Caveh Zahedi - Blog (On Principles)

"Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed."
- Mark Twain

When we were mixing the film, the sound mixer asked me if I wanted him to output a separate M & E (music and effects) track for dubbing. I told him I am philosophically opposed to dubbing.

He said: "What if someone wants to buy the film, but they only want it if it's dubbed?"
I said: "That's not an option. If they want it, they're going to have to subtitle it."

Recently, our foreign sales agent got an offer from Italy. They're offering us a significant amount of money, but they only want the film if they can dub it. In other words, no M & E track, no sale.

"Okay, fine," I said.

Comments

I hate dubbing, too. Never thought of it as being "philosophically opposed," but I have to admit that I'd hate to think of my actors being dubbed, given the great performances they gave. It seems like a dubbed performance negates much of what an actor achieved.

Posted by Chris Hansen on Aug 5, 2006 at 03:15PM

damn! I'm amazed by all the concessions you're having to make!!!!!

Posted by Anonymous on Aug 5, 2006 at 09:05PM

P.S. the Anonymous post was made by me.
--Josh

Posted by Josh on Aug 5, 2006 at 09:06PM

I agree with you. but i think, in many ways, this film is needed in italy.

Posted by Peter on Aug 7, 2006 at 01:18PM

Hey Caveh,
You might like this sound:

http://www.myspace.com/jaymay

My ears just fell in love again...

Posted by Hippocrates on Aug 12, 2006 at 08:35PM

The newest post disappeared! Did Trinie Dalton show up at your door with a pistol or something?

Posted by Anonymous on Aug 21, 2006 at 06:50AM

Caveh, where have you gone?

Posted by Michael on Aug 21, 2006 at 05:25PM

wtf? where u at? where trinie dalton post?

Posted by Anonymous on Aug 22, 2006 at 02:03PM

Caveh, I really miss your posts here, expect an email from me sometime in the near future.

Posted by Michael on Sep 1, 2006 at 11:49PM

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