'Hundreds of Beavers' Sound Design Retrieves Lost Art of Slapstick
IndieWireStory by Sarah Shachat
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Slapstick sound design takes center stage as a veteran sound engineer brings hundreds of aural gags to life in the indie comedy 'Hundreds of Beavers'.
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- Sound designer Bobb Barito spent over 2,000 hours meticulously crafting over 400 unique sound effects for the film, from footsteps to physical comedy set pieces.
- Barito drew inspiration from golden-age Hollywood slapstick and honed a 'dynamic, almost choreographic' approach to sync sound with the actors' physical performances, creating a lost art on the modern screen.
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Bobb Barito, 'Hundreds of Beavers'