Documentary “Atlético: Defying All Odds”
Sound Design
Year:
2023
Role:
Sound Designer
Client:
Francisco Pereira Coutinho Lda (Portugal)
About
This is a documentary about the the rise of Atlético Clube de Portugal, in which I was involved as a sound-designer. Its directed by Francisco Pereira Coutinho, to whom I thank for the opportunity.
Atlético is a Portuguese sports club from Alcântara, within the city of Lisbon. This documentary covers the history of the club, with interviews from the Chairman, Manager and many other members deeply involved and responsible for its growth.
Process
🔊 Sound editing was quite exhaustive, and surgical in some cases.
Many moments involved the reconstruction of words, tone changes, noise reduction (background, breaths, clicks, etc), gain variations, as well as the addition of sound effects to complement the action.
There are sounds which the camera didn’t capture but, from the viewer standpoint, you could almost feel or hear them when checking the raw footage. There are many instances where the crowd is chanting, cheering, clapping, there’s fireworks sounds, etc, that were added in post, but look like they belonged there all along 😉 as part of the narrative of course.
Final Product
Despite all the work and treatment, the objective was always getting the audio and transitions to sound as natural as possible!
Watch the documentary here (inc. english subtitles): https://youtu.be/uKaIgQC4lWs
Crew:
Direction: Francisco Pereira Coutinho
Footage: Marta Dias Coelho, Francisco Pereira Coutinho
Color Grading: Daniel de Laranja
Sound Design: Nuno Pinto de Carvalho.
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