https://designingsound.org/2009/12/15/the-sound-of-invictus/ Art and technique of sound design Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:31:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.8 https://designingsound.org/2009/12/15/the-sound-of-invictus/#comment-403 Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:31:01 +0000 https://designingsound.org/?p=1435#comment-403 […] Via that blog, here’s a powerful story of using real sounds for film sound design. The audio team, working with director Clint Eastwood, went to extraordinary lengths to achieve sonic realism in the picture Invictus. Not only did they research the sport of rugby, but they recorded audio in Nelson Mandela’s prison cell. Of course, those sounds might have been recreated nearly as accurately on a California soundstage, but to me, the spiritual journey to the original location is even more important. It’s an attention to detail beyond what even the listener may directly perceive. Perhaps, after all, that’s why we do field recording – not simply for the results, but for the experience and the process of being in the places in which we make the field recording. […]

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