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Tue, 1 June 2004, 09:29 am
hellbent5 posts in thread
We're doing the play Mort and require a radio controlled wrap around microphone for the Death character,can anyone help
Cheers, Freddo.

Re: wrap mic

Tue, 1 June 2004, 03:25 pm
"Mort" is a play based on one of Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels, Unseen did a production of it last year.

The microphone used for Death will most likely be worn under a mask (latex or something similar) so the *visibility* of it isn't as important as how much of the extra sound it picks up.

I'm not certain what sort of mikes we used for Death & Mort, but I think they were normal lapel-type mikes, taped to the actors faces. For Mort's part where he needs the mike (when he sounds like Death in Act 2) we just used flesh-coloured tape and the poor guy had to put up with it. (No, it wasn't me, I played a number of doubling roles)

Sorry I can't help much, but if you can get a decent microphone it's certainly worth the effort, because Death's voice really needs it...

Seeya. Danny.

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