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Movement One: Andante
Broadcast date: Monday 2nd April 2007, Channel 4, 7.55pm Performed by: Woody's One-Man Band And the Sounds of the city of London
What happens when the natural sounds of a city collide with the sounds of a one man band busking on a street corner? The countless sounds used in this first movement were collected on the hottest day of 2006 in and around Brick Lane in the East End of London. Sound recordist Julian Simmons got sun stroke and director/composer Benjamin Till had a terrible row with an ice cream man who wouldn't play us his tune! Sounds featured include tube rattles and screeches, recycling machines, hydraulics, cash registers, buses, man hole covers, shutters, shoes, car and lorry horns, radios, bicycles, hammers, pedestrian crossings... We sampled every natural sound with a rhythm or a pitch! The one man band featured in the film is Paul Woodhead... better known as Woody... who came into the recording studio to play his many instruments and sing over the texture of sampled street noises. We filmed him on Sclater Street at the end of August 2006. Renowned for it's extraordinary grafitti walls, Sclater Street is just off Brick Lane and a location where many of our street noises were found. Production Manager: Katharine Simkins Camera Assistant: Jonathan Velardi Production Assistant: Loren Berlinka Runners: Cenay Said, James Fortune, Nez Ekmecki, Jesaine Murray Editor: Jamie Foord Special thanks to all at Unit Post Music Written by: Benjamin Till & Julian Simmons Music produced by: Julian Simmons Directed by: Benjamin Till Produced by: Julie Clare |
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