Built a soundtrack without picture

I worked last year on a short film called Hors Saison, directed by a very good friend of mine, Riwa Philipps, as part of Straight 8.

The film ended up being selected in the top 8 out of around a hundred entries and was screened in Cannes, which was really nice to see.

What was interesting on my side is the way sound works in Straight 8. The image is shot on Super 8 and can’t be edited, and the sound is built completely separately, without syncing to picture.

So you’re basically working blind. You imagine the rhythm, the cuts, the space… and you send the sound on its own, without ever really knowing how it will land.

What struck me when everything was finally put together is how much the brain does the work. Some things feel like they match, even when they don’t really. It’s like the mind is constantly trying to create coherence between sound and image.

It made me think that sometimes, things don’t need to be perfectly synced to feel right.

The film was reshared recently by Straight 8, so I thought I’d share it here:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DXZNVG5tsxY/?igsh=NmVjMGhnMjQ0czZ0