The final day of recording was exclusive to our final location, the abandoned building. As this recording was a bit later on in the week we would finally have access to the clip microphones. One of the issues we faced early on was the fact that one of the radio microphones had no clip attached to it, the way in which I fixed this was attaching two hair clips either side which managed to attach to the actors shirt quite well. On reflection though, we should always check the kit given to us before we head out to location.

 

We also had a fair amount of trouble the 633 recording device as we struggled to get all three channels recording for certain scenes, this would prove to be an issue we’d need to troubleshoot when it came to track dialogue. We notified the director early and managed to secure ADR sessions with the two actors for the following week, ensuring that any dialogue tracks that suffered from technical difficulties could easily be reconciled.

 

Another factor we had to face was the extreme weather; although we were inside a building the wind itself would also ripple through the building and created a warp sound through the boom microphone. This meant we had to take into heavy consideration the locations in which we would film from. This included shooting from between pillars and staying clear of the open window spaces.

 

We would also constantly review our recordings after to ensure that we got the correct results. Although this day had a lot of technically and external difficulties, we managed to come away with useable recordings that’ll factor into the final mix.