Ryan McNeil
Another day, another director in conversation…
This time out, it was a chance to speak with director Nick Sherman the morning his wonderful film SOUNDTRACKER premiered. As an unexpected treat, Sherman was good enough to invite the film’s subject- Gordon Hempton -along for the ride. Thus a very memorable discussion was there for the recording!
Admittedly though, it was amazingly embarrassing to sit in front of a man who uses top-notch gear to record stunning audio, and tell him our whole conversation would be recorded using an iPod Nano.
Regardless, here’s how it all shook down…
Here’s what’s in store in part three…
Runtime
28 minutes, 59 seconds
Up for Discussion
1. My brief introduction
2. TALK – My conversation with Nick Sherman and Gordon Hempton about their film, SOUNDTRACKER (1:15)
3. KNOW YOUR ENEMY – Sherman and Hempton play along with my five-question survey, and provide the most memorable answer I’ve heard yet. (21:07)
Comments and feedback are welcome, and thank-you very much for listening.
Enjoy!
This is a strange one – the whole nature of sound. two things come to mind. I read a book once called 'The Wonder of Art/A History of Seeing' by Julian Spalding whereby it establishes the perspective of viewing a work of art hundreds of years ago. Incredible book. One point it raises is how, only until recently, sound and noises have become the 'norm'. An example given was how a man walking in a field would find it fascinating to hear a farmers whistle because sucha sound would be so rare to come across. You could only listen to music live. Due to this, the appreciation of sound and music has changed. Underrated I guess.
Secondly, in a documentary on the making of Jurassic Park it shows the foley artists collecting sounds to use – and how they combinded a range of sounds to give the dinosaurs a relatable animalistic sound. because obviously no one knows what they sounded like. Theres footage of this guy walking around with a mic, simply 'collecting' sounds.
"sounds" like an interesting docuemntary. Again, I looked forward to the questions at the end. Always revealing – especially with this one!
Simon
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