“Tonight, at dusk, in my little rowing boat full of fairy lights, I indulged in a little socially distanced singing slap bang in the middle of Heybridge Basin. To take a stand. For every single person out there who wants to sing but can’t. To play an instrument but can’t. No visor. No mask. No standing whilst listening to a recorded choir sing. Full belt Mozart- Porgi Amor from The Marriage Of Figaro.” Kate Millner, At Swefn’s Edge
We also compiled a number of short videos we took whilst preparing for the filming:
We used various microphones to record Kate’s performance, to see hwat worked best. we went with the recording using a Sennheiser Ambeo Smart Headset (Binaural Audio) for the video, but we also recorded using a stereo pair of mics on a Tascam DR-40, a lav mic mounted in a parabolic dish & a hydrophone placed under the water just a short distance from the bank where the camera was set up.
The 4 recordings using the different mics can be heard here: