ABSTRACT
DIRECTOR Building Tracks Many motion pictures in the 1930s and 1940s relied on production sound-that is, all the dialogue and extra sounds recorded live on the set. Soundstages were quiet, controllable environments for recording not only “clean” dialogue, but also footsteps, door slams, or other sounds necessary for the scene. However, there were particular sounds that couldn’t be created live. War movies, westerns, gangster films, horror, or boxing films required their share of gunshots, explosions, face punches, and thunderclaps to authenticate the visual experience.
