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=== Filming: Sydney's nightmare === |
=== Filming: Sydney's nightmare === |
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The episode begins with a dream sequence where Sydney appears as an [[Ina Garten]]-esque television-host version of herself.{{Cite web |last=Berkey |first=Amanda |date=2025-07-02 |title=The Bear's Unhinged Ina Garten Parody: All The Easter Eggs Explained |url=https://www.chowhound.com/1901277/the-bear-season-4-sydney-ina-garten-parody/ |access-date=2025-09-29 |website=Chowhound |language=en-US}} The beginning of the dream is similar to Carmy's [[cooking show]] nightmare from "[[Braciole (The Bear)|Braciole]]."{{Cite web |last=Daulerio |first=A. J. |date=2025-07-01 |title='The Bear' Season 4 Episode 8 Recap: "Green" |url=https://decider.com/2025/07/01/the-bear-season-4-episode-8-recap/ |access-date=2025-09-29 |website=Decider.com |language=en-US}} The [[title sequence]] of Sydney's televised kitchen nightmare features a ''[[Barefoot Contessa]]''-inspired [[The Hamptons|Hamptons]] beach romp. Syd channels Garten with a [[Bob cut|bob-cut hairstyle]], a "tendency to overestimate her viewer's time and resource availability," and "off-the-cuff references to high-end materials and ingredients." According to the show's sound producer "the wind and water flooding the set, cabinets banging open and shut, and general mayhem, [were] all...actual on-set effects, as opposed to [[Computer-generated imagery|CGI]]."{{Sfnp|Smith|2025|p=37}} The sound team thus needed to accommodate "a Ritter fan off to the side that's blowing stuff all over. There are water effects. There's hydraulics slapping the cabinet doors open and closed."{{Cite web |last=Jackson |first=Destiny |date=2025-08-13 |title='The Bear' Emmy Winning Sound Team Unveils "Sleight Of Hand" For Stirring Up Anxiety & The Chaos Of Season 4's Wedding Table Scene |url=https://deadline.com/2025/08/the-bear-interview-season-3-sound-design-1236485113/ |access-date=2025-10-18 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}} The sound team suggested having an overhead [[Boom operator (media)|boom mic]] drop into the ''Barefoot Contessa'' dream sequence, a nod to the use of such microphones on an actual cooking show. The sound for Sydney's one-shot monologue was recorded on a [[Sennheiser|Sennheiser MKH415]] microphone on a Fisher Model 2 boom, along with a body microphone placed on Edebiri, two microphones "rigged above the table," and another microphone "hidden in the tabletop."{{Sfnp|Smith|2025|p=37}} According to Scott D. Smith, head of ''The Bear'' sound recording department, "Somehow, the post sound crew was able to extract something usable from all these sources, without resorting to [[Automated dialogue replacement|ADR]]."{{Sfnp|Smith|2025|p=37}} |
The episode begins with a dream sequence where Sydney appears as an [[Ina Garten]]-esque television-host version of herself.{{Cite web |last=Berkey |first=Amanda |date=2025-07-02 |title=The Bear's Unhinged Ina Garten Parody: All The Easter Eggs Explained |url=https://www.chowhound.com/1901277/the-bear-season-4-sydney-ina-garten-parody/ |access-date=2025-09-29 |website=Chowhound |language=en-US}} The beginning of the dream is similar to Carmy's [[cooking show]] nightmare from "[[Braciole (The Bear)|Braciole]]."{{Cite web |last=Daulerio |first=A. J. |date=2025-07-01 |title='The Bear' Season 4 Episode 8 Recap: "Green" |url=https://decider.com/2025/07/01/the-bear-season-4-episode-8-recap/ |access-date=2025-09-29 |website=Decider.com |language=en-US}} The [[title sequence]] of Sydney's televised kitchen nightmare features a ''[[Barefoot Contessa]]''-inspired [[The Hamptons|Hamptons]] beach romp. Syd channels Garten with a [[Bob cut|bob-cut hairstyle]], a "tendency to overestimate her viewer's time and resource availability," and "off-the-cuff references to high-end materials and ingredients." |
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[[File:Lux Products Long Ring Timer.jpg|thumb|left|200px|A Lux-brand "long ring minute minder" buzzes Sydney a TV set into another setting, equally distressing]] |
