Many meetings have taken place. We discussed very early on that the style of sound/music would be that similar to the feature film Les Misérables (2012). The concept of recording live vocals on set is a style, we believe, would aid the film in what we aim to achieve. The Director, Producer, PM and Sound department had a meeting in which we watched a documentary on how the crew of Les Miz achieved it's technical approach. It is has been decided that we will be replicating this technical approach which entails hiring from external companies.
Charis Coke mentioned during one of our meetings that a company called Richmond Film Services gave us UCA members a 10% discount on all equipment. Luckily they had all the equipment I needed! With this in mind we decided to schedule a sound pre-vis for Friday 30th November. Below is a list of equipment, from UCA Equipment Hire and Richmond Film Services.
For the pre-vis on Friday I created a brief to inform the crew what we were going to achieve during the day. Below is a copy of that brief.
Friday
30th October Jailbird sound pre-vis brief.
Aims for the previz:
·
Test the concept of recording
vocals live
·
Effectively set up and discover
best recording technique (see diagram)
·
Rehearse with live pianist/
guitarist
·
Edit together the footage and
sound for practice and logistic purposes
The pre-vis will be the first test for our
sound department to complete a technical arrangement of their chosen recording
technique. It is essential that after this technical rehearsal that the sound
department are confident and satisfied with their tests which will then be
carried onto future pre-vis’s and the actual shoot. Being that it will also be
the first time a few members of crew will be working together, it will be a
good opportunity to develop a successful working relationship between all
participating crewmembers. Our very talented editor will then complete an edit
and prep it for the sound design and music.
(Very rough) Plan for the day (subject to
change)
09:30 – Arrive at University
10:00 – Set up equipment
12:00 – Pianist arrival (if available)
12:30 – Break
13:30 – SHOOT
16:30 (at the latest) – Pack up and return
equipment
Sound Department equipment List
- Sennhesier 416t
- Shure sm58
- 4m Rode fish pole x 2
- Puretone Induction Loop Earpieces (EXT hire)
- DPA 4071 (EXT hire)
- Sennheiser EW100 G3 Ch.38 pocket transmitter (EXT hire)
- Sennheiser EW300 IEM G3 RX Ch.38 504674 (EXT hire)
- Fostex
- Sound Devices 633
- XLR cables, headphones, splitters
We are now all set for the pre-vis tomorrow and so I will be updated this blog with the outcomes of the day.
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