Reality Repitch

When we become smaller the sound of our voice will change. It may need some getting used to. To try and hear possible future differences we changed the protagonist’s voice in The Incredible Shrinking Man. In the original film the voice of Scott Carey doesn’t change as he gets smaller. Together with Alex Schaub we gradually repitched Scott’s voice 4 octaves over the 81 minute period of the film. The gradual change gives your hearing just enough time to adjust. You can find a shorter version on Youtube called Reality Repitch. Most people that watched the film hardly notice the change, especially in the long version. This suggests that even if a more high-pitched voice at first seems like an undesirable by-effect of shrinking we’ll probably won’t even know the difference once we get to that point. And that’s not even taking into account the fact that our hearing itself will probably change as well.