dlodoski wrote:PM2K wrote:Here's a random thought... would it be possible to enhance the natural sound effects in scenes to get that great slurping sound? Such as laying down an additional track in post production? That may address this matter rather nicely.
I have a custom scene that is coming up for editing that actually specifies this.
It's ironic, but I think that my attention to getting good to excellent audio during the shooting phase has kept me from thinking along these lines for my regular material.
I'm starting to lean towards this though. Even with the recording setup I use, sometimes distance, and/or wind noise (even in the trees), or even insect noise can drown out what we want to hear.
Ooh, I am very much in favour of adding sound effects. Great noises can enhance any scene - some old cinema classics have unimpressive pits but the noises sell the idea of being a deadly sucking, bubbling trap.
Would be very appropriate for the "Hollywood quicksand" scenes - they are supposed to be fake movie quicksand anyway, and the movies often added fake bubbling noises.
Also, in a watery pit, if an actress is pretending to be stuck and trying to pull a leg out, fake suction sounds would really help with the illusion that she is really stuck rather than just pretending to not be able to move. And if she is lowering herself to make it seem like she is sinking, bubbling noises will create that illusion of actually sinking. It would be great for Hollywood or clay or any other type where the pit is liquid enough to allow submersion. The sounds will make it appear that even if the surface seems very liquid, there is thick, inescapable ooze a few inches below...
And as you say, sometimes even thick mud pits that SHOULD have natural sounds can sometimes have them be drowned out by wind or insects or whatever. I'd be in favour of adding noises to pretty much every scene that doesn't naturally have its own impressive sounds.
