Should we Whoosh?

POSTED BY: Zicsoft
UPDATED: Monday, August 5, 2002 00:02
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ZICSOFT

Tuesday, June 4, 2002 9:46 PM

Every other TV space opera (except B5, I think; I'm pretty sure that weird noise was supposed to be background music) has its spaceships making whoosh-type noises as the fly through space. Except that space is, well, empty. So there's no noise at all. Gene Roddenberry admited that this was unrealistic, but that seeing a spaceship go by without making any sound lacked "impact".

I'd prefer a little realism here. But I'm guessing Whedon will go for the cool factor on this one point.

Should we do a poll? Whoosh versus silence?

SHAMUS

Tuesday, June 4, 2002 10:05 PM

Cool question. My vote: Use music instead of whoosh.

Nothings exceeds like excess.

SHUGGIE

Tuesday, June 4, 2002 10:27 PM

I stole this from someone's (Ben Varkentine) sig on a Buffy newsgroup -

Quote:
"There's a lot of money tied up in this film and people expect to hear a boom
when something blows up, so I'll give them the boom."
George Lucas, quoted approximately by Alan Dean Foster.

Shug

Her lips were saying 'No' but then I looked into her eyes
... and her eyes were saying 'read my lips'
- Niles Crane

CHARLIEBLUE

Tuesday, June 4, 2002 10:43 PM

Heh. I'll all for whooshing. It may not be realistic, but neither is having music floating around everywhere. It's just for atmosphere.

It's kind of like how Angel (of Buffy and Angel) insists he doesn't breathe, yet he's panting like a dog in practically every single episode. It's horribly silly when you think about it, but it lets the actor give a more natural performance.

SHAMUS

Wednesday, June 5, 2002 12:41 AM

OK, music might get irritating, if overused. I think that an errily silent space battle would be dramatic, and has never been done, ASFIK.

MOJOECA

Wednesday, June 5, 2002 2:32 AM

I've always imagined the engine hum is what's heard inside, even while we're seeing the ship from the outside. But explosions...no getting around that. I don't know if I can see a space battle w/o the sound fx. Physics be damned!

--- Joe

SHAMUS

Wednesday, June 5, 2002 3:16 AM

Ok, Ok! Whooshes. Man, this peer pressure thing is a killer!

Nothings exceeds like excess.

KAMLEY

Wednesday, June 5, 2002 6:25 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by shamus:
I think that an errily silent space battle would be dramatic, and has never been done, ASFIK.

Would we be calling this "Hush...in space"?

HAKEN

Wednesday, June 5, 2002 6:50 AM

I made it an official poll. Let me know if I should add any more choices.

Now, go vote.

TIEKA

Wednesday, June 5, 2002 12:27 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by mojoeca:
I've always imagined the engine hum is what's heard inside, even while we're seeing the ship from the outside. But explosions...no getting around that. I don't know if I can see a space battle w/o the sound fx. Physics be damned!

--- Joe

Have you ever watched a movie with the sound turned off? It seems to me that the human mind 'adds' sound to an event if we normally experience that event with sound. If we see a large moving object go by us, we hear a whoosh, so the mind expects to hear a whoosh when a (space)ship goes by. The trick to it, is to make the sound seem like it belongs and not stick out.

Sometimes music does stand out, and it just doesn't feel right. Other times music is there, but I don't hear it. It all depends on whether I am 'into' the movie or not. Especially with Angel, I don't even hear the music, but when I do pay specific attention to the music, it just fits into the atmosphere so well, it's easy to see why I miss it.

Oh yeah, the question. Should Serenity whoosh? Personally, I'd rather hear it hum, with music in the background.

Tieka

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