Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness won Movie of 2022 from People's Choice Awards.
Well done to them and great to be part of it. I was the Production Sound Mixer on the film and it was a treat to work with Sam Raimi who is a legend at what he does.
As a Sound mixer it is my job to oversee all aspects of sound and make decisions on what to use. I used Schoeps Super Cmit microphones as the sets were large and this gave me the best opportunity to gather the dialogue.
They are digital microphones that can be very helpful on large sets with their increased directivity. We worked mainly in domed stages with high ceilings so it helped to have great suppression of the diffused sound.
One of the more complicated and yet amazing sets at Longcross Studios was the New York City street set which was a huge build spanning around 200m in length. In construction I had a Voice of God set up at the top of each of the buildings- point source and horn speakers were installed throughout the whole length of the street on both sides. This meant running cables throughout the length of the street, and doing this by accessing each building from under the ground. The cable was laid underground and had to be installed in advance of the set going up so lots and lots of cable! This enabled Sam Raimi to communicate with the cast anywhere across the set.
I also had to think in advance how to cover the whole of the set with RF for the radio mics and boom microphones we needed to capture the dialogue. The four cameras being used were often spaced along the length of the street and could be hidden in shop fronts, behind vehicles or at different ends of the street from each other. I needed to have coverage along the whole length of the street so I set out combined antennas throughout the street back to me 100m away to be able to capture any dialogue in any location. Phew!
