https://www.scmp.com/rss/500695/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com In 2017, the producers of Wolf Warrior 2, the highest-grossing Chinese movie ever, had a problem. They needed to capture the sound of a missile flying for some action scenes, but it was nearly impossible to record. Instead of getting a sound designer, they found Haiyang, a vocal artist who could make the sound with his mouth. Haiyang is a master of kouji 口技, a traditional Chinese art form similar to beatboxing. Translated literally as “mouth techniques,” kouji’s roots date back thousands of... https://www.scmp.com/culture/chinese-beatboxer-sound-effects-mouth-kouji-haiyang/article/3008582?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/culture/chinese-beatboxer-sound-effects-mouth-kouji-haiyang/article/3008582?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 03 May 2019 03:50:28 +0000