Théodora Menthonnex – Tarmac / Nebraska (sound)

My graduation project consisted of doing the sound recording for two films, one in the heart of the Swiss mountains, the other in the hustle and bustle of the city.

Diploma project (2020) by Théodora Menthonnex

Know-how: Sound, Fiction

Fictions / 20 min / 21 min

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My graduation project consisted of doing the sound recording for two films, one in the heart of the Swiss mountains, the other in the hustle and bustle of the city.

Having chosen fundamentally opposing projects, I was able to learn to aid and enhance the narrative through sound. Lou-Théa Papaloizos’ film focuses on the unspoken, which we must feel. We sought a connection with intimacy, organic matters and the body.

For Rodrigo Munoz’s project we represented the inner universe of a child through the singular treatment of sound: asynchronous, resonant, magic.

Théodora Menthonnex

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