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Nov., 1931] PICTURES IN ASIATIC JUNGLES 815
"wise cracks" in their own language, which, if translated, would pass no censor.
The handicaps under which the sound was recorded in the jungle can hardly be imagined. In the first place, the sound equipment was new in design. It had, of course, been tried out in the laboratory under routine conditions, but no one knew exactly how it would stand up "under fire." Messrs. Cobb and Feichter were given a highly complicated piece of electrical equipment, with which they were as familiar as anyone, it is true, yet which had never been used in actual production, and were sent away into a far corner of the earth, remote from all help, to record the sound for a motion picture. The fact that they acquitted themselves as well as they did is a high compliment to their ability as sound technicians.
The very inaccessibility which lends the principal charm to the finished picture furnished difficulties all but insurmountable. In one instance, it was desired to photograph and record scenes in the heart of the jungle more than a mile from the nearest road. This meant that more than a ton of recording equipment, alone, had to be transported by native bearers through dense vegetation. A roadway was cut through the jungle, but the growth was so dense that the weight of the vines and treetops above the roadway caused them to press down upon those adjacent, so that the vegetation seemed to close in behind as the road was cut. Constant effort had to be expended to keep the pathway clear while the company was working in this particular setting.
Extraneous noises presented other problems for the sound technicians. Rivers, so numerous in that part of the world (the average yearly rainfall varying from forty to two hundred and forty inches) roared and rippled so that it was almost impossible at times to record acceptable dialog above the noise of the water. While it was desired to record sounds as they actually were in the jungle, often the noise due to the great abundance of animal life made the dialog unintelligible. When the company would first set up the equipment in the jungle, everything would be quiet. However, after a short time the noise would begin, gradually growing louder and louder. It would then be necessary for someone in the company to make a noise to frighten the animals away — birds, in many cases. Silence would follow for a short interval, after which the same procedure would again have to be followed. One species of bird which was particularly troublesome emitted a constant buzz, much like a locust,