Behind The Scene : THE GRAND TOUR , TOP GEAR & MORE with Kiff McManus | URSA Exclusive
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- Опубликовано: 1 авг 2024
- We're back with Sound Recordist Kiff McManus to talk about his incredible work on 'The Grand Tour' , 'Top Gear' , 'SAS, Who Dares Wins' & more!
Simon Bysshe from URSA Straps asks Kiff how he managed to keep the sound rolling with cast regularly plunging themselves and their cars deep into the ocean. How he wired up the vehicles, the equipment he used & his best tips for wiring up the cast to handle all the elements.
Kiff reveals his favourite microphone trick when using a DPA 4061 and shows how he protects the microphone from water, wind and becoming unstuck!
Kiff McManus has worked on some of the most challenging unscripted dramas imaginable. For over 15 years & 80 episodes Kiff worked on Top Gear along with sound supervisor Russ Edwards & sound recordist Rob Entwistle. When Jeremy Clarkson & co departed the show Kiff joined them on 'The Grand Tour' & more recently 'Clarkson's Farm.'
Kiff has also ended up on screen as one of the survivors on 'Bear Grylls The Island' in which his role on the Island was to simultaneously survive and also make sure all the Sound Rushes & Timecode were recorded properly and delivered back every day to production via a Drop-Box system. The audio workflow, timecode setup & the waterproof body worn recorder rigs were all designed & organised by the shows Sound Supervisor : Simon Dyer (www.imdb.com/name/nm1677316/).
Thank you so much to Kiff for taking his time to share with us his wealth of experience in this highly specialised field. Thank you sir!
- Video Chapters -----------
0:00 - Intro
2:40 - The Grand Tour
12:41 - Rigging Cars
17:49 - Wiring the Cast
26:20 - Top Gear Vietnam Special
33:38 - The Island with Bear Grylls
48:11 - SAS Who Dares Wins
- Featured Productions --------
'The Grand Tour' - Copyright Amazon Prime. Sound Supervisor Russ Edwards.
'The Island with Bear Grylls' - Copyright Channel 4. Sound Supervisor Simon Dyer.
'SAS Who Dares Wins' - Copyright Channel 4
'Top Gear' - Copyright BBC Studios. Sound Supervisor Russ Edwards.
All rights belong to their respective owners. Film clips used under the "fair use" policy for educational purposes only.
- Credits --------
Kiff McManus : (Production Sound Mixer)
www.imdb.com/name/nm1629413/
Simon Bysshe : (Sound Mixer, URSA Co-Founder)
www.imdb.com/name/nm2015085/
Filmed & Edited by Nico Hambleton:
www.nicocam.com
/ nicocamnh
Brought to you by URSA Straps:
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The Top Gear sound recordists were my first mixing heroes. I've only ever managed to read a couple brief articles/interviews with Russ Edwards and a couple others. Thank you so much for putting this out, this is invaluable and unbelievably cool.
Hey Line Level Media - Thank you! Yes the team behind Top Gear & The Grand Tour have been remarkable dark horses about their work. Rarely giving interviews that go into the deep technical underbelly of the work & planning involved. We were really lucky to have been able to speak with Kiff about this & also his work on 'Boiling Point' in our previous video, it really was a privilege.
Kiff, thanks so much for generously sharing your experiences and Simon, thanks for putting this together! And I had to LOL at "...its not that I don't trust them...I just don't trust them."
URSA, please keep putting out content like this. It's great to hear from people who actually work in the industry (Simon Hayes etc) invaluable knowledge and experience to those starting out. Thanks.
Hey hey! I was just rewatching Top Gear last night and thinking about how it consistently sounds so good in all those crazy environments… Super enlightening!
Thanks mullhaupt - Top Gear & Grand Tour are like a military operations. Top teams behind the camera. Glad you enjoyed it!
That was so interesting!! Thanks for keeping it long!! :))
It blows my mind this doesn't get more views. incredible value and depth. Thank you so much. the content you are putting out is a gold mine!
this man is incredible, no wonder the top gear crew kept him on board when they went to amazon
Unreal piece of information. Thanks for shooting this. Priceless.
Fascinating stuff! Thank you Kiff.
