Shahrukh Khan in Dubai

A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to work with the Indian megastar Shahrukh Khan, when he was in Dubai for a Dubai Tourism commercial.

It was a great project to work on and the end result is pretty good. There was no time to get him back for ADR so we recorded the lines live and also wild tracks when we had the opportunity. The parts with the 'public' were recorded live with either plant mics or hidden on the participants. They knew they were being filmed, they just didn't know what to expect so the reactions are very real.

Recorded on Sound Devices 633 with WisyCom radios, Sanken & DPA lavs and Sennheiser MKH8060

Virgin Holidays Live Commercial

Over the last two days I have been involved with and interesting project, the first live commercial from 18 locations around the world.

There were 3 units in Dubai, one in the desert, one at Atlantis The Palm and I was in the unit out on a boat overlooking Dubai Marina.

I had a very simple setup, just my Pearl MSH10 M/S mic into Sound Devices 552 and out to the camera. The camera signal was sent to a LiveU satellite link unit which broadcast the HD signal to the gallery in London.

We spent a few hours out on the water each night which was fun, although a little hot and sticky, it's still mid 30c and high humidity at this time of year.

A simple sound job for me, but a nice project to be involved with.