Field Recording Archives - Mikkel S. Mikkelsen https://mikkelmikkelsen.dk/da/category/field-recording/ Sound Design & Creative Audio Wed, 05 Feb 2025 20:26:01 +0000 da-DK hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://mikkelmikkelsen.dk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/cropped-Screenshot-2024-12-09-at-01.09.11-32x32.png Field Recording Archives - Mikkel S. Mikkelsen https://mikkelmikkelsen.dk/da/category/field-recording/ 32 32 A_Sound_Proposal [Remake] https://mikkelmikkelsen.dk/da/dolby-demo/ Fri, 16 Jun 2023 16:23:53 +0000 https://mikkelmikkelsen.dk/?p=1229 A re-production of a Dolby produced short film. Where, I together with two other sound designers, recreated the full Dolby Atmos mix from scratch.

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8. Aug 2023 – 16. Nov 2023

This is a reproduction of a Dolby-produced short film. Where i together with two Amazing sounddesigners, Jonathan Sandig and Anthon de Place, recreated the full Dolby Atmos mix from scratch.

My role

I primerly worked as a FX / BG editor and Co-Mixing the final result.

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This version is uploaded with a binaural downmix of our Dolby Atmos mix.
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The idea was to give the short film a whole new sonic identity. Evrything but the dialogue stem was thrown out, and we began from new as if we had received a fresh AAF from the editor.

The inspiration was American Pie but with a more modern twist. During the mixing, we also decided to take a different route with the panning of some things for example the dialogue. Paining it to the Left and Right instead of using objects placed in the rear speakers. Making it in my own opinion, a more natural, and less confusing, cinema experience than the original mix was.

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]]> KRÆ https://mikkelmikkelsen.dk/da/krae/ Fri, 05 May 2023 16:23:10 +0000 https://mikkelmikkelsen.dk/?p=1227 A group project making a short film from pre-production to post. Mixed in Dolby Atmos.

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28. March 2023 – 4. May 2023

“KRÆ” was a group project created by students at Sonic College as an introduction to film production. Writing, Shooting, and Editing a short film from Pre-Production to Post.

My role

During this project, we all had several roles. I worked as the DoP, and Gaffer, while also editing/designing the SFX, recording Field recordings, and during the final Mixing of the film.

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DoP

As the Director of Photography, I was in charge of making the shortlist and operating the camera during production. KRÆ was shot on a Sony SF5 MKI using S-Log. The entire film was hand-held to give a feel of unease and imperfection.

Gaffer

Designing the floorplan and setting the lighting for the camera in between takes. I kept the lighting at a minimum because I also had the role of DoP and because space and power were limited. Using only a couple of battery-powered LED panels I focused on having enough light for the camera and still getting a green/yellow moody light.

FX Sound Editor

Editing the sound effects and placing them in the Atmos session as either objects or bed material.

Recording Sounds.

I also did the field recording returning to several locations with an ORTF stereo kit to record enough different ambiences to fill out the surround beds.

Mixing in Dolby Atmos

I mixed the shot film in Dolby Atmos using a 3-bed setup and 60 objects. The video is currently only in stereo, but I’m working on getting a binaural downmix.

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]]> Grænseborgen i flammer https://mikkelmikkelsen.dk/da/graenseborgen-i-flammer/ Fri, 13 Jan 2023 16:22:38 +0000 https://mikkelmikkelsen.dk/?p=1225 A Danish podcast created by me and my study group. We tell the cinematic history of the burning of a Danish castle with sound.

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28. Nov 2022 – 13. Jan. 2023

A Danish historical podcast about a castle burning down in a blazing fire. The podcast includes interviews with experts, literature, in-media res explorations, music, and storytelling all through sound design. The podcast was created as a group exam project in Auditive Storytelling and Leadership.

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Produktion

During production, I worked in a role as designer/editor where I took part in designing and planning the overall flow between the different sections, and deciding what part of interwevs were going into the final edit.

I also went out in the field recording the majority of the field recordings and some of the sound effects used in the project. This was done using lots of different stereo/mono recording techniques and microphones.

Recording fire turned out to be one of the more difficult tasks due to the fact that flames are surprisingly quiet. I ended up with an ORTF setup in front of a blazing fireplace. The difficulty was to come close enough with the microphones to get a good sound-to-noise ratio and a “big” sound, without the microphones getting too hot. A larger fire pit in a secluded era, would have been a better source for the fire sound.

Post-production

During the post-production phase, I had the leader role and was responsible for coordinating the team, making sure we were on the right path and complied with diverse deadlines. I also did a big part of the dialogue editing and mixing

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