Scope Feature or Hollywood

[Outlaw Man]

The trailer for American Sniper was just released, and shows mostly one scene with quick snippets of other scenes. http://youtu.be/cRbAXWfthtA

At about 38 seconds, he reaches up and turns what should be the power ring of the scope. However, it makes audible clicks, like the windage adjustments earlier in the clip.

The best I can tell, that is a Nightforce NXS scope, which shouldn't make any noise like that, but I wanted to see if anyone else knew of some feature I didn't know about. My guess is it's just Hollywood.

 

[nuccx2001]

It's like that constant "racking" of the slide for noise effect..... The bullet was in the gun the 1st time they did it... any additional rack, loses a round

 

[JRH6856]

In film production, the foley editor adds sound effects to enhance the film wherever the director feels such enhancement is needed to reinforce or call attention some action taking place. All too often, this results in sound being added for actions that don't really produce sound or even for actions that don't really take place. Sometimes the latter is due to the wrong prop being used in the scene and the foley editor just following the script and adding sound for an action that does not appear on screen.

The most common firearm related example of the later is cocking a hammer on a striker fired pistol. The sound effect became a standard insertion for revolvers and 1911 style pistols, and is still inserted for Glocks and such.

It is probably the same for the scope. Clicks are probably a standard insertion for scope adjustments because most adjustments are for windage/elevation. The script calls for a scope adjustment, the actor adjusts the power ring, and the foley editor inserts the standard sound for scope adjustments.

 

[jmr40]

Not saying it ain't there, but I didn't hear anything. Might just be old age.

 

[ClickClickD'oh]

Noticed the clicks, but didn't notice the scope changed to a different model?

 

[col.lemat]

It was his teeth chattering cause he was skairt

 

[Outlaw Man]

I knew about how foley artists worked, but I hadn't thought of that as a possibility - basically "he's adjusting something on his scope, so let's use the 'scope adjusting' sound."

Noticed the clicks, but didn't notice the scope changed to a different model?

I caught that when I watched it the second time - looks like one with an illumination dial on the occular portion. Probably a clip from another scene that was inserted without them really paying attention (or maybe they shot the same scene with different rifles/scopes). I think continuity errors are probably pretty common before the movie is even finished.

 

[RustyShackelford]

Imfdb.org .....

A good resource for Hollywood movie & TV gun stuff is www.imfdb.org .
It can settle bets or explain stuff.

 

[BigBore45]

my long range scope makes 1 click on the zoom power ring for 10x it clicks with a detent stop so you can use the mil dots as range estimators.

 

[taliv]

no kidding big bore?? i've never heard of that before. what scope do you have?

 

[BigBore45]

the one that makes the click is a Millet 4-16x50. not a great scope by any means more of a test scope. it does hold zero after turret movement but the glass is ok at best.

 

[MEHavey]

If you want real Hollywood, just listen to THIS at the 12-15 second mark

(Ancient lore has it that the director couldn't handle the sounds of silence,
...and so went out to dig up a`92 Winchester)

 

[Elkins45]

The one that bothers me the most is the cylinder stop clicking sound when someone spins the cylinder of an open DA revolver. This is most usually heard during a round of Russian roulette.

 

[JRH6856]

The one that bothers me the most is the cylinder stop clicking sound when someone spins the cylinder of an open DA revolver. This is most usually heard during a round of Russian roulette.

Usually just before flipping the cylinder closed.

 

[maxxhavoc]

I was watching "Under the Dome" and somehow an M1 Carbine made the noise of a 12 gauge pump being racked. She didn't even move her hands.

Hollywood loves making noises, but they usually don't know when they are appropriate, or what they mean.

 

[AKElroy]

I have to admit I do get aggrafrated with the empty Glock's clicking, the single action revolvers continuing to click when already cocked and aimed, and the old western's whistling ricochete on every round fired. Does anyone in Hollywood actually fire a weapon?

 

[nuccx2001]

There are no "real" guns in hollywood!

 

[Jim K]

My favorite "add on" sound effect is the boom of a space ship blowing up. Of course there is no sound in space.

And there is no firing sound at all from the dummy guns used in most movies these days. The movies are shot digital and the sound and muzzle blast is added to the digital master by the "back room boys".

Jim