Word: soundman
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...three men were not indulging a frivolous curiosity: for 15 years, on and off, Kuralt and his crew (usually Cameraman Bleckman and Soundman Gianneschi) have taken a casual, eyes-open-to-life ramble, through every part of every state, in search of stories. On the Road reports have graced several CBS news programs, and they will be a centerpiece of a prime-time series, The American Parade, anchored by Kuralt, that premieres on Tuesday, March 27 (8 p.m., E.S.T...
Though a few musical shows were amplified in the '50s, the practice did not become established until the '60s, gaining momentum with the success of two electronically hyped rock musicals, Hair and Jesus Christ Superstar. Today no musical would open without a soundman ringing the decibels. The Pirates of Penzance has 42 microphones scattered around the stage in Manhattan's huge Minskoff Theater. The sound system of Dreamgirls is so complicated that when Soundman Otts Munderloh sits down at his control console, he looks as if he could be managing the landing of a space shuttle from...
...barns that pass for theaters, and doubtless are needed in some rock musicals. But many producers and actors have enough love for the theater to resist their use in straight plays. "Vocal training is part of the craft, and it is up to the actor, not the soundman, to reach those people in the back row," adds James Earl Jones, who is doing just that as the jealous Moor in the current Broadway production of Othello. "You can project not just with volume, but with clarity and unexpected variations in rhythm. It all boils down to this...
...sound effects are also something of a wonder, and Soundman Ben Burtt has conjured up noises never before heard on earth. To find a voice for Chewbacca, reports TIME Correspondent James Willwerth, Burtt combined bears growling, a walrus grunting, a seal barking, a tiger roaring and a lizard-a big lizard-hissing. The result, as anybody who has ever traveled to the planet Kashyyyk knows, is pure Wookie. For Darth Vader, Lucas wanted a sinister sound. Burtt put a tiny microphone inside a scuba tank regulator and found what Lucas wanted: the sound of labored, but mechanical breathing. "The biggest...