As we were talking about sound in class, and we were on the topic of lip-syncing, I could not help but keep thinking about a behind the scenes clip that I had watched just the night earlier. The famous Broadway musical, Les Miserables, is being made into a modern movie by director Thomas Hooper. The movie will be released on Christmas. The most amazing and captivating thing about this movie, besides its' large scale, will be that each scene is sung live. Every single shot of the actors singing the songs was actually sung live rather than lip-syncing. As opposed to what we were saying in class about how lip-syncing enhances the artistry of the movie because directors could now worry about acting without worrying about singing, and vice versa, the actors in Les Miserables have differing opinions. All of the actors, as stated in the video believe that being able to sing live during shooting allowed them to really put their own emotions into the song at the exact point and time. They did not have to worry about matching their actions to how they sang and recorded the songs months earlier. The clip is extremely captivating, and as Les Miserables is my favorite stage production, I am more than excited to see this movie rendition.
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Les Miserables
As we were talking about sound in class, and we were on the topic of lip-syncing, I could not help but keep thinking about a behind the scenes clip that I had watched just the night earlier. The famous Broadway musical, Les Miserables, is being made into a modern movie by director Thomas Hooper. The movie will be released on Christmas. The most amazing and captivating thing about this movie, besides its' large scale, will be that each scene is sung live. Every single shot of the actors singing the songs was actually sung live rather than lip-syncing. As opposed to what we were saying in class about how lip-syncing enhances the artistry of the movie because directors could now worry about acting without worrying about singing, and vice versa, the actors in Les Miserables have differing opinions. All of the actors, as stated in the video believe that being able to sing live during shooting allowed them to really put their own emotions into the song at the exact point and time. They did not have to worry about matching their actions to how they sang and recorded the songs months earlier. The clip is extremely captivating, and as Les Miserables is my favorite stage production, I am more than excited to see this movie rendition.
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