30 l May 2014
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broadcastreport UNITED KINGDOM Shetland and beyond
Scotland’s Savalas Sound describes “incredibly exciting creative challenge” of BBC programme and reveals plans for the future, writes Jon Chapple
SAVALAS SOUND, Scotland’s largest audio post facility, has revealed how it created the “spectacular sonic landscape” of series two of BBC One crime drama Shetland.
Set on the remote island archipelago of the same name, the challenge presented to
the team at Savalas was to record the unique settings and environments synonymous with the Shetland Islands’ rugged and isolated terrain.
“To capture the essence of Shetland, we really had to go there,” explains series dubbing mixer and Savalas managing
director Kahl Henderson. “We spent six days touring the islands, recording beaches, harbours, clifftops, towns and wildlife. The local dialect is a huge part of the sound of Shetland, so we corralled lots of willing Shetlanders into [Lerwick cinema] Mareel and
Dubbing mixer Iain Anderson (L–R) brings Shetland to life
recorded them as they pretended to be police officers and the like. These recordings became the basis for the show’s soundtrack and, along with the original production audio... and John Lunn’s amazing score, the sound of Shetland emerged.” Savalas is based in Glasgow, not in London’s Soho, making it something of an anomaly in British audio post-production. But since its formation in 1998, the studio has become one of the industry’s most interesting players. Henderson tells PSNEurope that Savalas’s location is something he’s never dwelled on: “We get a certain kind of project here because of our location, and maybe don’t get another type of project simply because we’re
not in Soho. But it doesn’t really bother me at all because we end up working on some really great stuff because of where we are.” Next up for the company
is Swung, a feature film about (what else?) swinging, and – hot on the heels of its acclaimed trailer for Fable Legends – an upcoming new “big game project” from a début developer, on which Henderson is excited to be making his mark: “Obviously on things like Fable and Halo you’re coming in on an established franchise, whereas with [this project] we’re getting to create part of the world from scratch, which is really good fun.
“And fingers crossed for a third series of Shetland!”
www.savalas.co.uk
UNITED KINGDOM
RAYCOM, THE UK-based distributor of professional wireless audio for the broadcast industry, has supplied a wireless audio and IEM solution to Presteigne Broadcast Hire for use by the BBC during its coverage of the 2014 Formula 1 season. Manufactured by Wisycom, the system has been designed for use during pit lane walkabouts, pieces to camera
and paddock interviews. The kit supplied to the BBC includes MRK960 two channel receivers, MTH400 handheld microphones, MTB40 plug-ons and MTP40 belt pack transmitters, as well as in-ear monitoring via MTK952 dual trzzzansmitters and MPR30 true-diversity receivers.
www.raycom.co.uk www.wisycom.com
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