Comments on: CBTV Student Fest #3: August by Matthias Hoegg

By: Mary McKitrick

Mary McKitrick — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 20:49:06 +0000

Matthias, thanks for the reply. I don’t know how many people listen carefully, but birdwatching is growing very fast in popularity – I recently heard new figures about this on National Public Radio although I don’t recall what they were. The point is, more and more people may be paying attention to the details!

One of my favorites of what I like to call “avian bloopers” was in My Cousin Vinny (1992). A screech owl (Otus asio) is shown “screeching” in the woods, but the voice is that of a barn owl (Tyto alba). I thought that was really a hoot ;)

If you would like to run any sound track choices by me, I’m happy to help.

By: Matthias Hoegg

Matthias Hoegg — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:50:09 +0000

Thank you all very much for the nice comments!

By: Matthias Hoegg

Matthias Hoegg — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:47:17 +0000

Thanks for your comment and for listening so carefully to the sound design. It’s great if people can pick up on little details like that.

I always imagined the campsite to be somewhere in Central Europe, so I have to admit that some invasive species may have flown in through the sound library. I guess the selection was quite subjective and mostly just based on the atmosphere I thought the bird calls would create. Funily enough I used bird sounds of Blackbirds from an Introduction-to-Birdwatching CD for my new film. I should really consider getting serious about my birdwatching tendencies when I take a break from Animation.

By: jake armstrong

jake armstrong — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 06:40:36 +0000

beautiful design, dude!

By: Mary McKitrick

Mary McKitrick — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 22:07:16 +0000

This is a beautiful film in so many ways and I loved reading about the inspiration for it.

I’d love to know more about the soundtrack. It sounds like the bird songs were carefully chosen and to my ear they are all birds of open areas – although I thought I heard both Inca Dove and Eastern Meadowlark; although there is some range overlap, Western Meadowlark might have been a better choice. Was it deliberate?

Really nice work.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:04:23 +0000

Well done Matthias! Looks great!
For those who liked this, Matthias’ next film ‘Thursday’ is finished and you can watch the trailer at http://www.beakus.com.

By: Sat

Sat — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 02:09:17 +0000

It turned out way better than I thought! I loved the way it’s told and the Busby Berkeley bits.

By: Nate

Nate — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:22:09 +0000

Great film. I really enjoyed it.