Chris Woodcock Posted February 15, 2015 Report Share Posted February 15, 2015 I strongly recommend not watching birdman and whiplash back to back. Have to say though two fantastic films which both excelled technically. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdutaillis Posted February 15, 2015 Report Share Posted February 15, 2015 Too much drums? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jozzafunk Posted February 15, 2015 Report Share Posted February 15, 2015 Too much drums? Haha - Loved Whiplash, Birdman not so much - amazing techincal skills on offer however Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPSharman Posted February 15, 2015 Report Share Posted February 15, 2015 Loved both. Drums in "Birdman" were supposed to affect the mood. Sometimes rhythmic and nice, sometimes annoying and invasive. A great storytelling technique. I can see how watching them back to back would be a bit too much drumming. If you watched "Birdman" first, it might ruin the "Whiplash" experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henchman Posted February 15, 2015 Report Share Posted February 15, 2015 I found bird man really just Meh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Feeley Posted February 15, 2015 Report Share Posted February 15, 2015 I strongly recommend not watching birdman and whiplash back to back. Ha! Just this morning a friend of mine and I were talking about these two films and I'm hoping to see both this week (yes, I'm behind in my cinematic duties). Thanks for the warning. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayellabad Posted February 16, 2015 Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 For me it was painful to watch Birdman it was a total torture for my eyes. Found really hard to keep watching without cuts. However, I love it at the same time. Which doesn´t make any sense at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old school Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 Ha. I read the topic header and had a totally different expectation for the topic. I get what Chris was saying but I was thinking it was the worst 2 films you could come up with as a double feature. I loved Birdman and was fond of Whiplash. Back to back, too much. Same with most films really. CrewC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VASI Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 I will merge these two movies into one. One from a music piece and the other from a line. "Not quite my tempo" Hahaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Justice Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 Interesting interview from Miles Teller back in October: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/08/miles-teller-whiplash_n_5947824.html The part I found crazy was this: You're a drummer yourself, so how much of the drumming we see is actually you? We had a double at first, but he ended up just sitting around a lot of the time. Pretty much everything you see in the film is me. Even what you hear. A lot of what you’re hearing is just what I was drumming on set back then. There was some stuff that we had pre-recordings of and some where we kind of sweetened some of the sound. We didn’t have the best microphones on the set, but they sweetened it in post-production. Pretty much everything you see is me. I don't think I've ever seen an actor talk negatively about sound before, especially the choice of mics. Obviously, the end results are award-winning, so many people disagree with him. I'm just not sure what he had to gain by that statement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Blankenship Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 He seemed to be specifically talking about miking the drum kit in which case it often entails a combination of mics, each appropriate for the part of the kit they're capturing. e.g. cardioid condensers for stereo overheads, dynamics to handle the high SPL transients of snare and toms, large capsule dynamic to capture the heft of the kick, etc. They may have gone more for the natural liveness on set, whereas in post they opted to "tighten up" the sound some. Totally speculating here, as I haven't seen the film yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrd456 Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 Birdman is an actor's self indulgent movie and a hard job for the soundman.The movie was OK ,but it has a little too much yappity-yap. J.D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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