This is such a great video! Every time I watch Top Gear I wonder how are they able to get the sound in the middle of that craziness!! Thanks URSA Straps and Kiff McManus 🤗🤗
Hi Catarina! Thank you so much! We are so happy you enjoyed it!
Das ist so krass nerdig, ich liebe es. Bin kein Soundprofi, aber bin begeistert
Thank you , I think this translates to "This is so blatantly nerdy, I love it. I'm not a sound professional, but I'm thrilled" !! haha! great. Unapologetically nerdy.
2009….you had the brilliant 788T SSD / CL8….and the rest of the 7 series !
What a great and valuable video, thanks. Kiff is a legend
This is next level brilliant! Kiff, thank you for your insight, Simon, thank you for bringing this interview to us!
Thanks for the video Ursa and Kiff's solutions are pure genius!
By the thumbnail I thought this was a grand tour behind the scenes but now I'm very pleasantly surprised as I've been waiting.
This was equally educational and entertaining! Thanks folks.
Thanks Managherroad!
Thank you for not only listing wet [auto correct, what] show the clips were from but also listing what episode(s).
Fantastic, thank you for sharing Kiff!
Thanks Michael!
thank you so much Kiff
This is great!! So many great insights and invaluable information not just for Sound Recordists!!
Thank you Laura! We hope people from all areas of the film industry, students included, can gain something from this series
Fantastic, thanks for sharing. So many good tips/tricks but most of all, it's about planning and trial and error.
Thank you Chip!
JEREMY MY ARM'S COME OFF!!!!!! MY ARM'S COME OFF!!!!!
So cool! Love it. Very intsightful
That was one wet episode I always wondered how they did that but in a way without realizing it because the audio was always so good I never thought about it too much. I love hearing the war stories through time how it was done and how it has changed.
Thanks imark! To be honest its still a mystery how they consistently manage to get such great audio. There is a dark art. Radio mics are not easy. There is so much nuance behind each rig that you cannot really just give the details and be able to re-create it. Takes so much time & experience so do this well
fascinating. Thanks for sharing. So does this mean that all the "crew" people are contractors, and not salaried? Kiff sort of alluded to it around the 12 minute mark.
this channel really is a treasure
Amazing info thank you
Super interesting. Thanks so much.
Thank you!
Another good knowledge I learned from this video
Glad it was useful, thank you Wan.
omg guys! Love you all❤️
Hey Igor! Thank you :) Glad you enjoyed it
What about adding small inflators around the bag in a way that make it balanced and floating above water , pump it up with air before shooting and thats it ,Thanks for sharing , please keep that show going on ..
Great vid thanks - could we get a list of the kit used for this vid/future similar videos?
Love this channel! Dumb question: I film quite a few 1-2 person interviews. I use two wireless lavs and a boom. I want to blend the lavs with the boom to get the best of both worlds. However, they are always out of time with each other. I use a zoom F8n which has independent input delays but no matter how accurately I measure distances from source to mic I cannot sync the mics. I cannot imagine trying to sync plant mics with lavs for dailies. What am I missing?
"Jeremy, my arm's come off!" cccccccccc:
A quick question, whipping the cap off the DPA in this video, can you do that with the much smaller 6060's? Is the design the same with them?
Masterpiece! @4:50 what recorder (something300) is mentioned? Thanks.
Got it. ZFR300
This was a great interview. Do one like this with the Game of Thrones chap! That guy saw some shit through the years!
Great interview with a top recordist, wonderful insight into his technique's. Little bit of clothes rustle going on with his mic though!
Hi Paul, thank you. It really was a pleasure to be able to sit with Kiff and pick into these scenes. We could have done it all day. It is a shame about the scratchy mic, we all make mistakes!
Nice
Thanks Paul :)
Absolute legend. But, someone please send him some Fiskars non-stick detail scissors! 😁
We will get him some for Christmas!
@@URSAStraps 😁😁👍👍
They touched upon how they rig the car then got distracted by Vietnam then moved on to bear grylls 😭
Yer thats sounds about right. It was a bit free wheeling
the camera angle on the ursa guy is so unnatural. great content tho
Love this video but can we at least get the lav mic placed properly? This sounds so bad it's embarassing as a sound mixer to hear this.
You might need to get new headphones my friend. If you’re having trouble hearing any of this then something is wrong on your end.