More interesting is a small feature that gives the option of viewing a selected
scene with sound effects only, but it's too brief to be all that satisfying for adult animation buffs.
Not exact matches
We entered the Military History Experience to find re-creations of battle
scenes, complete
with sound effects and plenty of fake blood.
Hair, clothing, elemental
effects, crowd
scene characters, and environments all get discussed in brisk fashion
with production clips, animator
sound bites, and a bit of shameless logo - dropping.
Sound quality is very exciting
with good use of the sub woofer to underpin
effects like the deep clunk of the lift in its shaft or the grand spatial feel of the ballroom
scene.
Guillermo del Toro also dazzlingly uses splashy screens of water and appropriate
sound effects to transition between
scenes, and imbues the aesthetics
with oceanic color grading both indoors and outdoors, all showing that his visual eye is once again in top form.
Everything about this film oozes class; the 60's setting is beautifully captured
with it's attention to detail and strikingly rich photography by Eduard Grau; the slow motion
scenes with overbearing
sound effects; the subtle changes of colour saturation providing an excellent technique in developing the mood and feeling of Firth's character and a fitting soundtrack to accompany the lush imagery.
The disc is packed
with extras, including some deleted
scenes that add very little, a blooper reel and a featurette detailing how Wonder Woman fits in
with Batman and Superman as a DC flagship character that are all fairly throwaway, but there are a few neat production featurettes that detail how director Patty Jenkins approached making what could have been a potential disaster given the negativity towards the DCEU's previous movies, and also interesting
effects details about the lighting, costumes and the chosen colour palette that may not
sound like much but actually prove to be quite enlightening about the whole filming process.
It's fast paced (and like all of Edgar Wright's films, the editing punches you in the face every chance it gets), witty and filled
with glorious comic book inspired action
scenes, complete
with onscreen
sound effects text.
With three different audio commentaries leading the pack, the disc also includes a backseat interview with stars John Cho and Kal Penn, a sound effects featurette entitled «The Art of the Fart,» eight short interviews with supporting cast members, a short featurette on the making of the CG - based Land of Burgers, eight deleted scenes and the film's theatrical trai
With three different audio commentaries leading the pack, the disc also includes a backseat interview
with stars John Cho and Kal Penn, a sound effects featurette entitled «The Art of the Fart,» eight short interviews with supporting cast members, a short featurette on the making of the CG - based Land of Burgers, eight deleted scenes and the film's theatrical trai
with stars John Cho and Kal Penn, a
sound effects featurette entitled «The Art of the Fart,» eight short interviews
with supporting cast members, a short featurette on the making of the CG - based Land of Burgers, eight deleted scenes and the film's theatrical trai
with supporting cast members, a short featurette on the making of the CG - based Land of Burgers, eight deleted
scenes and the film's theatrical trailer.
There's also a relatively minor
scene near the end where Brett tries to apologize to his director for the business the previous episode
with the authentic coyote
sound effects, only to have the drunken director humiliate him.
The 5.1 DTS - HD MA soundmix is most active when the disco music is pumping, but it's engaged in subtle world - building for the duration,
with the surround tracks carrying everything from ambient
sound effects in hospital
scenes to ringing telephones inside the GMHC offices.
Of course the location checks all the other boxes on the scary list,
with abrupt
sound effects serving as the motivation for «jump
scenes» and dark, dingy rooms revealing visual frights.
The next section is Music &
Sound, which begins with «Designing Sound» (5:39)(SD), a standard sound design featurette that also includes three versions of the famous scene in which the toys cross the road (score - only, effects - only, and the final
Sound, which begins
with «Designing
Sound» (5:39)(SD), a standard sound design featurette that also includes three versions of the famous scene in which the toys cross the road (score - only, effects - only, and the final
Sound» (5:39)(SD), a standard
sound design featurette that also includes three versions of the famous scene in which the toys cross the road (score - only, effects - only, and the final
sound design featurette that also includes three versions of the famous
scene in which the toys cross the road (score - only,
effects - only, and the final mix).
And of course he discusses the F / X set - ups for the film's tracheotomy, a death
scene involving a shotgun, the creation of a gruesome half - mask
with a false eye, the use of roast pork for a character's charred remains, and what
sounds like a grisly
effect involving shards of glass hitting a woman's face that didn't make the final cut.
Elsewhere, the mix does strive to put the viewer in the action — an early
scene with Sam Elliott taking an overly - hot shower uses rear - channel
effects to enhance the first - person POV, and a later action
scene that takes place outside of the house gains tension from directional
sound work after Lewis's score drops away entirely.
Clap, Stomp, Slide: The
Sounds of Battle A very interesting presentation of one of the key dance
scenes with just
sound effects (no music).
The disc's primary making - of is «The Alien Agenda: A Filmmaker's Log» (34:19, HD), which includes a wealth of behind - the -
scenes footage and interviews
with Sharlto Copley, Blomkamp, producer Peter Jackson, co-writer Terri Tatchell, Jason Cope, director of photography Trent Opaloch, Vanessa Haywood, Mandla Gaduka, David James, special
effects supervisor Max Poolman, lead set decorator Guy Potgieter, art director Mike Berg, art director Emelia Weavind, production designer Philip Ivey,
sound design & alien vocals Dave Whitehead, supervising
sound editor Brent Burge, and film editor Julian Clarke.
The film has a nice
sound design and this track is filled
with good stereo and surround
effects, many from crowd
scenes, but there are some nice ambient
effects as well.
