Ferrari in new movie,

Looks like a good movie, I might actually go see that one. It looks like a heartwarmer, and who couldn't use one.

 

Looks good...I had to laugh though that Party Boy(Chris Pontius) is in this.

 

The movie features a black 360 not an F430

Sounds like it has a sports exhaust of some sort fitted or maybe they used sound of a different car (possibly an F430) over the soundtrack.

 

There was a review of this movie in yesterday's NYT. Story about an overly spoiled movie star. Don't recall an Fcar being mentioned.

 

I figured this would pop up on your forum.

I'm the sound designer for Somewhere. I recorded the sound of the Ferrari with a colleague, John Fasal, a specialist in recording cars for features. We were helped by Ferrari exec Matt Weiss, a very patient and enthusiastic co-worker. The Modena is featured in the film prominently, almost as a character.

One of your guys has observed that the sound of the car is incorrect. In fact, the sound is not a Modena but a 2010 California kindly provided by Ferrari USA. I had every expectation that we would have the correct car but for complicated reasons it was unavailable. The upshot being that when I arrived at our isolated sound recording location in the high desert north of LA at 7:00 in the morning, I was confronted not only with a red car but a different car. I was disturbed and concerned but smiled and said okay. Schedule, budget and Ferrari's generosity dictated that we go for it. I believe it was the only California in the US at the time and Ferrari went to considerable trouble to provide it plus it did sound good and characteristically Ferrari. However, I did think to myself that someone's going to nail me on this.

We recorded the car with two digital recorders, an 8 track and a 2 track. The 8 track was used in the interior. I sat in the passenger seat, the 8 track on my lap on top of which sat my Macbook Pro in order to choreograph the car to picture. There was a stereo mic for the cabin, 2 exterior mics for the exhaust, 2 mics for the engine compartment and 1 mic up front inside the grill for induction.

We worked all day till dark which unhappily meant I couldn't take the car for the spin Matt had offered in the more optimistic early hours. Matt probably wondered where the babes and catering were.

A footnote. I'm a '96 911c4s guy. During the early stage of my work, someone on my Porsche forum suggested I drop in on your site to find a car in the SF Bay area to do this recording. I was summarily told to buzz off and go to your ad section. Chastened but undaunted I decided to go the Ferrari USA route through the production and everything turned out peachy. The car sounds great and I had a lot of fun.

Check out the movie.

Regards,

Richard Beggs

 

Nice story,,,You are now on my top ten dinner guest list, I'd love too hear more.........

 

Thanks Richard for dropping by and telling us this amazing story, I did watch the movie last weekend and loved it, and because of your story have new found respect for the California, it sounded amazing.

Thanks Again.

S

PS: I've been still thinking about the ending, any insights on where he is off to? You could PM me incase you don't want to spoil it for the others

 

Pretty work cs1.