[HPforGrownups] Re: Filming and Breaking voices

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Dai Evans 
  To: HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 2:19 PM
  Subject: [HPforGrownups] Re: Filming and Breaking voices


  --- In HPforGrownups at y..., rcraigharman at h... wrote:
  > The problem with breaking voices is one of film continuity.  Film
  > shoots are often done out of order.  If the last shots in the film
  > feature a high-voiced Harry or Ron and the first shots show them
  > with deeper voices, it's going to seem really odd.  Worse still if
  > they are all mixed up.

  >>I don't see this as a problem. A teenage boys voice will jump about 
  >>octaves at random while his voice is breaking. Out of sequence 
  >>shooting should therefore not affect technical accuracy.

  >>Just remeber the teen from the Simsons who works at the Krusty Burger 
  >>drive through...


  Dai



  There's a difference between a voice breaking a few times in one conversation or another  (which would not be a problem), and it being completely changed.  Again, if, at the beginning of CoS Harry or Ron has a smooth deep voice, yet in some end scenes they still have high, childlike voices, that would, indeed have a problem.  And yes, they can change that quickly.  I overheard an interview with Hanson, for example, and the kids were saying that in the course of recording one album, Taylor Hanson's voice went from being completely high to having completely changed.  Another sort of similar example is of the kid in Almost Famous who grew six inches during filming.  One might think that it wouldn't be a big deal for a teenage kid to show evidence of having grown during the course of the movie, but it affected the character dynamics (one character was supposed to much bigger than the kid). 

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