’32 Sounds’ Filmmaker Sam Green on Why He Wants Audiences to Wear Headphones: ‘It’s the Best Possible Sound Experience’
12.01.2024 - 21:07
/ variety.com
Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor Sam Green’s last film “A Thousand Thoughts” was a documentary about the Kronos Quartet, but his challenge was getting people to “hear” the film because everything about the medium is visual. When it came to his next project, “32 Sounds,” the documentary feature shortlisted for Oscar, he set out tell a story specifically about sound and the aural experience. Green assemblies 32 different scenarios in an attempt to challenge how audiences think about sound.
In one scene, foley artist Joanna Fang is in a studio drumming her feet and tugging on ropes as she imagines what a falling pine tree landing in snow would sound like. Elsewhere, sound pioneer Annea Lockwood shares decades-old recordings of underwater sounds of a river. In another scenario, a man blasts the Phil Collins hit “In the Air Tonight” as he drives through Brooklyn.
In many of the scenes, sound designer Mark Mangini worked with Green to build the film’s sonic scape. At the heart of it all, the binaural microphone is a character unto itself — critical to creating the immersive experience. In others, Green and Mangini rely on archive recordings.
At the film’s opening, Green invites the viewer to put on headphones in order to fully experience the world of “32 Sounds.” Here he and Mangini discuss how the film came together and why wearing headphone is the best viewing experience. Sam, where did this idea begin for you? Sam Green: The previous film I made was about the Kronos Quartet, a great musical ensemble. It was a really hard movie to make because you half listened to their music.
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