CINEMA OF NOISE PART 8: #71 - 80
Listening to films.
CINEMA OF NOISE #80 - April 15th 2016
+ A Man Escaped [1956] directed by Robert Bresson
- whispering • bicycle • metal squeaking • voices • movement • rope • metal hook • wire noise • voice-over • creaking
"At certain points in A Man Escaped, Bresson even lets his sound technique dominate the image. Throughout the film we are compelled to listen. Indeed, Bresson is one of a handful of directors who created complete interplay between sound and image." [Criterion Commentary, David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson]
"When a sound can replace an image, cut the image or neutralize it. The ear goes more toward the within, the eye toward the outer." [Robert Bresson, Notes on the Cinematography]
Sound Department [IMDB]
Joseph Abjean ... boom operator
Pierre-André Bertrand ... sound engineer
Guy Rophé ... sound assistant
CINEMA OF NOISE #79 - April 13th 2016
+ Wuthering Heights [2011] directed by Andrea Arnold
- thunder • footsteps • metal latch • wooden door • rain • splashing • wind • rattling • rain on wood • shouting
CINEMA OF NOISE #78 - April 11th 2016
+ Alice [1988] directed by Jan Švankmajer
- metal • dripping water • pop • wooden drawer • sopon • footsteps • rake hit • bucket • farbic • elevator fx • metal squeaking • wheels • groaning • rattling • passing metronome • glass jar • breaking • licking • breaking wood • leaves • clock ticking • ripping-repairing sfx
"Tactile wooden spoons, pot lids, rolling pins and boards are alchemistic tools and our bodies are the crucible for the Magnum Opus of tactilism." - Jan Švankmajer [Jan Švankmajer, Touching and Imagining: An Introduction to Tactile Art]
Sound Department [IMDB]
Robert Jansa ... sound
Ivo Spalj ... sound
CINEMA OF NOISE #77 - April 9th 2016
+ Life of Pi [2012] directed by Ang Lee
- sea • water • boat • squeaks • wood • fish • whizzing • whoosh sfx • splashing • waves • hits • tiger • shouting
CINEMA OF NOISE #76 - April 6th 2016
+ The Trial [1962] directed by Orson Welles
- voice • string music • screaming • shouting • jazz music • organ • footsteps • drums
Sound Department [IMDB]
Jacques Lebreton ... sound mixer
Guy Villette ... sound
Julien Coutelier ... sound (uncredited)
Urbain Loiseau ... assistant sound (uncredited)
Guy Maillet ... assistant sound (uncredited)
Jean Ledrut ... music
CINEMA OF NOISE #75 - April 4th 2016
+ Shame [1968] directed by Ingmar Bergman
- electronic noise • machine guns • speech • interference • radio tuning • voices • drum
Sound Department [IMDB]
Evald Andersson ... sound effects
Lennart Engholm ... sound
Berndt Frithiof ... boom operator (as Bernth Frithiof)
Olle Jacobsson ... sound mixer (as Olle Jakobsson)
CINEMA OF NOISE #74 - March 30th 2016
+ Saving Private Ryan [1998] directed by Steven Spielberg
- explosions • bullets • shouts • underwater • bubble • movement • machine gun • ricochets • metal • splashes • waves
"Something magical happens when a sound effect is added to picture – and it’s not predictable. After all my years of doing it, I still depend on experimenting, putting sounds against image and seeing what happens. First time I did this, as a film student, it amazed me how sound could “open up” a movie, how the combination of sound and visual could create something greater than the sum parts. Having a great sound library is essential, but the real secret is how one uses it. " - Gary Rydstrom, Sound Designer [2011 U.S.O interivew]
CINEMA OF NOISE #73 - March 25th 2016
+ Hero [2002] directed by Zhang Yimou
- voice • drum • sword • scabbard • blade • whoosh • rope • creaking • breaking • wood
Sound Department [IMDB]
Lai Jia Bin ... sound technician
Steve Burgess ... sound editor
Li Pei Gen ... sound assistant
Wei He ... sound effects editor / sound technician
Yu Hou ... sound assistant
Peng Jiang ... second sound assistant
Tao Jun Jie ... sound technician
Si Guo Li ... sound assistant
Francis Ward Lindsay ... sound editor
Robert Mackenzie ... sound effects editor
Andrew Neil ... sound effects editor
Glenn Newnham ... sound editor
Paul Pirola ... sound effects editor
Roger Savage ... sound re-recording mixer / supervising sound editor
Blair Slater ... foley mixer & editor / foley recordist
Jing Tao ... sound / supervising sound editor
Mario Vaccaro ... foley artist
Li Wen ... sound assistant
Andy Wright ... assistant re-recording mixer
Wang Yu ... sound assistant
Zhigang Zhang ... first sound assistant
Chris Goodes ... sound editor (uncredited)
CINEMA OF NOISE #72 - March 23rd 2016
+ 964 Pinocchio [1991] directed by Shozin Fukui
- groan • rip • rumble • wind • liquid • gore • tearing • heart pulse • synth • voice • fabric • needle squirt • metal • drill • scream • distortion • footsteps • stab • Tokyo ambience • thump • train engine • bell • door
Sound Department [please contact if incorrect]
Ikuro Fukushima ... sound effects
Takamasa Nakayama ... sound effects
Osamu Eiguchi ... sound effects
Shin Fukuda ... sound recordist
CINEMA OF NOISE #71 - March 18th 2016
+ There Will Be Blood [2007] directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
- wooden creaks • metal contact • wind • rope • rumble • squeaks • rattle • voice • explosion • footsteps • liquid • shouting • metal pipes • splashing • filter fx
"[Paul] was pretty adamant about it sounding dangerous. But Paul doesn’t like things to sound too over produced So, it’s the challenge of trying to create that without it sounding too over done. Give it that sense of darkness, danger, but also convey it’s this big piece of wood with these big metal wheels and stuff and they always have to have some kind of imperfection to them as well." - Chris Scarabosio, Sound Designer [designingsound.org interview]