Sound in Clear Water

2007-09-20 01:53:09

Thematically, the film has many food references, so I figured I would approach the sound with that in mind and, since I was hungry, I set up a bunch of microphones in the kitchen. I used an AKG 414 and a pair of Royer 122 ribbons in a blumlein pattern. I rolled hard drive for a few minutes on the sink in various states of flow, dripping and splashing. Then I moved on to the coffee grinder, stove-top and fridge, the latter to procure necessary victuals to complete the recordings... One section of tap drizzle was stretched and layered to get the crazy, crackly, serrated sound in the end of the bathroom scene.

I also set up a Yamaha CS-15 as I wanted to use a monophonic synthesizer to keep things simple and lonely. I tweaked the knobs on the synth while watching the film and, after a few takes, I got a bunch of stuff to pull from.

Next, I wanted a crazy sound for the amazing shot of Marc through the bottles. The camera work really inspired the sound. I set up a bunch of wine glasses with various levels of water in them and played them like an hydrocrystalophone. I used the AKG 414 again and close mic'd the glasses to get as intense a sound as possible.

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