The Brutalist producer defends Oscar frontrunner after AI controversy
The Brutalist producer defends Oscar frontrunner after AI controversy
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Stan Brooks says they have ‘done tiny things to enhance voice performances’. The film’s editor, Dávid Jancsó, revealed earlier this month they used the Respeecher voice cloning software to make Hungarian dialogue spoken by Adrien Brody and Felicity Jones sound more authentic.
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“I am a native Hungarian speaker and I know it is one of the most difficult languages to learn to pronounce,” Jancsó told tech publication Red Shark News. “It is an extremely unique language.”. Jancsó said the AI software enabled them to blend his own speech with the performances of the actors.
It was a process, he claimed, that had been followed in “editing suites, sound edit rooms and mixing stages for as long as I can remember”. “My producing career began in the late ’80s, and I’ve produced and directed over 80 movies and television episodes. For as long as I’ve been in the business, we’ve done tiny things to enhance voice performances,” he said.
Brooks pointed out that film producers used different processes and software to ensure the best performances from actors made it into the final cut. “If an actor delivers a perfect reading in take three of a scene, but there’s a mic bump, car horn or loud noise masking a word, do we go to the second-best take? Not if we can avoid it,” he said.
