Loop Groups: The art of movie background chatter

Twenty Thousand Hertz

Dallas Taylor

Music, Design, Arts, Music Commentary

4.8 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2018

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Invisible actors create worlds of sound in everything you watch - from Jaws to The Wire. With special guests, Carl Gottlieb, screenwriter and author of "The Jaws Log"; Dann Fink, loop group director and co-owner of Loopers Unlimited; Stuart Stanley, Sound Supervisor; loop group members Eboni Booth, Dennis Carnegie, Axel Avin, Jr., Shannon Burkett, Daphne Gaines, and Rashad Edwards; and Will Ralston, supervising sound editor for The Wire, The Deuce, and Treme. 20K is made out of the studios of Defacto Sound and hosted by Dallas Taylor. This episode was a feature of the incredible podcast Every Little Thing. Go subscribe! Follow Dallas on Instagram, TikTok and LinkedIn. Watch our video shorts on YouTube, and join the discussion on Reddit and Facebook. Consider supporting the show at donate.20k.org Episode transcript, music, and credits can be found here: https://www.20k.org/episodes/loopgroups Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to 20,000 Hertz, the stories behind the world's most recognizable and interesting sounds.
0:09.3	I'm Dallas Taylor.
0:11.4	Imagine you're watching a movie.
0:13.6	It's a busy scene in some major downtown city, but there's people in the background walking, talking, laughing, and generally going about their normal day.
0:23.6	The city is alive with sound.
0:26.1	However, on the film set, the background actors are actually completely silent.
0:32.7	That's right.
0:33.9	None of those background sounds are actually happening.
0:37.1	The actors in the background are told
0:38.5	to appear like they're talking, laughing, and yelling, but not to actually make any noise while doing it.
0:44.5	The film set is kept as quiet as possible to get a clean recording of the lead actor's performances.
0:50.6	This also goes for scenes in loud places like concerts or a club.
0:57.6	The actors may be yelling, but on set, there's nothing else being heard.
1:03.9	So eventually, all of that background chatter has to be recreated.
1:08.5	Recently, Flora Lickman from the fantastic podcast,
1:11.5	Every Little Thing, talked with some of the talented people
1:13.7	who make those voices.
1:15.2	And if you like 20,000 Hertz,
1:16.5	I think you'll really like every little thing.
1:18.5	It's about the small stuff that makes a big difference.
1:21.1	Here's their report.
1:26.1	Yeah, so do a bed of just people in the police station.
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