Mix Analysis 12

 Finding Nemo:

Supervising Sound Editor - Gary Rydstrom (The Legend of Bagger Vance, A.I Artificial Intelligence) and Michael Silvers (Up, Zack and Miri Make a Porno)

Re-Recording Mixer - Gary Rydstrom (Brave, Lincoln)

Dory Speaking Whale: 

00:10 - Dory dialogue, gentle sound of water is continuous
00:15 - music starts
00:17 - Marlin dialogue
00:18 - Dory dialogue
00:20 - Marlin dialogue
00:26 - Dory singing, water swishes as they swim
00:28 - Marlin dialogue
00:30 - Dory humming
00:38 - Marlin dialogue
00:40 - Dory dialogue
00:41 - Marlin dialogue
00:42 - Dory dialogue
00:47 - Marlin dialogue
00:48 - Dory dialogue
00:53 - Marlin dialogue
00:54 - Dory dialogue
01:00 - Marlin dialogue
01:02 - Dory dialogue
01:03 - Marlin dialogue
01:10-01:13 - Marlin and Dory both talking
01:14 - Dory grabs Marlin, Dory dialogue
01:23 - Marlin dialogue
01:25 - Dory dialogue
01:28 - Marlin dialogue
01:46 - Dory dialogue
01:48 - Marlin dialogue
01:52 - Dory dialogue
01:53 - Marlin dialogue
01:54 - Dory dialogue
01:57 - Marlin dialogue
02:00 - Dory dialogue
02:10 - Marlin dialogue
02:14 - Dory dialogue
02:21 - Marlin dialogue
02:22 - Dory dialogue
02:23 - Marlin dialogue
02:24 Dory dialogue
02:26 - Marlin dialogue
02:27 - Dory dialogue
02:34-02:38 - Dory clapping her fins together while she talks
02:39 - Marlin dialogue
02:44 - Whale call
02:45 - Dory dialogue
02:54- Marlin interrupting Dory’s whale talk
03:38 - Crill dialogue
03:40 - Dory dialogue

This scene is pretty fun.  The constant sound of gently moving water really helps to create the environment that they are in.  The reverb on their voices during this particular scene really emphasizes the vastness of the area, and the fact that they are in open ocean with not much around.  It lets us know that Dory and Marlin are alone and makes you feel a little uneasy about their situation.  I think the sort of bubbly sound of their swimming is also a lot of fun.  It’s small and fast, which is different than the sound of the approaching whale.

The trench:

00:11 - Music starts, Dory dialogue
00:15 - Dory dialogue, dialogue echoes through trench
00:21 - Marlin dialogue
00:24 - Dory dialogue
00:30 - Marlin dialogue
00:33 - Dory dialogue
00:35 - Marlin dialogue
00:38 - Dory dialogue
00:39 - Marlin dialogue
00:40 - Dory dialogue
00:43 - Marlin dialogue
00:44 - Dory dialogue
00:45 - Marlin dialogue
00:46 - Dory dialogue, the water swishes as they swim away
00:54 Marlin dialogue
00:59 - a squishy spring sound starts
01;00 - Dory dialogue
01:02 - Marlin dialogue
01:03 - Dory dialogue
01:10 - sharp electrical sound, Dory cries out
01:11 - Marlin dialogue
01:12 - Dory dialogue
01:15 - Marlin dialogue, smacks jelly, makes a sort of buzzing cry as it is knocked away
01:17 - Dory and Marlin both speak
This is just a little fun scene. Like the last one I analyzed, in the start of the scene some reverb is used to emphasize a space, this one being a large trench.  It looks menacing and it’s emptiness seems eerie and unsafe.  When they swim to the top of the trench, the open area and the smaller sound of the voices makes this area seem like it was the better choice.  The eletrical zap of the jelly sting is loud and clashes with the quietness and gentleness of the moving ocean.