Bande A Blog

2nd Week Of May 2011

We then set out to find locations for the shoot, we called around and found a café in Brockley and a school in Beckenham to work in for the 8th of June. Nicola found a actress/dancer who was perfect to play Anna Karina and got in contact with Mr Jim Walter a excellent director and cinematographer who provided the camera equipment as well. My job for the day was to produce and make sure everything went according to plan and record dialogue and location sound.

I used a Sennheiser 416 and recorded into a Zoom H4, I recorded everything entirely in mono to recreate the accurate sonic sensibilities and style of the film. I recorded some Foley and atmos on location, but did most of the Foley in my home studio. The atmosphere for the café had to be recorded in in a separate café in Beckenham, which took several attempts as most cafes play music. It took a while for me to find a café which sounded right.