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To A Land Unknown Premieres
at Cannes and London Film Festival
Following its premiere at Cannes, Mahdi Fleifel’s To A Land Unknown premieres in the UK at London Film Festival. Brain Audio sound designer and re-recording mixer Steve Bond talks about his compelling and mmersive sound work on this feature.
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RAW SOUND
“This story, told in a raw and unapologetic documentary style, immerses the audience in the soundtrack of a lesser known side of Athens, an environment seldom seen or heard on the big screen. In this story, set against the backdrop of a community of migrants, there is no personal space, very little peace. The sound environment is busy, dangerous, dirty, uncomfortable and unforgiving. It was necessary on to build an expanded palette of oppressive sound for this picture. Early on we visited the Athens filming locations, ambisonic recording equipment in hand, to capture the chaotic and gritty sonic backdrop for the picture. Sound design from a sound library simply wouldn’t have stuck to this picture. We really went the extra mile in capturing extended location sound and guerrilla foley. This hands-on realism is something that we are passionate about at Brain Audio.”
“This story, told in a raw and unapologetic documentary style, immerses the audience in the soundtrack of a lesser known side of Athens, an environment seldom seen or heard on the big screen. In this story, set against the backdrop of a community of migrants, there is no personal space, very little peace. The sound environment is busy, dangerous, dirty, uncomfortable and unforgiving. It was necessary on to build an expanded palette of oppressive sound for this picture. Early on we visited the Athens filming locations, ambisonic recording equipment in hand, to capture the chaotic and gritty sonic backdrop for the picture. Sound design from a sound library simply wouldn’t have stuck to this picture. We really went the extra mile in capturing extended location sound and guerrilla foley. This hands-on realism is something that we are passionate about at Brain Audio.”
INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION
“Production was coordinated with a powerhouse international sound team including sound designer Martín Hernández (Pan's Labyrinth / The Revenant). Hernandez brought an immediacy to the sound team, with an incredible ear for simplicity in storytelling. At one point, because of the incredibly tight production schedule (6 weeks overall), as final mix came together at Brain Audio Studios, we had a sound team working concurrently in London (Foley, sound editorial and mix) and Martín’s team working in Mexico City (Foley recording, editorial).
“Production was coordinated with a powerhouse international sound team including sound designer Martín Hernández (Pan's Labyrinth / The Revenant). Hernandez brought an immediacy to the sound team, with an incredible ear for simplicity in storytelling. At one point, because of the incredibly tight production schedule (6 weeks overall), as final mix came together at Brain Audio Studios, we had a sound team working concurrently in London (Foley, sound editorial and mix) and Martín’s team working in Mexico City (Foley recording, editorial).
The resulting soundtrack shares the aesthetic of raw documentary production with theatrical immersion. Grit and determination not only portrayed on screen, but also behind the scenes in the capture of a truly visceral soundtrack.”
SOUND DEPARTMENT
For Brain Audio in London, UK
Sound Designer & Re-recording Mixer // Steve Bond
Sound Effects Editor // Raoul Brand
Foley Artist // Tom Haines
For Martín Hernández in Mexico City, Mexico
Dialogue Editor // María Angulo Villar
Foley Editor // Beatríz Castañeda
Foley Supervisor // Mauricio Castañeda
Sound Editor // Jake Fielding
Supervising Sound Editor // Martín Hernández
Production Sound Mixer // Abu Alul Montaser
Sound Effects Editor // Marlene Zermeño
Mixed at Brain Audio Studios
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To A Land Unknown is one of a number of feature films Brain Audio has worked on recently. Our London-based studios offer top-tier sound services, from Dolby Atmos mixing to custom sound design and music composition for film, TV, and interactive. Get in touch to hire our North Greenwich studios, or to put together a music & sound team for your next project.