Sound in space contra containers of air
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Firefly
michaelohman — 9 years ago(September 26, 2016 02:47 PM)
Watching the first two episodes for the first time I immediately noticed they used no background sound in space and that's alright. But there's no sound inside the ship either!
Although there are no sounds in space there should be lots of it inside a vessel or container filled with air. You would definitely hear engines buzzing and all other noises you can imagine. You couldn't even be speaking to one another otherwise.
If you have cannons, or the like, placed on your vessel, and shooting involves the least burning or recoil, it will procreate vibrations through the hull, which you will hear inside it.
I had until now never seen a modern space-opera without internal background buzz in the ships, and hope nobody mixed this up. -
sinnah314 — 9 years ago(September 27, 2016 09:12 AM)
Not sure what you mean. The ambient hum of Serenity's engines were present throughout the entire series. Here's 12 hours of worth for your listening pleasure:
There are plenty of other sounds too. Like how we can hear Serenity's afterburners power down as she breaks atmo in both the pilot episode and film.
Or in Out of Gas, where we hear the explosion, then life support systems kicking in, and then nothing but eerie silence. No engine noise at all. I thought that was a subtle yet very effective way of driving home the helplessness of that situation.
As far as weapons go, I can think of two examples. In The Message, we clearly hear the concussive blast of Lt.Womack's warning shots, and in the film, we can hear the recoil from Mal's AA cannon reverberating through the hull.
It's all there. Maybe you just never noticed? -
michaelohman — 9 years ago(September 29, 2016 06:26 AM)
Doesn't sound like what I heard from the early episodes, which was pretty much nothing, but there was some back-ground used sometimes later in the series and I didn't picture it the way which you captured.
But I'm glad you delivered this. I missed it mostly then I guess.
Yes, I remember those blasts coming onto the ship in the episode you're talking about. There were some "camera-rocking" as well reminding me of old Star Trek.
Thank you for your answers and for taking it seriously without fuzz.
