When one of the rescue boats row back to the people floating in the water, one of them yells "Is there anybody out there?" followed by an echo of that.
There shouldn't be an echo, because they're out in the middle of the ocean and there's nothing for the sound to bounce off.
freak 992, it wasn't the californian that was there, it was the carpathia, and it wasn't just a FEW miles, and also it would be impossible for the sound of people screaming to make it all the way out to that ship and back in a manner of seconds for the people to hear it as an echo
Echos do not bounce off water GENIUS!! It has to be around you not just below you. If echos bounce off water then they must also bounce off dry land and if that is so then an echo can occur at anytime anywhere cuz you have to be on land or water. Unless of course you're floating in mid air.
I think that it was done for effect. it might have been able to bounce of the icebergs. Also the ship that was closest was the Californian. Their telegraph person had already gone to sleep and didn't get the help signal therefore not being able to help them.
Shawn, you obviously havent been to 4th grade yet to learn that sound bounces off ALL objects, ESPECIALLY water. The sound doesnt have to bounce off of dry land, just another object that will send the sound waves back to the source of the noise. Tsk, Tsk, Tsk, Im a kid and I know more than you [not to be mean]:)
AAAAAGH! Sound bounces off water. BUT, to hear a distinct echo, the sound has to strike a lot of stuff all roughly same distance from the source. The water could NOT be responsible for a discernible echo because it is an infinite set of distances from the sound source.
The walls of huge icebergs would give a nice echo, but were they near? I thought the ship kept drifting in the same direction for some time after the impact. It takes forever to start up a ship from a dead stop, and almost as long to stop one.
I know that the ship stopped after it hit, but I believe the ice was moving. It was found a few days later nearer to Europe with paint from the Titanic on it.
The echo was probably just for affect because when out on the ocean and yell it doesn't echo like that.
Of course it was for effect. its the effect of what Rose hears. when you see the men in slow motion you dont think 'hold on, thats a slip up, they put it in slow motion' I agree with the person with no name.
The echo, as far as I remember, I think it was in Rose's head. She was stunned and messed up from shock and the ice-cold water. She was hearing a little distortion and vibration in everything.
Nateda,
If you would have bothered to pay attention in 4th grade, you would know that sound DOESN'T bounce off of all objects. Many objects absorb sound. That's why you don't hear echoes in your house full of furniture (if you have furniture).
Alex...before you jump all over people, get your history straight. The Californian was very close to the Titanic, that's the irony in it all. The Carpathia had to come in from their set course to rescue the survivors.
First of all no ship was close enough for an echo!! That shouldn't even be a factor in this. The SUPPOSED position of the Californian was still too far away to have anything to do with the echo. And pay attention to the word supposed, its never been proven that the Californian was as close to the Titanic as some of you people are suggesting!!! Its a hypothetical position you people are talking about. And there wasnt an echo!!!! Like other people said it was Rose hearing them and it was just for effects!
The sound could have bounced off boats, ice bergs, other life boats, maybe even the water. But since this part of the film was cast in a tank in an enclosed area, that is what probably made the echo so obvious to pick up on.
The Titanic was in the middle of a huge icefield, so there would have been hundreds of small and large icebergs (wich could have been the equivelent of an 11 story high building)so there would have been plenty of things for sound to echo off of.
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