Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Inception & Social Network Sound Perspective

I found the perspective from Inception sound re-recording mixer on the film, Gary Rizzo. He basically wanted audiences to know that “just like a dream, this is the movie that breaks the most rules; the one that will actually challenge the audience. This is the one that will really make people think long after the movie is over.”

 Gary says. “Chris is interested in powerful, effective emotions…he really wants to make a big impact with both picture and sound, and he relies on his crew to follow through and deliver and do so in a timely manner. That’s an exciting team to be a part of.”

From as early as the first temp mix of Inception, it was evident to Gary that he was contributing to a unique project. “From an emotional perspective, this film is always growing and from a sound perspective, we're always having to keep up with it. The film feels as if it starts as one genre and almost morphs into another.” he says. “There are very passionate sequences with characters expressing incredible loss. A sweeping Hans Zimmer score and delicate production dialog tracks prevail here. In the same movie, you also have big, James Bond-like action sequences, with skiing, guns, military vehicles and explosions. This soundtrack as well as the screenplay are deliberately dynamic, to serve the emotional effectiveness of the film the whole way through."

In Social Network, the sounds and music used created a feeling of discordant and ominous overtones played by Atticus Ross and Trent Reznor.

This type of environment plays an important role in the sense of the movie, where the audience in feeling different sensations for the combination of the scenes and sounds. That's what the director in Social Network accomplished with all the music used in the movie. 

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