In Reply to: Oh yeah? Try films about fencing posted by Victor Khomenko on May 29, 2005 at 14:49:17:
Well, it can be seen as good effect or just as more effect. One of the best jobs of convincing sound during combat was in the scenes from "Saving Private Ryan" as they were not the usual "stock" gunshot sounds such as "pops" and "richchets". Things sound much different at each end of a gun with distance making things even more dramatic. For instance, not hearing the "pops" but rather the occaisional "dull thud" or "whoosh" as a piece of lead lands about you is about as real as it gets and scary as hell. The subsequent loss of hearing after a near shell blast, it was pretty intense and not at all what one has come to expect from "Hollywood".
I have to agree about the fencing bit although I never really considered it before. They generally do show a slow, bending foil when the opponent is hit! Details can help with the realism when acting needs to take a back seat for scenes without dialogue, etc.
-Bill
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