What a Sword Really Sounds Like Being Removed from a Sheath

(youtube) Our presenter demonstrates the falsehood of Hollywood sound effects foley artists, with regard to the verisimilitude of sword-drawing noise, with a joke at the end for those patient enough to last that far.
raviolisays...

hey it's missing the video montage with all the wrong sounds he's talking about, ah well...

i have the same frustration with car chase sounds : tires don't make a screeching sound when rolling on dirt!!!

hpqpsays...

And it's not just pointy sticks, but boom sticks too; notice how many times pistols, shotguns and ARs are loudly and dramatically "chick-chicked"? My favourite is when they do it several times (most often with a pistol or shotgun) before firing a single shot. Nice job spreading your rounds on the floor.

ChaosEnginesays...

Hollywood movies aren't an accurate portrayal of real life? I am shocked and appalled to learn this.

Anyway, I remember being very disappointed the first time I drew a katana (THE BESTESTEST SWORD..... <jeremy_clarkson>IN THE WURLD</jeremy_clarkson>) and it didn't make a "sching" noise.

Apparently there is actually a trope for this. It's called Audible Sharpness. <- DO NOT CLICK THIS LINK.... that way lies madness.

chingalerasays...

The Bastard sword-
Wield that longsword well and you are pretty much the bad-boy on the sword-fighting block...Last thing to be uttered from the reciving-end of one was most likely, "You BASsstard!" many a time...

ChaosEnginesaid:

Oh come on. There is a type of sword called a bastard sword. Clearly that wins. For the name alone!

gorillamansays...

This guy's channel is dangerously addictive. They're all these sub-five minute videos titled "A point about..." and I can't stop clicking on them. What about scimitars? What about the hoplite cuirass? I HAVE TO KNOW.

EvilDeathBeejokingly says...

Naaah. How many shows have someone using a bastard sword and do the ol' "slice you in half but only until I sheath the sword do you split in half in a ridiculously over the top shower of blood"? Only the katana has that power

ChaosEnginesaid:

Oh come on. There is a type of sword called a bastard sword. Clearly that wins. For the name alone!

ChaosEnginesays...

A good point and well made. Clearly you know your swordiness.

However, I still have an ace to play.
Sword-chucks motherfucker!

Hah! didn't see that one coming, did you?

EvilDeathBeesaid:

Naaah. How many shows have someone using a bastard sword and do the ol' "slice you in half but only until I sheath the sword do you split in half in a ridiculously over the top shower of blood"? Only the katana has that power

FlowersInHisHairsays...

It's all because Reality Is Unrealistic.

ChaosEnginesaid:

Hollywood movies aren't an accurate portrayal of real life? I am shocked and appalled to learn this.

Anyway, I remember being very disappointed the first time I drew a katana (THE BESTESTEST SWORD..... <jeremy_clarkson>IN THE WURLD</jeremy_clarkson>) and it didn't make a "sching" noise.

Apparently there is actually a trope for this. It's called Audible Sharpness. <- DO NOT CLICK THIS LINK.... that way lies madness.

Paybacksays...

My problem with movie guns is the "hand cannon" sound. Like in all the Dirty Harry movies. Every pistol shot seems to sound like a 50cal Barrett sniper rifle in a sewer pipe.

As cool sounding as it is wrong.

hpqpsaid:

And it's not just pointy sticks, but boom sticks too; notice how many times pistols, shotguns and ARs are loudly and dramatically "chick-chicked"? My favourite is when they do it several times (most often with a pistol or shotgun) before firing a single shot. Nice job spreading your rounds on the floor.

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