbed
sequence that stood out as non-sync. :-)
In contrast, a natural history TV film recently played and discussed some
birdsong but overlaid it with muzak. I can't think why, but this habit is
getting more common.
David Brinicombe
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