Tonight I
had a little brainstorming session. I was browsing through “The Foley Grail” by
Vanessa Ament, partly because I have a foley recording session for the ‘Jam’
coming up next week, but also I thought of getting some new ideas for the
dissertation topic. In this book I came across a very cleverly named chapter,
entitled ‘Replacing Reality’. This got me thinking back to last year’s film
analysis and watching documentaries and interviews with different sound
designers, like Ben Burtt for example, on how they approached sound in their
films. As we know, sound we hear in films is not the sound that is recorded on
the set while the movie is shot. The sound we hear in films is recorded
separately on foley stages or on location and then carefully designed in the
post-production. So, I came up with an idea of recording a gunshot (hopefully
with the help of the military or police) and then compare it to a gunshot heard
in movies and analyse the differences. It would be a cool project to do if I
could get to work and record inside of the military base, even just for that
photo opportunity!
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