Saturday 10 November 2012

Sound to record for Lost in Translation

I found the previous session very useful - in reading a script and then imagining then writing down which sounds were needed for it, so I decided to find the script for the Lost in Translation scene and then write down what sounds are needed. 





 EXT. KYOTO - DAY

               Charlotte walks through a beautiful garden. She's a small 
               figure in the landscape.

               She approaches a temple where she stops to watch a wedding 
               procession. A young bride and groom in traditional kimono 
               walk under a parasol with their family.

               Charlotte looks as- the nervous, young bride clutches her 
               mother's hand. The young groom walks along with them.

               Charlotte is moved by the whole scene, the beauty of the 
               temple and the wedding party. Her eyes well up.

                                                                    CUT TO:

               She walks up a narrow path, surrounded by red maple leaves.

               At the top of a little hill, she comes up to a shrine.

               At its entrance she sees a tree covered in little white pieces 
               of paper tied to its branches. She sees Japanese people 
               writing on the paper and tying them to the tree. Charlotte 
               writes her wish on a paper and ties it to a branch.



The atmos of a tranquil garden is be needed, one that I can record or get from the network, preferably one with birds twittering melodically in the background, I need to record Charlotte's footsteps on varying surfaces through the garden and take into consideration what her footwear is like. I also need to take into consideration what her clothes sound like when she is walking. The footsteps sound needs to be changed as she walks into the temple as the environment where her footsteps reverb has changed. 
The individual people in the wedding procession footsteps will need to be recorded and their clothes, traditional kimono wear will need to be recorded as they walk. 
As Charlotte's reaction to the scene is evident, her breathing could be recorded to show outwardly her emotion to the procession.
In the next scene, her footsteps on another surface needs to be recorded and as the environment has changed i.e. surrounded by maple trees, I need a different atmos to use. Trees make sound so I need to record the sound of trees, perhaps with rustling wind through them. The trees covered with paper needs to be recorded too, as it will make a different sound of it's own in a wind. The sound of her writing on paper and then tying it on the branch also needs to be recorded. 








Script took from http://www.dailyscript.com/scripts/lost-in-translation-script.html

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