DPA Gets Up Close And Personal With Scarlett Johansson 24 Jul 2014
DPA microphones turn up in some unusual places, but inside Scarlett Johanssons t-shirt has to be one of the brands more exotic locations.
According to French sound engineer St phane Bucher, DPAs d:screet 4060 miniature microphones were absolutely perfect for this role because they offered such exceptional audio quality. He used three of the mics to capture Johanssons performance during the making of Lucy, a new film directed by Luc Besson that is due for theatrical release later this month.
d:screet 4060 microphones are very small but that wasnt the reason why I chose to use them, Bucher explains. It was all about their audio fidelity when it comes to sound quality DPA 4060s are much, much better than other lavalier mics on the market.
As an internationally acclaimed sound engineer, Bucher has worked with numerous famous actors and directors including Morgan Freeman, Pierce Brosnan and Kevin Costner. In recent years many of the projects he has undertaken have come via major feature film producers such as EuropaCorp. He also owns and manages the Paris-based rental company, A4Audio, which supplies audio equipment to film and TV clients.
During the filming of Lucy, it was important to take on board Luc Bessons directing style, Bucher explains. He is not the easiest person to work with but he knows exactly what he wants. He shoots very fast and wants the actors ready to go when they come to set. This means that you simply dont have time to put a lavalier microphone on anyone.
Fortunately, the films costume designer Olivier Beriot completely understood Buchers problems and was able to work with him to devise a way of permanently attaching a microphone to Scarletts main costume.
Olivier is the best costume designer I have ever worked with and I have huge respect for him, Bucher says. Scarletts main costume was a white, half translucent T-shirt so we used a white d:screet 4060 microphone which was inserted into the seam of the t-shirt by the dressmaker. We had three t-shirts ready at all times and the solution worked perfectly, giving us great audio but without any visibility issues.
Bucher adds that this wasnt the first time hed used DPA microphones indeed, he first started using them many years ago when he was recording classical music.
Like every other sound mixer, my equipment is really important and I'm constantly looking for the best microphones, mixers, recorders, etc, he says. When I started working in film and TV sound, I was using the same lavalier microphones as everyone else because I didnt really have a choice. Now I do have a choice and I can use the best mics available for cinema sound, which happen to be DPA. I originally chose them because I was tired of going to the cinema and hearing that recognizable sound you get with other lavalier microphones. DPAs sound is really translucent and clear to the point where sometimes I cant tell if Im listening to the boom or the 4060.
Since completing Lucy, Bucher has been in the USA working with director Olivier Megaton on the film Taken 3, which stars Liam Neeson and Forest Whitaker. As the film requires audio to be recorded inside a car, DPAs French distributor Audio2 equipped him with a number of d:dicate 4018 supercardioid microphones, which are ideally suited to this type of location work.
They were great, he says. I used them for one particular car chase where Liam Neeson is driving very fast on the highway. I needed a very small mic to put into the cars sun visor. We bought two new sun visors, opened them up and put the 4018 mics inside. This worked perfectly. We also tested them on a much simple car scene, in which Forest Whitaker is driving and talking, and they worked great for that, too.
St phane Bucher is now in France preparing for his next film project, which will undoubtedly feature DPA microphones in a starring role.
Ive always been really happy with the audio quality DPA microphones deliver and thats why I keep going back to them, he says.
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About DPA
DPA Microphones is the leading Danish Professional Audio manufacturer of high quality condenser microphone solutions for professional applications. DPA's ultimate goal is to provide you whether you're in live sound, recording, theater or broadcast with the absolute finest possible microphone solutions for your tasks. DPA takes no shortcuts in the design processes nor makes any compromises in manufacturing, which is all done at the DPA factory in Denmark. As a result, DPA's products are globally praised for their exceptional clarity and transparency, unparalleled specifications, supreme reliability, and above all, pure, uncolored and undistorted sound.
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DPA Gets Up Close And Personal With Scarlett Johansson 24 Jul 2014
