The accelerated progress that mankind has made since the scientific revolution has been very noticeable in the technological development of the last century, and the medium in which, at first glance, we have been able to clearly see a great evolution is the recordings of audiovisual and, in particular, cinema. And, paradoxically, innovations in it are responsible for what we were told Ewan McGregor at a press conference Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022).
“I don’t know if [Star Wars: El ataque de los clones] It was the first film we shot digitally, but my first digital camera experience“, said the Scottish interpreter, who takes Jedi in a new Disney+ series. “And now they rarely shoot on film, unfortunately, really. But those cameras were like dinosaurs. They were high tech, but compared to what we’re filming now, they had huge umbilical cords coming out of the back.”
Advantages of these new devices were obvious to the team by order of George Lucas because they streamlined the labor-intensive manufacturing process. There was no need to develop celluloid, as in every other life since George Eastman, for Thomas Alva Edison’s kinetoscope so that scenes could be put together faster, and different frames could be scanned in order to modify them with a computer and then integrate them into the rest of the piece. movie. . Nonetheless…
Noisy digital cameras from Star Wars: Attack of the Clones.
“They couldn’t change glasses. Or they could change them, but that would take about half an hour. So, everything is filmed with a lens increase and two digital cameras in two technocranes. And, simply, they moved them, approached and moved away, ”explained Ewan McGregor, comparing the fuss Obi-Wan Kenobi With Star Wars: Attack of the Clones. “And it was a new installation, and [cordón] the umbilical cord reached a large tent in the corner of the stage, which hummed. It was very loud: “Brrrrr!”“.
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“And in post-production, they finally realized that the noise they were making exactly matched the frequency of the human voice. So we had to do ADR [grabación adicional de diálogos] in every line Episode 2 [2002]”, the artist recalls. “Because of this, none of the original dialogue was left, because the cameras were so new, and none of the bugs were fixed yet. So compared to what we are doing now, it’s like day and night”.
Why Movie Dialogues Are Often Rewritten
Dialogue re-recording is a fairly common procedure in the US film industry and, as you might expect, consists of replacing audio recordings of conversations or monologues of characters during filming, regardless of their duration, with another one obtained in a specialized studio with the same actors. But not necessarily completely, but only those parts in which sound clarity does not match.
The reasons why this happens are varied, and shooting outdoors is a common scenario. With noises from nature, for example, from the wind, waves, or even the unexpected barking of a dog, or from city traffic, from an airplane flying over the team, and the like, which interfere with accurate voice perception cast But also the steps of the people involved in the recording travelwhich are usually three or four.
Noise and whispering can also cause problems, both for the actors themselves, as microphones are missing to penetrate into what they say, as well as into those around them who do not keep a corresponding silence. Or lightning digital cameras in Star Wars: Attack of the Clones, as reported by Ewan McGregor. But these annoying difficulties are not the only thing that motivates additional dialogue recording.
Ewan McGregor, a young Obi-Wan Kenobi, understands the discoverer George Lucas
So achieving pure sound doesn’t mean that someone like George Lucas or Deborah Chow, director Obi-Wan Kenobi for Disney+, don’t decide to go into a soundproof studio to have the actors repeat their lines; or try others. Due to the need to correct some of the intonation or tone of the scene and even add offers to heighten the sense of the whole, or to take the opportunity to insert sound ingredients that weren’t there before.
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Lest we find out about this inevitable patch, it is customary to use the same microphone from the previous shoot, and translators strive to lip-synch in images. And although it would be difficult because of the cameras Star Wars: Attack of the Clonesyou can’t be more understanding of Ewan McGregor: “George [Lucas] was a pioneer in this technology“, – he admitted. “And then, of course, I wanted to use thisa as far as I could“.
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