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Saturday 3 December 2011

Sense of Space - The Bates Motel Planning


The Bates Motel
Equipment List

1 x Marantz 660 Recorder
            Settings:         PCM 44.1k
                                    Presets 1 and 2 (Mono and Stereo)
                                    Phantom Power 
1 x Omnidirectional Microphone
1 x Rifle Microphone
1 x Tie Clip Microphone set
1 x Hydrophone plus contact rubber




The Bates Motel
Visual and Audio Timelines



This is the initial stage of our planning. We watched the scene through from 0 to 3 minutes exactly and charted exactly what was happening and when.


This is the 0 – 1 minute visual representation of our audio timeline. There will be 4 tracks, and the first track will be saved for atmos tracks.


This is the 1 – 2 minute audio timeline. As you can see, the fourth track is from now until the end reserved for the shower sound FX.


This is the 2 – 3 minute audio timeline.


Ideas for sound recording:
Stabbing – a knife thrust into a boned chicken
Quiet room atmos – near a window with distant traffic
Bathroom atmos – room in which heating can be heard, recorded near a radiator
Shower – 2 x mono tracks, one close to the head of the shower, one where the water hits the tub
Curtain rail – actual curtain rails OR coathangers
Curtain pulled off – coat poppers and metal nails
Body thump – chicken dropped on the floor

Everything else can be made with the actual object at close range.




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