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According to the show's sound producer "the wind and water flooding the set, cabinets banging open and shut, and general mayhem, [were] all...actual on-set effects, as opposed to [[Computer-generated imagery|CGI]]."{{Sfnp|Smith|2025|p=37}} The sound team thus needed to accommodate "a Ritter fan off to the side that's blowing stuff all over. There are water effects. There's hydraulics slapping the cabinet doors open and closed."{{Cite web |last=Jackson |first=Destiny |date=2025-08-13 |title='The Bear' Emmy Winning Sound Team Unveils "Sleight Of Hand" For Stirring Up Anxiety & The Chaos Of Season 4's Wedding Table Scene |url=https://deadline.com/2025/08/the-bear-interview-season-3-sound-design-1236485113/ |access-date=2025-10-18 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}} The sound team suggested having an overhead [[Boom operator (media)|boom mic]] drop into the ''Barefoot Contessa'' dream sequence, a nod to the use of such microphones on an actual cooking show. The sound for Sydney's one-shot monologue was recorded on a [[Sennheiser|Sennheiser MKH415]] microphone on a Fisher Model 2 boom, along with a body microphone placed on Edebiri, two microphones "rigged above the table," and another microphone "hidden in the tabletop."{{Sfnp|Smith|2025|p=37}} According to Scott D. Smith, head of ''The Bear'' sound recording department, "Somehow, the post sound crew was able to extract something usable from all these sources, without resorting to [[Automated dialogue replacement|ADR]]."{{Sfnp|Smith|2025|p=37}} |
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After the Ina Garten sequence, Sydney's dream continues in another setting, with her finding herself standing alone and exposed on the stage of either the [[Music Box Theatre (Chicago)|Music Box Theatre]],{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2025-06-26 |title=The Bear Season 4 Chicago Filming Spots |url=https://www.choosechicago.com/blog/dining/chicago-locations-the-bear/ |access-date=2025-10-05 |website=Choose Chicago |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2025-06-25 |title='The Bear' Season 4 Brings The Heat — And A Tour Of Unexpected Filming Locations |url=https://www.travelandleisureasia.com/sea/destinations/the-bear-season-4-filming-locations-chicago-illinios/ |access-date=2025-10-18 |website=Travel and Leisure Asia {{!}} Southeast Asia |language=en}} or the [[Chicago Theatre]].{{Cite web |last=Scherer |first=Jenna |date=2025-07-03 |title=With the doomsday clock ticking down, a strange sense of calm pervades The Bear |url=https://www.avclub.com/the-bear-recap-season-4-episode-8-green |access-date=2025-09-29 |website=AV Club |language=en-US}} The soundtrack leaves behind Ina's classical-music theme song for "instrumental music that transforms Sydney's culinary fantasy into a confused and anxiety-ridden experience."{{Cite web |last=Miller |first=Liz Shannon |date=2025-06-26 |title=The Bear Season 4 Soundtrack: A Guide to Every Needle Drop |url=https://consequence.net/2025/06/the-bear-season-4-soundtrack-every-song/ |access-date=2026-01-07 |website=Consequence |language=en}} |
After the Ina Garten sequence, Sydney's dream continues in another setting, with her finding herself standing alone and exposed on the stage of either the [[Music Box Theatre (Chicago)|Music Box Theatre]],{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2025-06-26 |title=The Bear Season 4 Chicago Filming Spots |url=https://www.choosechicago.com/blog/dining/chicago-locations-the-bear/ |access-date=2025-10-05 |website=Choose Chicago |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2025-06-25 |title='The Bear' Season 4 Brings The Heat — And A Tour Of Unexpected Filming Locations |url=https://www.travelandleisureasia.com/sea/destinations/the-bear-season-4-filming-locations-chicago-illinios/ |access-date=2025-10-18 |website=Travel and Leisure Asia {{!}} Southeast Asia |language=en}} or the [[Chicago Theatre]].{{Cite web |last=Scherer |first=Jenna |date=2025-07-03 |title=With the doomsday clock ticking down, a strange sense of calm pervades The Bear |url=https://www.avclub.com/the-bear-recap-season-4-episode-8-green |access-date=2025-09-29 |website=AV Club |language=en-US}} The soundtrack leaves behind Ina's classical-music theme song for "instrumental music that transforms Sydney's culinary fantasy into a confused and anxiety-ridden experience."{{Cite web |last=Miller |first=Liz Shannon |date=2025-06-26 |title=The Bear Season 4 Soundtrack: A Guide to Every Needle Drop |url=https://consequence.net/2025/06/the-bear-season-4-soundtrack-every-song/ |access-date=2026-01-07 |website=Consequence |language=en}} |
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