'Genre Analysis:Hearing History In The Sounds Of 'Lincoln'

I have listened to the story of the reaction of sounds recorded for the upcoming movie Lincoln. The sound engineers had recorded authentic sounds and detail sounds. One of the sound engineers is one of the most recognizable sound engineers; he has created the sound for one of the most recognizable movies Star Wars.  This story is in the form of the interview. The interviewer, Ross asks questions to the interviewee, Ben Burt. The style also formal, the writer is like an interpreter and he summarizes what his interviewee says. However there is a point where the writer will ask a silly question asking if Burt will add a sound from Star Wars. This story recreates the sounds not only what Burt has created but also the sounds in the movie. The sounds range from church bells, ticking pocket watch, and even the opening and closing of a horse carriage. This story is very organized; it flows and has the sound clips flow.  The questions flow as well as the answers.

The idea was not only to recreate old sounds they wanted to create authentic sounds. The sound engineers also had the ability to get their hands on one of Lincoln’s actual pocket watches and wind and record it. They were also able to record even the sounds of Lincoln’s carriage. The sound engineers wanted to record authentic sounds because this movie is based on a major historical figure, America’s 16^th president Abraham Lincoln. In the beginning of the story they play a sound clip of actor Daniel Day-Lewis speaking as Lincoln. The writer uses these sounds to reinforce the authenticity of the sounds of the movie and to state that there will things too sacred to cut corners. The sound engineers could have recorded the sounds on a sound stage and no one would have known the difference and to get a sound of history and feel the history.  "I felt, well, here's a chance to get in touch with actual history. I always do research when you're collecting sounds and making sounds for a film, and authenticity is normally not necessarily the prime directive in doing sound design. You're always searching out sounds that have the right emotional impact and they may not even be authentic at all. But for this film I didn't want to make guesses. I wanted to essentially capture the spirit of what might have been."  (Burt) 

The topic I would like to outline is the UTO office at ASU. The office is helpful not only helping in computer needs but also in maintaining the safety to the students on the internet by offering them advice. I would like to talk with the people who are in the department of Clickers and the people who work on the school's servers.