The Masters of Foley Guild arranged an impromptu day of field recording on Sunday.
Armed with 3 recording kits and a few location ideas heading from Ellerslie up to Red Beach, we embarked on a great day of recording!! J.Bruce led the intrepid journey, assisted by A.Barber,
G.Van Niekerk and myself.
Firstly we stopped in Birkenhead to visit an old Punker with a serious WW1 and 2 rifle collection.
He is so passionate about his guns and gave us great histories of each for accurate sound usage and also an amazing array of rifle sounds - bolt actions, loading, shell ejecting, magazine loading and general handling just to name a few.
Next up was Red Beach and some feet in wet sand, general ocean noise and some water to add to the library. Suburban recordings were also taken in Red Beach, including general neighborhood ambience, creaky stairs and the inner workings of a car.
Finally, to wrap up a great day, an undercover Supermarket ambience record and out to the forest for ambience and car exterior.
It was a wicked day out and about and we came home with some great new sounds for our libraries.
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| Rifles actually used in WW1 and 2 |
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| The assortment of vintage rifles and shell casings |
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| Chris Bass and J.Bruce capturing the rifle handling |
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| Army Helmet Handling |
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| The sounds of water dripping |
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| Mud Feet |
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| G.Van Niekerk recording the ambience |
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| A.Barber, myself and G.Van Niekerk perspective shot |
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| J.Bruce and A.Barber ocean bound |
