ML161046
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Subject 1: (Sound Effects). Subtitle: Vrindavan night ambiance. Timecode In: 00:00:28. Timecode out: 00:27:33. Subject 2: (Sound Effects). Subtitle: Temple sounds. Timecode In: 00:27:33. Timecode out: 00:59:20. Subject 3: (Sound Effects). Subtitle: Vrindavan night ambiance. Timecode In: 00:59:20. Timecode out: 01:38:09. Notes: Ends in another temple. Subject 4: (Sound Effects). Subtitle: Vrindavan night ambiance. Timecode In: 01:38:09. Timecode out: 02:07:22. Notes: Includes intermittent comments by Alex Chadwick and Raoul. Equipment Notes: DPA omni mics. Show: Geography of Heaven: India Log of DAT #: 6 Engineer: Flawn Williams Date: November 2003 DAT 06: DPAs with no screens, clipped to collar. Tuesday evening Nov 4 stealth trip to temples, with Alex and Carolyn. Rickshaw ride through busy streets with Ranchor Prime. Good single firecracker in street. Ambi at temple of flashing lights, inside and outside on circuit walk through rear yard, then back in. At just past one hour, leave first temple, short rickshaw ride to Radha Raman temple. Good music close perspective from first woman singer, tabla, and harmonium, and finger cymbals. Close, then distant, then off to left. Leave temple, more outside ambis, handhold DPAs for rickshaw ride home. DAT 06: twin DPA omnis with no screens, clipped to collar. Tuesday evening Nov 4 stealth trip to temples, with Alex and Carolyn. 00000 Flawn slates Tues evening leaving MVT compound 00030 quiet evening ambi with distant temple sounds from ISKCON 00250 active street ambi, rickshaw drivers vie for our business. Raoul offmike doing logistics with KD and Alex. 00545 Rickshaw ride through busy streets, Flawn in rickshaw with Ranchor Prime. Heavy truck sound. Wind noise as we roll fast, Flawn and RP discuss miking. More wind noise, FW/RP chatter. 01200 Less wind now. A few good fragments of street ambis, RP/FW conversation. 01450 more wind again 01500 ***** Good single firecracker in street, wind is OK here. 01700 some good rickshaw bouncy sound, then RP talks of rickshaw design 01900 ***** some good street ambi, bouncing rickshaw, truck motor, recorded music from a shop 02040 ***** pass live percussion chant group, comes up quickly, fades slowly into bike bells 02200 a few good rattles of rickshaw canopy 02330 ***** good quiet street ambi, then multiple bike bells and rattley rickshaw 02440 big angry horns, agitated traffic scene 02620 ***** nice street voices, few motors and other distractions, good kids, men and women voices, as we arrive at temple of flashing lights (Radha Damodar) 02800 crush of voices around us as we head for entrance to temple, then eases back a bit once inside. Nothing happening inside temple except hubbub of voices. 03120 ***** very melodic young kid's voice calls out in crowd 03630 a little bit of wind in the right channel 03725 Alex audible offmike for a few seconds in midst of crowd hubbub 03910 Ranchor (offmike) describes scene in little room, where the founder of the ISKCON movement stayed in this temple, also describes general layout of the temple (not on-mike enough for air). 04145 Alex and RP talk of name of this temple, story behind it (offmike) 04230 ***** another good kid voice in crowd 04310 outside, much quieter, walking, some wind rumble, a few voices 04350 distant monkey squeals amid human voices 04450 Raoul audible offmike for a few seconds, outdoor ambi continues 05400 go back inside, higher voice energy level than outside but quieter than previous inside scene. KD audible in distance for a few seconds. 05600 leave temple, go outside to shoe drop area, more voices 05920 back at street, bike bells and voices, distant temple percussion 10110 leaving, short rickshaw ride to Radha Raman temple. 10300 picking up speed in quiet street, wind rumble, some rickshaw bounce, var... (Notes truncated)
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- Cataloged
- 30 Mar 2010 - David McCartt
- Digitized
- 30 Mar 2010 - David McCartt
- Edited
- 30 Mar 2010 - David McCartt