I finally got around to watching the film. I feel all the research I’d done before it had given me already high expectations of the sound design and overall movie. Reading how much thought went into the sounds and designing the script I was excited to actually watch it.
I found the introduction scene really captivating. There is a lot of information shown very quickly. You find out already that the word has been destroyed for a while. The grass growing from the traffic lights. The town is rural based on the transition and the pharmacy is shown. The room tones are quiet and really allow for the footsteps in the upcoming scene in the pharmacy to shine through.
The footsteps and subtle sounds of them breathing and using props in the scene showcase excellent foley work. I also found the POV of Reagan to live up to the experience described. It really gives you a layer of empathy towards her as a character. It made me think about what it’s like to be deaf and how horrible that must be. Really great job. I really want to go to an anechoic chamber to experience the sensation the sound designers spoke about.
Going on forth throughout the film. I can sense the dynamic control of volume they spoke about. Some of the scenes do have dramatic changes. It will be as loud as it can be and then suddenly the scene shifts and its back to being very silent. I also found the rules that John the director stated to suit as well. One scene, in particular, is when the father and son are under the waterfall and he mentions to his son who is terrified of making noise that they are able to make noise. Then the father screams and the child realises he can make noise. The camera pans behind the waterfall and you hear the child screaming. The sound of the scream is muffled by the sound of the water as his father explained. It all makes logical sense as the sound designers described.
Overall the second part of the movie when it starts g3tting more action. I felt didn’t accurately represent what the initial beginning did. I enjoyed the first eight minutes considerably more. What I will say is that the pharmacy scene which is what I’m deciding to do my piece on had a few differences I didn’t expect. They shifted to Reagan’s perspective a lot more in the initial eight minutes than I thought. although the duration is small it’s still nice to see my ideas were different to theirs. Again I’m not trying to copy scene for scene and sound for sound. I’m attempting to create my own version and idea to respond to the brief the sound designers were given for this clip. I’m going to plan my recording plan for the next few weeks and get everything in order.