Les Mis Filming Has Started — Page 7

First of all, it's extremely difficult to remove an echo (not the same thing as adding it), and you only get very limited, and usually obviously synthetic results.

The whole point of them singing live in this film is so that it doesn't sound like the singing was prerecorded in a studio.

They will embrace the echo and any other ambient sounds with loving arms (and soundboard knobs). I'm sure the sound designer's only issue will be "does it sound like they're singing in the actual location"? If not, they'll have to work on it.

Also --- remember that the echo you're hearing in this bootleg recording is from the location of that (tiny) mic. That's not where the people are actually singing (you can see them way off in the distance), so who knows if it's right for where they are?

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I wish I lived near there! I would be as close as I could to that set everyday! That video gave me chills. I agree about the echo, it gives it a great sound.

I think this answers the question of whether Eddie's flip is period accurate (see the left photo).

http://www.victoriana.com/Mens-Clothing/mens-clothing-1830.html

And wildone---not exactly Eddie's boy-band flip, but it's close enough. .I'll take it as "modern variations on a theme." And I do agree that he looks good in the candid photos.

Now find Eponine's straight-cut, hang-over-your-eyes bangs that stick out from under her hat. That one will be much harder.

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I found this re "bangs":

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-bangs.htm

>Men and women have for centuries worn bangs. Bangs are a fringe of hair cut across the forehead. The use of “bangs” describing this fringe of hair has murky origins. There is no clear word etymology suggesting why this term is used for this hairstyle. However, There are Roman sculptures featuring men with short bangs, and bangs for women came into vogue, it is thought, with the stylings of Ziryab, a resident of ninth century Islamic Spain, and who owned a beauty parlor.

From then on, bangs have come and gone out of style. In 15th century Europe, women wanted such high foreheads that they would shave their hairlines in order to properly wear the henin, the cone-shaped headdress popular in that time. The gabled hoods and cauls of the 15th and 16th centuries also necessitated a high forehead look, so bangs didn’t truly come back into vogue until the late 18th century and early 19th century. Fashions were changing and so were hairstyles.

Bangs, in fact, are mentioned throughout women’s literature of the 19th century.<<

Building the barricade photo:

https://twitter.com/#!/THEBONDIGIRL/status/191536884856528897

The barricades themselves look great, but it looks like they're going to be in the middle of the same square used in the Lamarque funeral, rather than in a narrow street like in the book. That doesn't make any sense, what exactly are they barricading? I didn't think they'd build it in a large open square...

I think Eponine's Bangs should be the name of a rock band.

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I must be looking at different photos. I don't see these perfectly trimmed salon ready bangs you speak of.

Yeah, I guess I'm blind as he hair looks like a mess to me.

There's actually another photo I posted four posts up from Lizzie's which shows the whole thing built.

Updated On: 4/15/12 at 06:37 PM

Fra Fee and Daniel Huddlestone. Too cute! https://twitter.com/#!/frafee/status/191854980716699648

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The barricade, all dressed up for filming!

http://twitter.com/#!/anorthernmonkey/status/191867674123444227/photo/1

Updated On: 4/16/12 at 05:40 PM