Mad max fury road filming location generator#
There was a 10k generator in each War Rig for special FX, lighting and sound, so I was able to tap in to this to run the Sputnik.įrom the RF combiner/booster, one coax went up the inside of the War Rig, where we hid a transmitter aerial on the top, above all the metal, giving a 360-degree line of sight. We called the road case the Sputnik (see Schematic #2).
In the back of the case was a cooling system, as it got to above fifty degrees Celsius (122 F) and very dusty inside the tanker. RF Engineer Glen English in Canberra, Australia, multiplexed the RF out of Block 21 to a specially designed RF combiner/ booster.Īll this was in an “E Rack” ruggedized road case with a Meon UPS. There was an antenna hidden inside the cabin of the War Rig, with a coax cable to the interior of the tanker to two Lectrosnics Venues, Block 24 with their outputs to twelve Lectrosonics UM400 transmitters on Block 21. We supplied the lavs and packs at the end of each shooting day, as Andrea had to have the outfits washed. I find the DPA microphones quite transparent and the best for wind protection.Īndrea Hood, the genius Set Costumer, helped us enormously by designing a system to attach the packs and pre-sewing the lavs on costumes. The eight principal cast riding on the War Rig wore Lectrosonics SMV or SMQV transmitters on Block 24 with DPA 4061 lav mics.
The 744T was suspended in a pouch, so it could absorb the many bumps in the Namib Desert for six months. They were in road cases that were well insulated. I was happy that all of the 788Ts had SSDs (Solid State Drives), as most of the filming was off road and they performed exceptionally well under extreme vibration. When traveling, the equipment was powered by a 2k generator mounted on the back of the vehicle. One Mackie 1604 for monitor mixes, four LectrosonicsIFB transmitters and three video monitors all powered by a Meon, a Meon Life and one more UPS (see Schematic #1). There were six Lectrosonics Venue receivers on Blocks 21, 22, 23 and 25, as well as two VR Venue Field receivers on Block 24. I did a mix down to each recorder as well as a two-track mix to a 744T for dailies.
My setup included four Sound Devices 788T, each with a CL-8. I relocated all my equipment into a small 4WD van and followed the action. This became a necessity after the first run through with the Armada, where they took off to a distance of seven kms (four miles). We set up three multiplex systems to give me a range of one to three kilometers (about two miles). Our mission was to record dialog and sound effects while constantly in motion. The Traveling Road Show on Mad Max: Fury Road