Sound recording on the action thriller Altitude too to the air recently with Los Angeles-based production sound mixer Jesse Parker onboard. Representing location and postproduction audio company ToneMesa, he used a rig comprising DPA Microphones, Sound Devices recording and Wisycom radio systems.
Starring Denise Richards, Dolph Lundgren, Chuck Liddell and Greer Grammer, Altitude follows the hijack of an airliner by thieves in search of diamonds stolen from them by a former cohort. Richards plays the FBI agent who forms an uncomfortable alliance with the hijackers’ target, a master thief, to save the passengers before it’s too late.
‘I recorded the entire movie on a Sound Devices 633 mixer/recorder, two Wisycom MCR42 Receivers, four Wisycom MTP41 Transmitters, and DPA d:screet 4061 and d:dicate 4017B Shotgun Microphones,’ Parker says. ‘I never would have needed more than four wireless inputs or one boom, so the 633 was a great fit that also allowed me to carry less weight. It was the perfect tool for the job.
‘On a majority of movies, the production uses a lot more inputs, which in turn requires big rigs with full cartridge systems. With Altitude, there were only a couple of people on camera at any given time, primarily due to the space confinement of the entire movie taking place inside of an airplane. It was easy for me to put the 633 in a bag with two Wisycom receivers. My footprint was very small and I could get in and out of the extremely tight set. The 633 was the clear choice.’
