Berbarian Sound Studio

Opening sequence, Black and white colour scheme with heavily shadowed face looking scared. Creates sinister mood for film.

Further imagery from the opening sequence. This image looks almost Satanic.

Sound recording team with microphone set up ready to create sounds for the movie.

Watermelons used to create sounds for the movie - very interesting.

Watermelons sliced and mangled directly in front of/under the microphone - the squelching noises synthesize the texture of human flesh being lacerated.

Gilderoy (left) clearly alarmed by the nature of the film he has been brought to work on.

Shot 3 of watermelons used for recording.

Actress singing in the booth for part of film.

Gilderoy's written timeline of sound effects for film.

Gilderoy and Vincenzo overlooking the recording process. mixing desk in shot. Vital for sound editing.

Vincenzo directing the vocal actress using talkback with the microphone.

Analog equipment used within the filming and editing process (film set in the 70's)

Playback enabled.

Timeline of sounds used for movie

Gilderoy receiving letter from his mother, after reading he seems homesick.

Gilderoy using a blender in front of a microphone to create a "chainsaw" sound for movie.

Another vocal actress making faint whispers in latin, extremely sinister sounding.

Marrow dropped on the floor with microphone present, creating a 'splat' effect.

Gilderoy manipulating the actresses' song, decreasing the sustain.

Gilderoy snapping vegetable stems in front of microphone to create a snapping noise for the horror movie.

Bubbles blown through a straw with water in a cup underneath microphone for water scene in horror movie.

cabbages bobbed and ruffled underwater in front of the microphone, sounding like movement in a lake/pond etc.

Actress with another attempt at scream for film, after rehabilitating her throat she is able to deliver a blood curdling horrific scream, perfect for the film.

Actress in the booth delivering authentic screams and yelps as she is in pain due to Gilderoy notching up the levels in her headphones.

Gilderoy cranking up the levels while the actress is in the booth

Gilderoy is very cold and numb at this point of the film in comparison to how earnest and timid he was at the beginning of the project.

Berbarian Sound Studio Review:

Berbarian sound studio is mainly focused on Gilderoy, a meek, mild mannered sound engineer who arrives in Italy to work on a horror film called 'Equestrian Vortex'. The audience first gets a glimpse of Gilderoy after the tense opening sequence, with black and red themed shocking & edgy imagery, along with a harsh provocative piano based soundtrack which immediately sets the tone and sets an anxious undertone for the audience. The audience is shown Gilderoy's tasks  assigned to him throughout the film as he reluctantly gathers and creates sounds, manipulates audio to create new effects and shows off various techniques. As this is set in the 70's all of the equipment used in the audio editing process appears to be analog. As the movie progresses, Gilderoy went from an isolated Brit in a room full of Italians whose kindness is taken for weakness, to a hardened, Italian-speaking sound engineer with all reservations gone on creating a horror movie, which he initially was incredibly uncomfortable about. There are some elements of drama within the film, (with the actress telling Gilderoy how Vincenzo abused her etc.) but the audience is predominantly shown Gilderoy's life and tasks as a sound engineer with various interesting techniques unveiled, which is golden information for somebody such as myself who is interested in joining the BA Sound Design course.