“The Brutalist” He got involved in a controversy before winning three Oscar statuettes (best actor, photography and original soundtrack). This is because the movie mostly spoken in English Used artificial intelligence to adjust dialogues in foreign language.
At the time of the launch, the title editor, Dávid Jancsó, revealed the use of tools from the Ukrainian company respect to adjust the dialogue in Hungarian de Adrien Brody e Felicity Jones, in order to make it more authentic.
The revelation generated a negative reaction and questions about the acting of the actors. Both competed for the Oscar – and.
Director Brady Corbet went out in defense of the use of AI and actors, stating that “innovative” technology was post-production just for “refine” sounds with precision And that the performance of Brody and Felicity are “completely theirs”.
“They worked for months with the Tanera Marshall dialect coach to improve the accents. Respecher’s innovative technology was used only in edition of Hungarian dialogue, specifically to refine certain vowels and lyrics accurately,” he told The Hollywood Reporter.
“No English dialogue has changed. This was a manual process, done by our sound team and the post-production respect. The goal was to preserve Authenticity of Adrien and Felicity’s performances in another languagedo not replace or change them, and was made with the greatest respect for the craft. “
Dávid praised Adrien and Felicity’s performances, but explained that small changes were necessary to improve Hungarian specific sounds, so that they would sound accurate for native speakers. His own voice was used as a model for the system, and the two actors recorded their own voices to the AI.
“I am a native speaker of Hungarian and I know it is one of the hardest languages to learn to pronounce. If you come from the Anglo-Saxon world, certain sounds can be particularly difficult to understand. Faced with tight financial restrictions, the total budget of the film was less than $ 10 million, we were very careful to keep their performances.
“You could do this at Protools, but we had so much dialogue in Hungarian that we really needed to accelerate the process, otherwise we would still be in post-production,” he added.
The editor also revealed that the Ia Generative was used in a sequence at the end of the movieas part of the inspiration for a series of architectural designs and finished buildings created by Adrien’s character, Laszlo Toth, Although the designs themselves have been drawn by hand.
But Dávid doesn’t think there should be any controversy regarding the use of technology: “It’s controversial in the industry to talk about AI, but it shouldn’t be. We should have a very open discussion about which tools AI can offer us.”
What about “the brutalist” about?
The epic follows a visionary architect who escapes from European war Europe and arrives in the United States to rebuild his life. Alone in a new country, he is established in Pennsylvania, where a rich and prominent industrial recognizes his talent and contract to command an ambitious project.
Watch the trailer of “The Brutalist”
*With information from Bangshowbiz
