And those details are what make it even more engrossing on second viewing.ĭirected by: Hunt Beaty Written & Produced by: Hunt Beaty, José Andrés Cardona, and Wesley Wingo Starring: Stacy Weckstein, Harry Bainbridge and Yuval David Cinema tography by: José Andrés Cardona Edited by: José Andrés Cardona Music by: Vito Cacciapaglia That Litkei track is just one of the carefully observed details that make Beaty’s film such an engrossing experience. Her taut, virtually wordless performance is augmented by the astute editing and crisp, claustrophobic photography of Editor/DP José Andrés Cardona, the melancholic music of Vito Cacciapaglia, and a particularly effective selection from Andrea Litkei and Ervin Litkei. The actor bears the weight of each ominous message with a tortured weariness that effectively underscores the character’s pent up anxieties. Instead, Beaty builds a potent sense of menace behind a relentless string of increasingly disturbing text messages and voice mails from a former lover.Īs such, much of the film’s underlying anxiety is spawned from the performance of Stacy Weckstein. To be honest, not much actually happens in this film. But it’s not the sort of tension spawned from the on-screen action. Make no mistake, The Sound of Your Voice is a surprisingly tense little film. The Sound of Your Voice is the sort of film that dwells in muted tensions, focusing on the simple sounds of everyday life to enhance its underlying anxiety. His new film The Sound of Your Voice is proof of just how eerie that silence can be.īeaty utilizes a haunting sound design to bolster that unease.

Hunt Beaty is the first filmmaker we’ve seen to fully embrace the unnerving quiet and isolation that can exist within the soundproof walls of sound booth. While there appears to be no limit to voice-over stories to tell, most of those films play the burgeoning short form sub genre for laughs. There’s been a handful of great short films lately centered around the world of voice-over artists. The Plot: In the isolated confines of a recording booth, a voice-over artist is haunted by a bad breakup. This week, we bring you Hunt Beaty’s quietly anxious drama The Sound of Your Voice. That’s we’re taking a weekly look at some of some of the short film world’s best and brightest.

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