![]() ![]() We used to have our own satellite engineer with a sat truck, but now we have our very own that both me and Geoff operate and set-up each morning. I work in a small crew consisting of just me, Geoff the cameraman and Katy, our correspondent. I hadn’t got my sound kit out of the car but poor Geoff the cameraman is kicking himself. So, working on the fly is an everyday event and sometimes a little sketchy.įor example: we were supposed to do a Live OB from Moss Side this morning (you know where this is going) and the second we set the camera up, just 5 feet away, a group of lads ran off with it. It could be floods, extreme weather, sports, politics, court cases… or it could be something nicer, like the world’s biggest mince pie (true story and no, I didn’t get a bite, although I did ask). I always have to be prepared for whatever the story is, never knowing if we are going to be outdoors or indoors. We are on location for 5am, ready for the program to go live at 6am. Well… I’ve been working on ‘Good Morning Britain’ (a morning news program) for 6 years now, which means getting up very early. What is a typical day like on assignment? I kind of took over the project! Nevertheless, the director loved the work I did and asked me to work on his next film. I found a guy in my college who was already working on an actual film, and asked if I could help him with sound design. During my course, we touched on post-production sound and I was captivated I couldn’t believe there was a job out there, doing sound effects for films. So, I quit night club promoting and DJing for a while to study.ĭuring the time on the course I did at the SSR, I managed to build a basic studio in my house and recorded bands in my spare time for a bit of cash to put towards more kit. I was a bedroom DJ who then became a nightclub promoter and a club DJ, and thought by the age of 21 that it would be a good idea to study sound engineering and start producing my own music. Sitting in my friend’s room at the age of 14 listening to the loudest bedroom stereo on the planet, I knew that I had to get involved in sound. I currently work as a location sound mixer on ‘Good Morning Britain” for ITV, and have been doing so for the last 6 years. I also recorded the sound on the Oscar-nominated ‘Voorman’. Since then, I’ve worked on a bunch of commercials, dramas, features and documentaries such as, ‘Hollyoaks’, ‘Don’t Tell The Bride’, ‘Lorraine’, ‘Daybreak’, ‘Being Liverpool’, ‘The One Show’, ‘Captain America’ and CBBC Dramas. I then decided to do the BBC location sound course, where all of my self-learning was thankfully confirmed. I always struggled to network with other “soundies”, so I spent my time researching techniques and equipment. I got a loan, bought some kit, and spent my first twelve months doing a mix of post-production and location sound on around 80 productions. I felt completely out of my depth, but the same audio principles applied so I said yes and loved every minute of it – I never looked back. I originally wanted to get into music production, but as I was coming to the end of my course I was asked by a local filmmaker if I could record sound on a short film. ![]() I live in Warrington, between Manchester and Liverpool, and I attended the School Of Sound Recording (SSR) where I learned audio engineering and techniques. ![]() My name is Pete Bailey, but on location people always shout, ‘Pete on sound’. ![]()
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