I just started watching the 1981 John Travolta film titled “Blow Out”. Travolta plays a sound-effects engineer. One evening while recording audio for a movie out on a wooded road, he captures on tape what he believes to be car accident – or is it actually a murder?
(This film also includes Nancy Allen, John Lithgow playing a baddy, and an early Dennis Franz who played a detective for many years on Law & Order)
At this point I’m only 26 minutes in on the piece, so I can’t tell you too much more about it – nor would I as to not spoil the film for you, dear reader, if you so choose to watch it. I’m blogging about this film because of how it is sound oriented – and because of how sounds are presented in it so far.
Frankly, in my opinion, some of the sound quality of the film could be better – chiefly with the dialogue. What I’m enjoying the film for, however, is that the way sound is presented &/or the way they suggest Travolta’s character hears sounds is fairly representative of how I hear. Please understand, I don’t feel that I have some sort of special hearing or hear differently than anyone else, it’s more a matter of stopping to observe the parts & all that can be heard.
Urging you today to Stop, get Quiet, and Observe –
Don
