Barton Fink Outside Ambience and Music

Trying to open the window sounds really difficult like he is really struggling. The hotel doesn't want to provide him with any means of escape and is trying to prevent him from doing so. Heavy scuff and deep breaths as though his is putting almost all of his energy into it but also show that he is a weak and poorly driven man. To start off with you can hear the outside sounds slightly and they are low-pass filtered to give the perspective of the window stopping all the high frequency content.When the window opens I have it roll-off to allow more content through but not full as it's only a small gap. As the sounds filter into Barton's head I roll it off completely giving all the frequency content.As well as this the volume is slowly increase to suggest Barton becoming distracted by everything.

The seaside sounds and happiness show contrast to the excitement and good times that Barton is looking for. He is actually a really troubled man and that window represents a small gateway to a world where everything will be better but he is trapped in the room. That is why the sound slowly filters in as he opens the window and why as he stares at the painting that is a vision of what is just down the road at the sunny Californian beaches. He could just walk out and have that but he is almost a prisoner and cannot take part and enjoy it. The sounds all slowly get louder until the scene end as they further distract his from the thing he feels he should be doing.

I was originally going to have the music just play in like it was a song Barton was remembering but instead I decided to mix it with the outside ambience. I mixed it to sound further away like it was being performed on the street. I added another longer reverb for the song. This gives the qualities of the sound bouncing off the concrete walls but also sounds like it is bouncing in Barton's mind.

reference barbershop quartet - YouTube, (2015). Bye Bye Blues - Barbershop quartet Fourtune - SAMPLE. [online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiwMofWfc5E [Accessed 27 Apr. 2015].