The Rehearsal

Foley completed for the Rehearsal today, a film starting James Rolleston (Boy) and exploring a lives of a group of drama school students. Alot of the feature was filmed on location at Unitec so we were able to gain access to two of the large rooms that were used in the film to record ambiences and general footsteps / bodyfalls.
The Bleachers room was very typical of a large room and some great walking was captured.
The Dance room was amazing, with a massive reverb. So wished I had a floor tom with me!!!!!

Bleacher Room at Unitec - recording Ambiences and Footsteps

Dance Studio - Amazing Reverb!!!!

The Wonder (Into the Rainbow)

Preparartions start today for the Foley record for Into the Rainbow - a NZ / China co-porduction revolving around two teenage friends adventures as they chase an elusive super powered rainbow.

Cueing of all foley starts this week, which will be followed by record and edit:)

K'rd Stories

K'rd stories - a set of ten short films based around life on Auckland's infamous K'rd wrapped today.
We performed foley, editing dialogue, tracklayed effects and mixed a number of these shorts for the screenings that will be held at various locations on K'rd next week:)

Ash vs the Evil Dead Foley

Holy shit!! What an amazing 3 months of audio adventures during the creation of the Foley and sound design for this show. Amy, Gareth, Jonathan and myself provided the Foley for Episodes 2 to 10 (Ep 1 being done in LA for Sam Raimi) and during the progression of the series, Jonathan and Gareth also started doing the SFX track lay for episodes 6 to 10.
So it was a very busy and very rewarding 3 months worth of work!!!
Aside from recording some great Foley and insane Gore, we provided a Chainsaw record for the SFX team, got to do a gun record with some of the weapons from the show (under the watchful supervision of the licensed owner), go crazy with some grinder recording and visit the set to record the legendary Delta (what a beast of a vehicle) and Ruby's car.
I could continue for paragraphs explaining the fun but its better to see a few pics:)

Boomstick goodness in the form of a decommisioned shotgun

Chainsaw maaaadness.....

Mic set up for Chainsaw record - incl starts, swings, cutting, hacking and general moves pass

Mr Damian Del Borello - one very excited sound recordist upon hearing the chainsaw moves

The arsenal used for the guns record, under the strict supervision of the licensed owner

Rifle moves and running

No ones getting outta here alive.....

Mr Jonathan Bruce

With the legendary Delta - what a solid, amazing sounding vehicle!

Sampling the smoothness of Ruby's car

The finale meal to celebrate the end with the AVED sound team minus Mr Jonathan Bruce

PP Returns...

Look who just staggered back into town, loaded with American Foley knowledge and ready to crack onto some Evil Dead.... Welcome back buddy:)

Evil Dead research..!!

With Ash vs the Evil Dead just around the corner, it'd be rude not to set up a marathon viewing..;)
Oh the hard work that is research hahaha....

Step Dave Season 2

Again, another month almost gone, packed to the brim with Foley performance and editing!
This time its a few episodes of Step Dave Season 2 - Eps 7, 8 and 10.
The feet had already been performed at Images so G and myself handled the cloth and props.
Good times with handbags, eating, drinking and a lot of cloth!!