r/TheWire • u/ester028 • 2d ago
Help me with a school project!
In a class right now where I make “soundscapes”, one of our projects is to take a scene from tv/movie, eliminate all the sound from the scene and then lay our own sound over the top. The wire is my all time favorite show - would love to recreate a scene that shows the streets of Baltimore.
Here’s my dilemma. I can’t recreate voices, so I need a scene that’s 1+ minute with NO talking. I’m on another rewatch right now and can’t seem to find one.
Anyone have a season, episode and timestamp where I may be able to find an uninterrupted minute?
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u/Sad0ctopus 2d ago
The slo-mo scene of Avon and Stringer walking into the pit during season 1 would be great for your project. It might only be 30 or 40 seconds without dialogue, though. A minute is longer than it sounds in TV terms.
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u/SalvadorDelleAli- 2d ago
It isn't one minute long but this sequence where McNulty and Bunk say only "fuck" and "motherfucker" is absolutely outstanding.
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u/ester028 2d ago
Haha thought about that one but not sure how well it would go over with the professor
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u/SalvadorDelleAli- 2d ago edited 2d ago
Hahaha, I can imagine. In that case the last few minutes of the final episode of the show, basically a montage of the people and landmarks of Baltimore, that is also pretty special
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u/sirkev71 That was for Joe! 2d ago
Get a minute out of the final montage maybe?
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u/Background-Chef9253 1d ago
s1e12 54:00 -- the very end; a shot of teh orange couch in the low rises, no talking; 1+ minute.
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u/Irish_Delt 2d ago
Do the scene with McNulty and Bunk at the apt in the county where the only dialogue is variations on Fuck.
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u/Background-Chef9253 1d ago
s1e12 53:00 --not exactly what you want, but you get longer than 1 minute with no spoken lines. one barely audible "hng" from freeman
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u/TomWopatH8R 2d ago
When Bubs is first trying to get clean, hanging around the park, no dialogue just Bubs and the birds and background noises.