Revision Ideas part 2

Looking through the notes again I found an interesting segment about "spinning a deceit that is both convincing and consistent". The whole point of the sound design is to make the viewer believe that the film they are watching is real. You need to make them form an emotional connection and become invested in what is going on.

I looked into how I could do this in Barton Fink. Creating a consistent soundscape would be important so I had a look over my sound design to see if there was any conflicting components to it. I have that theme I mention in a previous blog about the uncertainty of being somewhere. The feeling that people have when they get an almost instinctive idea that something isn't right and they just don't like it. Where you cannot quite put your finger on the cause but you just don't like the building. I want the audience to know there is something wrong with Hotel Earl and they are experiencing this uncertainty with Barton.
I have thought this way since first looking at the silent clip of Barton Fink. I want to match the mood and feel of the visuals and I feel like this is what the directors were going for. They may have been more obvious or subtle than me but I hope to be creating an accurate representation of what the viewer is watching aurally.

I will need to watch out with features such as extending the clock tick times as moving it too much could result in it sounding obvious and breaking the immersion. As well as that I have already looked at toning down the boominess and prominence of Barton's footsteps. They are still very prominent when he is right in front of the camera but now as he becomes more distant they die out a little and the reverb of the room carries them instead. This creates a better and more effective uneasy feeling as the sound still seems to last when the main component of it is gone.

I will try to set this up early on in the first few seconds so that the audience feel they can sense what is coming next. If I can lure them in and then drag it out to make everything in the Hotel seem like it takes ages it will build the anticipation of the viewer.