Sound on Arrested Development
Tim
with interest for a while now.
I have been watching Arrested Development on DVD, and felt compelled
to look into what was going on with the sound. I found the message
below but no answer.
To me it sounds like there is quite a lot of clothing rustle, could
anyone with a better trained ear confirm this? Is this kind of
clothing noise considered acceptable by drama/film mixers, or is it
the kind of thing that one sweats to get rid of?
Very interested to hear your opinions.
Tim
ORIGINAL POST:
From: Bill Van Dyk <tr...@christian-horizons.org>
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 11:46:04 -0400
Local: Wed, Aug 10 2005 4:46 pm
Subject: Arrested Development Sound
What are they doing on this show with dialogue? Almost sounds to me
like it is dubbed, with oddly muted background noises. I'm curious.
Hidden wireless mics?
greg sextro
to be active on this forum, but from what i can tell, the production
sound dialog is a mix of mostly booms, lavs, and occasional ADR.
I have noticed clothing rustle, but no more than I have personally
thought fits in the soundscape (somehow i doubt they foley'd much
afterwords) so, if you are wondering if there is a lot of rustle
removal in post - maybe...i personally have never been bothered by any
clothing rustle...is there maybe a part of an episode you are
referring to? TV post schedules tend to be faster than film, so less
time is probably paid in making the production track squeaky clean.
the show really is primarily dialog based, so as long as the voices
sound clean and clear - the show functions well.
Arrested Development is by far one of the funnier shows I've seen on
TV in a long time.
-greg-
Jon Ailetcher
Tom is covering me tomorrow on my show. I will be talking to him
tomorrow night and will forward this message to him. Maybe he will
jump on and talk about working on the show.
Tim
we Trust" from the 1st series (disc 2 in the DVD set) (wow I feel
geeky now, but I thought I better be precise for this!). It's during
the following dialogue in the prison, between Bluth Senior and Barry
Zuckerkorn (The Fonz!)...
Zuckerkorn: "It's never the ones you hope..."
Bluth: "Hope?"
Zuckerkorn: "Think."
Is this clothing rustle during the final exchange?
However, when I originally posted, it was after watching on a cheapo
surround system. Watching on a friends TV, the noise is much less
noticeable, so I guess it depends a lot on how you are watching. A
friend who doesn't work in TV could hardly hear it at all after I
pointed it out, I guess that is the acid test!
I'd love to hear about the sound dept's experiences of working on the
show, as I try to learn about what is acceptable, and the general
processes that create different end results. As a doc recordist
recently entering the industry, I have very little knowledge of this
kind of show. And there is clearly a wealth of knowledge in this
group, as I have found out over the past few months.
One more thing: I LOVE THIS PROGRAMME!
Tim
Robert Sharman
I think the style of this show is staged reality. So clothing noise
and other "technical" issues are simply left in the show. Typically
in a narrative setting, post will do what they can with filters and
dialogue edits, but in this case it fits the show. I expect the
producers like the fact that it is much cheaper and faster to leave it
as is. I also believe that this show has a lot of ad libs and
"uncontrolled" environments, so lots of wires were used.
t...@digitalsoundvision.com
Tom S here, I was the mixer for all 3 seasons of yes one of the
funniest shows ever
"Arrested Development". So ask away, I have the stories. Most of the
time Sound and Camera were "following the action" Doc. style ( Camera
would pan to dialouge after it started
buzz the focus ect. and Sound was the same. Things were left in that
would normaly be avoided or even added to keep with the style. This
style was pulled way back season 2&3. We swung 2 booms most of the
time but lavs were used.