When videogame developer UCool needed hidden cameras to film passersby on the streets of San-Francisco, it turned to Caruso Company production sound mixer Philip Perkins to manage the audio elements of the shoot.
Recognising that the audio equipment would have to withstand extreme heat and long hours under the California sun, Perkins turned to a Sound Devices 744T digital recorder. The set-up posed some unique challenges because the interior of the exhibit would often reach temperatures upwards of 200ºF.
‘The 744T has been vital to my on-location, multitrack work for years,’ he says. ‘My 744Ts are on every job I do in one capacity or another. They have been so reliable that I didn’t think of using anything else for this project.’
The content was to be used for commercials promoting a new mobile/online game, and UCool planned to capture people’s reactions as they interacted with a large Plexiglas exhibit featuring iPhone 6s displaying the game characters. Touching the phones’ screens triggered a loud pre-programmed sound effect. UCool’s creative team, who watched everything unfold on separate monitors, would cue the sound from a nearby speaker. Reactions were captured with audio and video equipment placed inside a plywood box inside the exhibit’s clear acrylic glass shell.
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