I am going to extract a clip from an action movie and re-create all the sound using Foley sounds and background music.
Initial Ideas
My initial ideas were to produce a soundtrack based on ambient and environmental sounds. However, I thought that idea was too basic and decided to change it. My second idea was to edit and recreate sound of a movie clip to create a contrast between the intense visual action and humorous sounds. I was going to edit the Moscow car chase scene from The Bourne Supremacy (2004).
Instead I decided to extract a scene from Terminator 3 – Rise of The Machines (2003) which was directed by Jonathan Mostow. The chosen scene is the scene between the two cyborgs fighting each other. The entire scene lasts approximately 3 minutes.
The decision was made to recreate the sound and background music but kept the mood of the scene the same.
I will use the sound software Pro-Tools to edit the sounds to the video clip.
The Scene
The 3 minute clip that I chose to use for this assignment was taken from the third sequel of Terminator, ‘Terminator 3 – Rise of the machines’ (T3). It stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Terminator – a cyborg in the form of a man sent back in time from an alternate future to protect the lives of John Connor (Nick Stahl) and his future wife Katherine Brewster (Claire Danes) from the movies protagonist - TX (a more advanced model of the Terminator cyborg in the form of a female’s body played by actress Kristanna Loken). She was programmed and sent by Skynet to kill the young duo. Skynet is cyberspace software which runs on computers throughout the whole world. I chose the scene where the Terminator did all that he could to stop the villain, TX, from completing her task. The chosen 3 minute clip was extracted from scenes 25 & 26 where the Terminator and the TX fight each other. After telling John and Katherine to run, the Terminator tries to stop the TX in her tracks.
Even though there was no talking in that scene, I think the film director tried to create a strong sense of intensity and action between the two cyborgs. They are both determined to stop each other from continuing with their task. The sound effects are very impactful which gives the audience a clear indication of the strength of the two cyborgs. The damage they cause to the walls and objects in the room in which they are fighting in are incredible, but yet the robots are undamaged. The noise of the solid walls and stone floors crumbling as the machines fight expresses the powerful impact in which they are inflicting upon each other. The solid walls and tile floors crumble and smash within an instant. The mood of the scene is very tense and action packed.
Treatment
The scene begins just after the Terminator, John Connor and Kate Brewster, are confronted by the TX in an empty corridor of the building. Her aim is to kill John Connor. As the Terminator tells John and Kate to run, he attempts to shoot the TX however, his gun has run out of bullets so he must fight the TX instead.
The TX is portrayed as a new and stronger version of the terminator. She seems bold and fearless and does not hesitate to destroy anything in her path.
I am going to portray her strength in the background music. The music will be bold, powerful and fearless. During the fight scene she seems unbeatable. When she’s knocked to the ground she comes back even stronger.
The music I will use in the scene will be Velocitron and 1000 Ships of the Underworld both composed by music production company, Two Steps From Hell. This will create a sense of tension, suspense and action throughout the scene. The company mainly produce music for movie trailers and was founded by Thomas J. Bergersen and Nick Phoenix.[1]
During the scene, the cyborgs constantly clash and crash against each other and everything around them including walls and floors. Metal is a dense substance with can break a lot of other materials. During the fight, they continuously break into walls and glass. The impact of the damage is greatly emphasised due to the material the robots are made from.
Therefore I will record sounds of plates and glass being smashed and make sure the microphone is placed as close to the smashed glass as possible. So the sounds are recorded as clearly as possible.
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