1 00:00:04,108 --> 00:00:06,652 [Caro] One of my mentors said early on that you have to think, 2 00:00:06,736 --> 00:00:11,115 every time you hit the record button, you're capturing history. 3 00:00:14,118 --> 00:00:15,619 We're magicians. 4 00:00:16,495 --> 00:00:18,998 We create illusions with sound. 5 00:00:20,541 --> 00:00:22,918 It's really exciting to be at the point of creation... 6 00:00:24,170 --> 00:00:26,130 and, hopefully, capturing magic. 7 00:00:41,437 --> 00:00:42,438 My name is Vince Caro. 8 00:00:42,521 --> 00:00:46,025 I am the senior recording engineer here at Pixar Animation Studios. 9 00:00:54,867 --> 00:00:56,160 This is the control room. 10 00:00:57,078 --> 00:01:00,206 Out there, the recording booth, the live room. 11 00:01:00,748 --> 00:01:05,002 We'll do voice-overs, sound effects, Foley, bits of music. 12 00:01:05,544 --> 00:01:07,713 All the equipment is super high-end. 13 00:01:08,339 --> 00:01:12,885 I have a fantastic collection of microphones, uh, both vintage and new. 14 00:01:13,386 --> 00:01:17,181 This is the James Earl Jones as Mufasa microphone. 15 00:01:17,264 --> 00:01:19,683 This is the one that I actually recorded him with. 16 00:01:19,767 --> 00:01:22,019 Over my career, I've worked with Tom Hanks, 17 00:01:22,103 --> 00:01:25,064 Holly Hunter, Billy Crystal, John Goodman. 18 00:01:25,147 --> 00:01:27,191 There's just so many-- [chuckles] I can't even think. 19 00:01:27,733 --> 00:01:29,402 As a kid, I loved music. 20 00:01:31,195 --> 00:01:33,739 When it came time to go to college, I went into music school. 21 00:01:35,658 --> 00:01:38,953 After college, I moved to New York, and I worked at RCA Studios. 22 00:01:40,079 --> 00:01:42,039 Disney was coming in to do Beauty and the Beast, 23 00:01:42,123 --> 00:01:43,290 and the manager said, 24 00:01:43,374 --> 00:01:45,751 "Hey, you're the perfect guy. Do you want the gig?" 25 00:01:45,835 --> 00:01:48,879 And I thought to be part of one of those would be a lot of fun. 26 00:01:48,963 --> 00:01:52,633 After that they came back for Aladdin and Lion King. 27 00:01:53,718 --> 00:01:55,010 RCA closed down. 28 00:01:55,720 --> 00:01:58,431 I got a call from the people at Disney, and they said that, 29 00:01:58,514 --> 00:02:01,016 "We're working with this little animation company. 30 00:02:01,767 --> 00:02:04,270 They're making a film. Do you wanna do the recording session?" 31 00:02:04,353 --> 00:02:07,356 And I said, "Absolutely." And that was the first Toy Story. 32 00:02:07,773 --> 00:02:10,985 That was the first Pixar recording session that I had done. 33 00:02:12,111 --> 00:02:15,197 Everything needs sound, luckily. [chuckles] 34 00:02:15,281 --> 00:02:18,284 [old fashioned police siren sound] 35 00:02:22,663 --> 00:02:23,664 [siren sound continues] 36 00:02:24,999 --> 00:02:26,000 [siren sound fades] 37 00:02:26,083 --> 00:02:27,126 Gosh, that's great. 38 00:02:27,209 --> 00:02:28,294 It sounds like an old... 39 00:02:29,295 --> 00:02:31,464 -TV police show, you know? -[man in studio] Yeah. 40 00:02:31,547 --> 00:02:34,759 Sound effects and Foley, we separate those into two things. 41 00:02:34,842 --> 00:02:36,469 Sound effects being stand-alone. 42 00:02:36,927 --> 00:02:39,805 Uh, in other words, you just record various things: 43 00:02:39,889 --> 00:02:42,391 bells, rubber chickens... 44 00:02:42,475 --> 00:02:45,895 [chicken wailing sound] 45 00:02:46,520 --> 00:02:48,898 -[laughs] -motorcycles, cars. 46 00:02:48,981 --> 00:02:51,192 Can you ever have enough sound effects? No. 47 00:02:51,275 --> 00:02:53,110 We're gonna work on 45A, 48 00:02:53,194 --> 00:02:57,656 which is Ducky, one of the new characters in Toy Story 4. 49 00:02:57,740 --> 00:03:00,576 Foley is a whole other art form. 50 00:03:00,659 --> 00:03:02,078 They're sound effects, yes, 51 00:03:02,161 --> 00:03:05,331 but you're actually watching the film and trying to match the motions. 52 00:03:06,248 --> 00:03:10,127 And it always sounds more natural when, if you just took individual sound effects, 53 00:03:10,211 --> 00:03:11,212 and cutting them in. 54 00:03:13,339 --> 00:03:15,549 All right. Moving on to the zip line. 55 00:03:15,633 --> 00:03:18,344 When you have a really good Foley artist, it's always better. 