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Post by rowmat on Nov 28, 2018 16:50:43 GMT -6
Okay so although I'm not exactly a big Queen fan I went with some friends.
During the scene where May is overdubbing his guitar solo on Bohemian Rhapsody it shows a Shure SM7 mic positioned side-on to the guitar amp with the capsule pointing at the ceiling.
Also during the harmony vocal overdubs the band members are positioned around what appears to be an EV RE20 which is covered by a foam pop screen with its capsule also pointing at the ceiling.
Finally and I maybe wrong on this but early on in the film when the band is an the studio recording some demo tracks there is a brief shot looking through the control room window and the main mic has a foam pop filter that I could have sworn had a 'RODE' logo on it. However the shot only lasted a second or two so I may have imagined it.
Oh yeah and before the movie there was a trailer for the Elton John movie 'Rocket Man' where he was shown singing into a Neumann U87AI at least 10 years before the AI was released.
I'm sure there are more including the Emtec Tape error.
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Post by Johnkenn on Nov 28, 2018 22:57:23 GMT -6
It’s to be expected, though, right. I haven’t gone to see the BR movie just because I figured I would be disappointed. I’m a musician and Queen is one of my top five bands. I bet it’s entertaining though. I just have a really hard time with movies that cast people that can’t actually play the instrument or throw the baseball, etc.
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Post by bram on Nov 30, 2018 9:36:26 GMT -6
I enjoyed the movie a lot, albeit I was not a knowledgable enough fan to let the historical inaccuracies ruin the entertainment. I was curious about the accuracy of the gear choices, and now that you mention it, an RE20 pointing straight up leaves room for suspicion.  |
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Post by chessparov on Nov 30, 2018 14:43:10 GMT -6
One of my best friends, was a close College pal of Brian May. Early next year, I hope we can watch it together and catch his thoughts. (It'd be about non-gear stuff!).
Chris
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Post by christopher on Dec 3, 2018 18:08:03 GMT -6
It shocks the hell out of me when I see audio guys with awesome gigs, how did the audio guys not catch that stuff?!!! You have a team of them doing the sound.. and none of them spoke up? It’s a movie where audio gear is in the scene...
And when I’ve seen crew on these types of gigs, the mics and preamps they use.. it’s a multi-million dollar film and can’t even break out the good preamps? Oh wait, they probably think it’s beyond our ability to discern a difference between a built in preamp, lol.
Anyway.. I think I posted before I ate dinner again, sorry! lol..
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Post by rowmat on Dec 4, 2018 2:35:47 GMT -6
We're talking a time where standalone boutique preamps were not particularly common. Ironically however those era console were the classic Neve's, Helios,Tridents etc, etc that today are sought after and are reproduced as standalone boutique preamps! It shocks the hell out of me when I see audio guys with awesome gigs, how did the audio guys not catch that stuff?!!! You have a team of them doing the sound.. and none of them spoke up? It’s a movie where audio gear is in the scene... And when I’ve seen crew on these types of gigs, the mics and preamps they use.. it’s a multi-million dollar film and can’t even break out the good preamps? Oh wait, they probably think it’s beyond our ability to discern a difference between a built in preamp, lol. Anyway.. I think I posted before I ate dinner again, sorry! lol.. |
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Post by chessparov on Dec 4, 2018 11:15:23 GMT -6
I think I even caught a glimpse of Freddie's vocal mic, being fed into a vintage Art Tube MP (gasp!).  Chris |
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Post by ericn on Dec 6, 2018 22:30:05 GMT -6
It shocks the hell out of me when I see audio guys with awesome gigs, how did the audio guys not catch that stuff?!!! You have a team of them doing the sound.. and none of them spoke up? It’s a movie where audio gear is in the scene... And when I’ve seen crew on these types of gigs, the mics and preamps they use.. it’s a multi-million dollar film and can’t even break out the good preamps? Oh wait, they probably think it’s beyond our ability to discern a difference between a built in preamp, lol. Anyway.. I think I posted before I ate dinner again, sorry! lol.. Because the look is the Art dept, dare you a lowly audio guy to tell the production designer “his look” isn’t technically right, next words you would hear “ sorry you no longer have a job”. This is not a historically correct recreation, this is entertainment. |
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Post by sirthought on Dec 17, 2018 16:25:57 GMT -6
Yeah, the production designer is totally responsible for the props and look of a scene, while anyone else, even if they are knowledgeable about that stuff, is usually told to butt out.
I know the woman who was the production designer for Black Panther, Miles Ahead, Beyonce's Lemonade, Moonlight, Fruitvale Station, and more. Unless it's the director telling her to change something, she considers that her set to control the look of. If she overlooks a wrong detail that gets caught in a shot, it's often too expensive to reshoot it, so they leave it in there. I'd guess mic selection and placement would fall into that.
I have not seen the movie, but I've read some reviews and it sounds like they really try to make Freddie more of a saint than he was, glossing over a lot of the ways he impacted people negatively. You can't ever take away the good and the joy he brought, but this story was obviously one sided. And it's notable that of the two Queen members who consulted on the movie, the details on them were sort of glossed over too, apparently.
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Post by Ward on Dec 18, 2018 16:10:59 GMT -6
Unforgivable . . . stone them.
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Post by johneppstein on Dec 18, 2018 17:34:22 GMT -6
It shocks the hell out of me when I see audio guys with awesome gigs, how did the audio guys not catch that stuff?!!! You have a team of them doing the sound.. and none of them spoke up? It’s a movie where audio gear is in the scene... And when I’ve seen crew on these types of gigs, the mics and preamps they use.. it’s a multi-million dollar film and can’t even break out the good preamps? Oh wait, they probably think it’s beyond our ability to discern a difference between a built in preamp, lol. Anyway.. I think I posted before I ate dinner again, sorry! lol.. Why would they even have standalone preamps at all?
Isn't a console the size of an aircraft carrier a LOT more visually impressive than a bunch of little boxes?
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Post by nobtwiddler on Dec 19, 2018 16:52:35 GMT -6
Let's remember guys it's friggin MOVIE!
Just meant to entertain, and we ain't the audience it was made for!
No more no less.
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