“So did you record any nice sounds?” “Yes, I caught some trees creaking, that was quite nice!” “Your microphones must be very sensitive, right?” “You mean because I got the trees creaking?” “Yes.” “But you can hear for yourself those trees over there creaking right now.” “Ah!….” I have been trying to force the principle of […]
Having to record sound on a daily basis as a job, I get many new impressions and thoughts. This is a series that will be a way of sharing those. Many of the posts will be very short. Some might also be from other authors. Feel free to leave a comment and contribute with your […]
A few months ago Paul Virostek contacted me to ask a few questions about my field recording practice and launch it as an interview on his second series of “A month of field recordists”. It was (really) an honour, and a surprise, since his blog – and his books – have been what inspired me […]
In February, Paulo Dantas, a composer, improviser and field recordist, visited Stockholm as a guest composer at Elektronmusik Studion, to master two new music releases (Eva Mitocondrial, by Insignificanto, and Facies, by Bella) and to make some critical listening. We got the opportunity to meet and he very kindly agreed to share insights on listening, field […]
Hello! For whoever not familiar where this article comes from, you can read the first one here. In there, I ask a lot of questions for an evolving documentary film where I have the luxury to have a lot of time to think of. Recently, we made a video teaser-like, in which some of the […]
Hello! As you probably know, lately I’ve doing a lot field recording for Iterance, a documentary I am working on. We have been recording and filming at places that were once functioning factories. All these places are now ruins, so they are partially destroyed with interesting remaining of what once was. While the picture is […]
Last week, audio work for a documentary, from Sérgio Miguel Silva just started and I feel grateful for the opportunity to intervene from the very beginning, as sound will also have an essential role telling stories and portraying voices that the visuals won’t be able to do so at a full extent (although incredibly powerful […]
In the current week I’ve been given the very cool task of recording and editing mechanical sounds for my Sound Design course at the Masters I am attending. My first idea – and actually concretion – was to record a copy machine. I love machine sounds and now I do even more. So, I was […]
Once more, a link to a BBC production. On the previous post of this series, I questioned the role of the magnetic tape on sound design development in its early days. Here, this question is answered, around many many interesting matters on sound, processes, archive footages and much more… What follows you encounter at DocumentaryStorm: […]
What does war sound like now? After years gathering ideas of war sounds based on thousands of films, it’s worth to take a look on this link to an interesting article by Vanessa Barford, containing sounds of war from Gaza to WW II. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20400030 And here is an interview with a brave field recordist – […]
