2nd Unit...

...is fun.

Normally reserved for things that are either too dangerous for main cast (big stunts); or something that doesn’t involve main cast (pretty shots of landscapes/animals/buildings).

I’ve been lucky enough to be sent onto 2nd unit as the sound representative.
The BEST part however; is that most of the shooting, will involve NOISY equipment to get the visuals.

This noisy equipment means that rolling sound while filming is not really a requirement (it’ll be designed/replaced later), and I’m free to record Sound FX/Atmosphere tracks.

This is the purest form of sound recording for film (the collection of sounds that are not directly related to a picture, but are used creatively to support those same pictures)

I’m rambling now, but in short; it’s like I’ve won the sound recording lottery...

To make things even better, I’ve been given the Surround Sound mic. So I can capture the natural soundscapes of these amazing locations.


Post-Sound Supervisor recording a sound-scape, whilst being recorded by the Behind the Scenes Crew...



Nice Boab on the Diggers Rest property...



Early-morning sun through the trees...

Sunday was a bit of an anomaly – we got the day-off (due to some scheduling conflicts between main and 2nd unit) – so a bunch of crew headed off to the local races...


3rd race – coming off the final corner


Local race-goer, checking out the starting line-up


I think our safety-supervisor and paramedic won a bit on this particular horse...

I’m told that the Wyndham races are one of the few; if not the only, races that are held on Salt-plains

Time for the usual PHOTO FROM THE ARCHIVES


This week it’s a shot of a toll-gate for the local “city-cat” ferries in Brisbane

Ok that’s it for the moment,

Keep safe, and happy.

Ian

UPDATE

The only time that it’s really important to record sound on 2nd unit; is when main cast are present, and today was spent sitting on a tracking vehicle, pointing a mic at our male lead – charging along on a horse. Fun times