56 00:03:18,427 --> 00:03:19,720 Perspective-wise... 57 00:03:20,012 --> 00:03:23,015 -I'm gonna do something like this... -Yeah, so, she's further away. 58 00:03:23,099 --> 00:03:25,184 So, I should probably come from this direction. 59 00:03:25,267 --> 00:03:27,728 [man in studio] So, you got Bo with her staff. 60 00:03:27,812 --> 00:03:30,731 Buzz, Woody, Forky. 61 00:03:35,861 --> 00:03:37,113 That's better. 62 00:03:37,196 --> 00:03:38,447 That's pretty good. 63 00:03:44,203 --> 00:03:45,663 -[Peterson] So, hey, man. -[Caro] Hey. 64 00:03:46,789 --> 00:03:48,916 -Let's get this set up. -This could get loud. 65 00:03:48,999 --> 00:03:50,251 We are all set. We're rolling. 66 00:03:50,334 --> 00:03:51,961 -Whenever you're ready. -Yeah, all right. Let me warm up. 67 00:03:52,461 --> 00:03:54,380 I am Dug. I am Dug. 68 00:03:54,463 --> 00:03:55,798 That's my key. That's all I need. 69 00:03:55,881 --> 00:03:58,384 [Caro] Bob Peterson is one of our directors, 70 00:03:58,467 --> 00:04:00,553 and he's just one of our great voice talents. 71 00:04:00,636 --> 00:04:03,431 -He's Roz... -I'm watching you, Wazowski. 72 00:04:03,514 --> 00:04:05,975 ...in Monsters, Inc., you know, the character, 73 00:04:06,058 --> 00:04:07,643 [raspy voice] "Wazowski, where's your paperwork?" 74 00:04:07,727 --> 00:04:11,022 -He's Dug the dog in Up. -I have just met you, and I love you. 75 00:04:12,106 --> 00:04:14,525 Mr. Fredricksen, it is time for breakfast. 76 00:04:14,608 --> 00:04:16,485 Would you get up and feed me? 77 00:04:16,986 --> 00:04:18,654 Oh, thank you, Master. 78 00:04:18,738 --> 00:04:21,532 Now I will go out and guard the yard. 79 00:04:21,615 --> 00:04:23,492 It is a beautiful-- Squirrel! 80 00:04:23,576 --> 00:04:25,453 [chuckles] 81 00:04:25,536 --> 00:04:26,787 He just makes me laugh. 82 00:04:26,871 --> 00:04:28,330 What is that smell? 83 00:04:28,414 --> 00:04:30,750 I will follow that smell. 84 00:04:31,167 --> 00:04:34,295 Oh! That smell is gross. I love it. 85 00:04:34,378 --> 00:04:36,088 [chuckles] 86 00:04:36,172 --> 00:04:37,173 So true to life. 87 00:04:37,256 --> 00:04:38,674 -Did we get it? -We did. 88 00:04:38,758 --> 00:04:40,885 When I'm in the studio, and he's doing what he does, 89 00:04:40,968 --> 00:04:43,012 I just say, "I can't believe I get paid to do this." 90 00:04:44,513 --> 00:04:46,640 Recording live music is always fun to me. 91 00:04:46,724 --> 00:04:50,436 You're surrounded by enormously talented people. 92 00:04:52,730 --> 00:04:57,276 [singing in Spanish] 93 00:05:03,657 --> 00:05:05,785 I think my favorite part is just... 94 00:05:06,869 --> 00:05:10,498 watching... a tiny little idea 95 00:05:11,123 --> 00:05:13,417 go into pencil sketches and storyboards 96 00:05:13,834 --> 00:05:17,380 and then going to the film years later 97 00:05:17,463 --> 00:05:20,216 and seeing it as this masterpiece of animation. 98 00:05:20,299 --> 00:05:24,595 [music and singing continues] 99 00:05:24,678 --> 00:05:27,181 You look at what's going on in the world, you know, 100 00:05:27,264 --> 00:05:30,393 and you think, "My gosh, I should be doing something more important." 101 00:05:30,851 --> 00:05:32,144 And I realize that... 102 00:05:33,062 --> 00:05:35,523 what we make brings joy to people. 103 00:05:36,315 --> 00:05:38,234 There is something inherently noble 104 00:05:38,317 --> 00:05:41,237 about bringing joy to people around the world, 105 00:05:41,320 --> 00:05:44,031 even if it's just 88 minutes of a film. 106 00:05:44,949 --> 00:05:47,576 This is just a dream come true to come in here 107 00:05:47,660 --> 00:05:51,247 and hit record and collect history. 108 00:05:51,330 --> 00:05:54,208 I can't really think of anything that I'd rather do. 109 00:05:54,291 --> 00:05:56,293 [continues singing in Spanish] 110 00:05:59,839 --> 00:06:01,424 -[song ends] -Bravo. 111 00:06:01,507 --> 00:06:02,508 [singer chuckles] All right. 112 00:06:03,175 --> 00:06:04,093 -[man 1] Yeah. -[man 2] All right. 113 00:06:04,176 --> 00:06:05,344 -[singer] Cool. -[man 2] Thanks, Vince.