Human sounds for the bears?
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — The Bear
rolf_jp — 17 years ago(March 28, 2009 07:24 AM)
Especially the cub bear often sounds a lot like some sounds from a human child has been dubbed over its own bear sounds. Does anyone know for sure how the bears' voices/sounds were made or recorded?
The end credits have something called 'Montage aux voix d'ours' or something like it. That, according to my limited french knowledge, means something like montage of the bears' voices. -
coastalcarolina — 16 years ago(April 23, 2009 04:18 PM)
I was wondering the same thing when I saw this clip of the movie that is going around in email:
http://www.flixxy.com/cougar-vs-bear.htm
I remember seeing this movie when I was a kid. -
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EmpressOfTheSea — 12 years ago(June 29, 2013 08:31 PM)
All animal sounds are original, even Youk & Douce voices. Young bears have a different pitch from older ones; however, the sounds are NOT part of the main scenes. The movie was filmed in poor quality sound & the animals were lined up to a microphone to make the sounds again which were then placed accordingly into the final scenes.
The cougar, Youk (it's Youk on the log, not Douce) & several humans all shared the same space in the water. This after they made a line of rocks in the river for the cougar to stand on & so that Youk's log would stop going down stream.
Furthermore, a rope was put across the river & it was a good thing to since EXACTLY the moment when the scene was finished being filmed, one man lost his footing & went under, camera to. Others tried to rescue him & also got dragged down. No one was seriously hurt in the end & though three or four cameras & a role of actual film went under, they managed to save everyone & everything. (So, I take it the equipment was waterproof)
Also, the hive had about 900,000 bees which ended up driving all the bears & half the humans away LOL
Bart & Youk share the same space as well. Bart was given a cub-size teddy to play with & then introduced to the real thing. He was very happy & the pair got along great.
Get the DVD version & watch the behind the scenes et al stuff.
(Thewlis)SHOOT ME!
(Leo)HOW CAN I, YOU STUPID FCK?! YOU'D JUST BLOWN A HOLE IN MY HAND!! -
maine-character — 16 years ago(April 30, 2009 06:36 AM)
I wondered the same thing when I saw the film in 1988, but an article in the Boston Globe, by Jay Carr, said all the sounds were natural.
I just dug it up: "A bear cub does exactly what a kid would do," says Annaud. "When little bears are young, they have the same mouth formation and make the same noises. All the sounds you hear the cub make are real cub noises that we taped and then dubbed."
So there was some rearranging, but the cub did all his own vocals. -
coolkidsflix — 16 years ago(May 08, 2009 02:17 PM)
I find that so hard to believe. Those sounds pretty much ruined the movie for me!
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