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Reinventing the Movie Musical: Recording Live Performances with Tom Hooper's 'Les Misérables'

09.21.12 @ 11:39PM Tags : audiorecording, music, musical, tomhooper

Academy Award wining director Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech) is taking an untraditional approach to making a movie musical with his new film, Les Misérables. While musicals will typically go into a sound studio months before to record the singing, Hooper has decided to have his actors actually sing on set, and use that audio the same way one might use recorded dialogue. Click through for a behind-the-scenes look at the film and an explanation of the technique. More »