Sound of Violence

My name is Alexis.

And when I hear certain sounds,

I don't just hear them,

I see them.

And the very first time it happened,

my whole life changed.

Always ready to help.

Dad injured?

Well...

He's fine, right?

Well, physically, yes,

but it hasn't been easy for him.

War is like living through a brutal accident.

Remember your accident?

That's not the same.

I lost my hearing.

Sweetie, he needs to feel your love.

Just be careful, please.

Man, I wish Jordan can come back,

we're getting killed.

Can we go catch a game?

Or just wait for another Space Jam.

...either.

Go to your room.

You all bore him.

At least, me losing my hearing means I can't hear you.

Kevin, tell your sister to look at me.

Do what your mother tells you.

Dad.

Do what your mother tells you.

I can't hear you.

Do as your mother tells you!

Do what your mother tells you, baby.

Sorry, honey.

Moody soon-to-be-teen.

Welcome home.

Hey, are you okay?

I knew that people would never understand

what I saw or felt,

but all I could think of

was that I needed to feel it again.

The heartbeat of your work.

I find percussions and drums

to be the bridge of musical science.

It is the human touch elevated to a language.

Sounds carry messages

and percussions do that.

And a beat, by the way,

doesn't only come from instruments,

a beat can come from anywhere.

Like how a heartbeat is a melody,

each surface has its own tune.

Mr. Bell will be back next week.

We'll resume our compositions then.

Got you, okay.

Hi.

Yeah!

Hey, roomie.

Sorry, I'm late.

Oh, yes.

Tonight's gonna be dope.

Mmhmm.

You are one sick puppy, did you know that?

Yeah.

Mmhmm.

I got the mixer, let me get it.

Okay.

Hmm.

Nope.

No snooping at my Frankenstein project.

What are you talking about?

This looks awesome.

Anyway, the mixer.

Or as a French would call it "la table de mixage".

Oh, I learn something new every day.

Mmhmm.

Uh, that little mixer is really effective.

Yeah.

Modeled it so that every channel

can be separately recorded in raw formats.

Yes.

Yeah.

I'll grab the rest of my favorite wires.

Hell yeah.

Uh, huh-huh.

And your weird little experiment deserves it.

Okay.

I'll see you at 7:00.

Okay.

Uh.

No.

No, uh.

Hey, how's it goin'?

Hi.

Thanks, good.

Yeah.

I think it works.

Everything works, yeah, yeah.

So if you have any problems at all, then just bring it back

and we'll open it up and take a look.

Uh, yeah, it's total, so yeah.

Yeah, sure.

Yeah.

Excuse me?

Can I turn this on?

Yeah.

Do you know how to work one of those?

Yeah.

Okay, cool.

Just be careful, it's kind of an oldie.

No problem.

Thank you.

It's funny, people usually go for Star Trek.

You're a total natural.

Thanks for letting me play.

Have a good day.

You, too.

Okay.

Yeah.

You ready?

Thanks for getting me into this.

Alright.

So where do you wanna put the camera?

Mm.

Oh.

Uh, no, wse're not filming.

Only sound.

All we need is a table and some power.

Hmm, alright, just over here.

You can use that table.

Great, thanks.

Okay.

Yeah, it's great.

Okay, we're all set.

We're recording?

Yep.

Alright, over to you.

We need more.

Uh, we need to be able to hear them properly.

Back in your lane, young lady.

I know what I'm doing.

It'll be loud enough.

Back in your lane, lady.

Keep going, harder.

We're getting close to his limit.

Please, this is great.

What else can you use?

You remember the signal.

Keep going, please.

Harder.

Harder.

Harder.

Why are you stopping?

That's his limit.

He did the signal.

He's fine, I'm not done.

Dude, he's had enough!

We have plenty of material...

I'll tell you when I got what I need.

Thank you so much for your time.

We'll get out of your hair in a minute.

You're still not talkin' to me.

We got people to take part in your sound experiment,

that's what matters.

What?

It's my fault?

The guy had enough.

These people push themselves, Marie, that's their shtick.

You didn't let me push them.

Okay, these people have rules,

the most important being we respect their limits.

Okay, I know you are this super-experimental rad artist

with sounds no one has ever heard of,

but you haven't even listened to it.

Why would I?

I don't think it worked, I didn't get enough.

Well, that's what you get with $100

and people from the internet.

I know, okay?

I just... I need powerful sounds.

Just listen to it.

Come on.

Please.

Fine.

See?

Fig.

I can work with that.

Yeah?

Yeah, you were right.

Thank you.

Thank you.

I couldn't have done it without you.

I'm so proud of you.

Uh.

Thanks.

Um, I'm gonna let you get to work.

Let me know if you need anything.

You know where to find me.

Yes, I should be good.

I'll... I'll see you at home.