Carringer

I thought the chapter on the post production and release was especially interesting because all of this information is not readily available about most movies to come out during that time period. Welles really had a lot of expertise about every aspect of the post production which proved to be a good and bad thing at the same time. His controlling nature made it difficult to get portions of the film finished in a timely manner. I thought the section on Sound was especially interesting because Welles had such an extensive background in radio before he made this movie that many parts were definitely influenced heavily by this. Welles taking the approach of giving actors roles because of how their voices sounded was out of radio clearly as normally they would not be visible. By shooting for radio quality excellence in the sound Welles enhanced the overall quality of the movie. Carringer points out the Colorado scene as an example as the adults dominate the soundtrack but the children are barely audible in the background. This kind of refined sound editing was normally overlooked in movies of the period as they were much more focused on the picture. Welles was just a perfectionist for both.