muffled guns
What's with the pop guns? These are the oddest sounding guns I ever heard in a western.
share[deleted]
[deleted]
The right sound wrong volume. The shots sounded further away than they were.
shareThe director commented that they went to some trouble to make the guns sound as they did when actually fired. He also joked that some people would probably think the sound was unrealistic because they had never heard guns like the ones in the movie fired using the powder and shells of the time.
And he was right, wasn't he? :)
The director commented that they went to some trouble to make the guns sound as they did when actually fired.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Does that mean the gunfire was dubbed in?
The only guns I've been close to when fired were a Navy Colt and a Remington Civil War model and they certainly sounded louder.
I can't answer. I only know what the director said.
Someone on the crew did mention in a blog that when VM fired the 8-gauge on set, in the enclosed space, it made the windows rattle. And of course it wasn't loaded with anything. But it scared everybody, and the director remarked on seeing the dailies that now VM never had to shoot it again to let people know what a formidable weapon it was. If I recall correctly, he never did. He used a rifle, I think.
But the point is that, whatever they did, their intent was to produce an authentic sound from those weapons. Whether or not they achieved it, I can't say. It's been a long time since I've heard an antique weapon fired.
also: if you've ever shot vintage loads, or cowboy-replica rounds, you know they're not as "hot" as modern bullets.
The powder didn't burn as fast, and the bullets didn't go as fast back then. Large caliber bullets would've likely been sub-sonic (no sonic boom adding to the percussion/volume).
also: wide open spaces. No "parking garage shootouts" the A-Team used to give us.
Doodleboy is right. Black Powder burns more slowly than modern nitro loads and the muzzle velocity is lower too. I've hand-loaded both and even measured the muzzle velocity of the lead bullets.
share