Mix Analysis 5 Skyfall

Skyfall movie clip
                            SFX 1               SFX 2               Background         Music       

00:01                   Sirens            Pulsing Noise           Chatter           Orchestra                
00:02
00:03                   Footsteps      Pulsing Noise           Chatter           Orchestra                
00:04
00:05             Car passes by      
00:06
00:07
00:08            Car screeches to stop
00:09            Car door opens       Door handle sound
00:10            Car door closes
00:11            Car screech sound   Sirens continue
00:12
00:13
00:14

Dialogue begins  Music continues as do sirens and car driving sounds
 
00:15
00:16
00:17
00:18           Gun grasp sound    
00:19                                     Gun cocking sound
00:20

00:21-00:35 Dialogue and music

00:36     Sirens
00:37-00:50 Back to dialogue 

00:51              footsteps                                                            Cymbals enter
00:52                                     Gun grasp
00:53
00:54             Gun shot
00:55                                     Gun shot
00:56            Gun shot
00:57                                    Body hits ground
00:58
00:59          footsteps

01:00- 01:13 Dialogue

01:14                                                                                                   Orchestra continues
01:15
01:16          paper shuffling sound
01:17
01:18                                         paper noises
01:19
01:20- 01:32 Dialogue while music gets louder

01:33       sirens fade in
01:34                                 footsteps fade in
01:35
01:36         Crowd noise
01:37
01:38         Car horn

01:39- 01:46 Dialogue and music

01:47       Car passes        feint footsteps
01:48                             Car horn

01:49-01:54 Dialogue

01:55     Running footsteps fade in
01:56                               Siren
01:57       Car noises
01:58
01:59
02:00     Heavy footsteps

02:01- 02:04 Music and Dialogue

02:05     Door open            Door handle sound
02:06
02:07
02:08       Gasp                   Screams
02:09      
02:10      Screams               chatter



Karen M. Baker (worked on Gladiator, and Braveheart)- Supervising Sound Editor (As Karen Baker Landers) 
Vincent Cosson (worked on Taken, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire)- Re Recording Mix Technician 
Scott Millan (worked on American Beauty, and Schindler's List)-Sound Re Recording Mixer

Studio: De Lane Lea & Soundelux Technicolor at Paramount 


This scene was done in cutaways. There was alot of cuts back and forth between dialogue and what was happening outside of the courtroom. To achieve a natural and believable sound-scape a lot of layering and fading was done.  Also to keep the tension music was played throughout with the voices dubbed overtop of it however at times of greater tension the level of the music and sounds increase. However the level of the music increases more. The sound effects were pretty straight foward given the scene and I would imagine that most of the sounds were real footsteps and real chatter that was recorded either on or off location. 

Research: 
Skyfall-Sound Works


After watching the interview with the Sound mixers and other tech the application of sound becomes clear. Scott Millan claims that sound is intended to support the story however you may not hear a sound for everything in the scene. Rather each scene can be  style choice on what will advance the story. Also sound in this case helped to re-enforce what was to be focused on in each segment wwithout being distracted by extra sounds. Karen Baker says that each sound or absence of sound is completely intentional. All of the locations that were used in the movie helped to create a very complex soundscape as well as musical selection. The musical score played one of the largest parts in the film. This creates the drama as well as helped to re-enforce the sounds effects without taking away from each other. Sound also creates vast emotion for this film and drives the viewer. Specific transitional waves were used to drive scenes of immense action to calm ones while still creating a steady segue. All of the music was also original for this film.