NEW
Sounds from the Cold — interviews
with supervising
sound editor David Lewis Yewdall and special
sound effects designer Alan Howarth NEW Between the Lines — an interview
with novelization author Alan Dean Foster Audio Commentary by director John Carpenter and actor Kurt Russell John Carpenter's The Thing: Terror Takes Shape — a documentary on the making of THE THING featuring interviews
with John Carpenter, Kurt Russell, special
effects make - up designer Rob Bottin, legendary matte artist Albert Whitlock plus members of the cast and crew (80 minutes — SD) Outtakes (5 minutes — SD) Vintage featurettes from the electronic press kit featuring interviews
with John Carpenter, Kurt Russell and Rob Bottin (12 minutes — SD) Vintage featurettes — The Making of a Chilling Tale and The Making of THE THING (1982 — 14 minutes — SD) Vintage Product Reel — contains a promotional condensed version of the film
with additional footage not in the film (19 minutes — SD) Vintage Behind - the -
Scenes footage (2 minutes — SD) Annotated Production Archive — Production Art and Storyboards, Location Scouting, Special Make - up Effects, Post Production (48 minutes — SD) Network TV Broadcast version of THE THING (92 minutes — SD) Teaser Trailer Theatrical Trailers (U.S. and German Trailer) TV spots Radio Spots Still Gallery (behind - the - scenes photos, posters and lobby
Scenes footage (2 minutes — SD) Annotated Production Archive — Production Art and Storyboards, Location Scouting, Special Make - up
Effects, Post Production (48 minutes — SD) Network TV Broadcast version of THE THING (92 minutes — SD) Teaser Trailer Theatrical Trailers (U.S. and German Trailer) TV spots Radio Spots Still Gallery (behind - the -
scenes photos, posters and lobby
scenes photos, posters and lobby cards)
Extras: Creating AI, Acting AI, Designing AI, Lighting AI, Special
Effects, Robots of AI, Special
effects and animation,
Sound and music of AI, Interviews
with Steven Spielberg, Hayley Joel Osment and Jude Law, Behind the
scenes featurette, AI Archives, Storyboards, Chris Baker's portfolio, Production design portfolio, Industrial Light & Magic portfolio, Production photographs, Trailers.
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With only a quick search on Amazon.com, I counted the late 70's and early 1980's first release to VHS, the 1988 letterbox release, the 1996 THX enhanced
sound release, and the 1997 Special Edition release that included the controversial addition of new
scenes and special
effects.)
There are two short Deleted
Scenes, in which a series of storyboards are edited together,
with recorded dialogue and
sound effects.
As
with most Sony DVDs, the surround
sound and subwoofer
effects are quite nice and the race
scenes make the viewer feels as if they are standing on the track as the cars zip by.
Martinez notes that Refn wrote a full screenplay
with dialogue and action, but instead chose to mute a majority of it making the score and
sound effects drive the
scenes.
The thunderstorm
scene sounds great, and merits demo - disc status
with its display of surround
sound and subwoofer
effects.
The film is filled
with rumble bass noises, which
sound great here, and the surround
sound effects add suspense to the chase
scenes.
The fight
scenes are a bit reminiscent of the old Batman TV series,
with crazy angles and big
sound effects like CRASH and BAM splashed across the page.
Like all Madefire comics, Batman: Arkham Origins uses very limited animation, such as flat figures sliding across the panel, speech balloons that pop up, or slight rotation of the
scene to give a 3D
effect, along
with sound effects (mostly doomy music and gunfire).
While manga has similarities to American comics, there are some stylistic aspects that distinguish them, such as bigger eyes on characters and more speed lines in action
scenes, and they are typically done in black - and - white,
with lots of cool visual
sound effects.
The lettering all looked great too, and like their other titles they put the extra effort into replacing all the Japanese
sound effects with English equivalents that visually fit right into the
scenes.
But there are advantages to having some key
scenes depicted in «moving pictures» form —
with actors, in real settings, «performing» the
scenes — in addition to text, graphics, voiceover,
sound effects and score.
Some audio is too quiet, while some
scenes seem to be completely lacking in
effects or has
sound that just don't quite match up
with what you're seeing.
The music and
sound effects in Oddworld: New «n» Tasty is very appropriate to the title and sets the
scene for this fantastic world filled
with so many odd - looking creatures.
Banter between Stewie and Brian (who are the only characters available to play in single - player) is generally fine, as it is on the show, but once you get passed the cut -
scenes and into the actual game, you'll find that almost all of the voice work and
sound effects are lifted from old episodes, and some of them
with spotty quality of
sound.
The game is an old - school cinematic - platformer that proved innovative through its use of
effects in the graphics,
sound and cut
scenes with characters communicating through their facial features, gestures, and actions only to tell the story.
In the audio department, the usual top - shelf Star Wars score accompanies most
scenes,
with LucasArts
sound effects providing authentic lightsaber swings and blaster shots along
with the ever - present explosions.
Features: • educational game for kids • 6 different activities • 4 lovely babies
with different face expressions • funky
sound effects • hidden objects mini game
with 3 different
scenes • more than 40 different baby clothes • vivid colors and beautiful HD illustrations • interactive
scenes
Emerging from the exciting contemporary art
Scene in South Africa, Bopape combines sculptural installations made from everyday materials
with psychedelic videos that feature cacophonous sampled music and
sound effects.
Still, we were generally impressed
with how well the Gold laid out the collection of
effects and eerie music, providing a balanced
sound across the spectrum,
with no audible noise from the wireless connection, even in the quietest
scenes.
When handling the dubbing machine, the operator has to make sure that the voices are in perfect synchronization
with the development of the movie: the movement of the actors» lips, for example, or that the
sound effects are introduced in the appropriate
scene.