tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19248290.post2910014123225961080..comments2023-07-10T09:28:49.185-04:00Comments on Linguini on the Ceiling: A brief respite from being dragged down Memory LaneSisiggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12187439975974001825noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19248290.post-61981213170003569282010-12-14T07:10:51.116-05:002010-12-14T07:10:51.116-05:00I saw on the news that the video was meant to be a...I saw on the news that the video was meant to be a "Christmas card" to the customers of this photography company. In that respect, it would explain the attention to production. Still, the crowd reaction was genuine.Sisiggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12187439975974001825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19248290.post-31885504636398112482010-12-13T18:41:27.818-05:002010-12-13T18:41:27.818-05:00I shoot and edit video as part of my job and I oft...I shoot and edit video as part of my job and I often split the audio recording the way you describe: the first part is on camera to establish sense of place, then I switch to audio recorded separately in a quiet room (I'm working pretty low-budget and don't have a real studio). It just sounds much better. Fortunately I don't have to lip-synch: in my videos the speaker switches from an on-camera actor to an off-camera narrator. If the speaker on-camera wears a wireless mike with a cardioid pickup pattern and speaks at a normal conversational level it can work, but if it's a singer projecting the way those people were I think you would pick up an echo. Food courts have a lot of hard surfaces that bounce sound around.<br /><br />The more people you mike, the more complicated it gets recording the audio. Wireless mikes work on a series of frequency bands. You can't have two mikes using the same band and you don't want the frequencies too close together. Four people wearing mikes is more complicated than I would attempt. And they had multiple cameras. They did a nice job. And the singers staged it wonderfully well.Timnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19248290.post-43276197743357923752010-12-13T09:13:31.146-05:002010-12-13T09:13:31.146-05:00I've read a couple people make that comment an...I've read a couple people make that comment and I think the first few bars were genuine (you can hear the soprano's echo, though I think she, the bass and that couple were probably miked). I'm sure the quality wasn't too bad if you were there, so I can't blame them if they canned the music in for the actual video.Sisiggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12187439975974001825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19248290.post-27915885865740333392010-12-13T07:51:20.626-05:002010-12-13T07:51:20.626-05:00I've watched the video a couple more times, an...I've watched the video a couple more times, and not to trash it (it's wonderful), but I suspect the audio was recorded separately. The quality is just too good to have been recorded in a mall food court. Normally you can hardly hear yourself think in one of those. The choir is well rehearsed and apparently has performed the piece many times, so it would not have been that hard to match up audio from a previous performance to the video of the food court event. Still, the staging was very nice, and the actual event must have been pretty amazing.Timnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19248290.post-25430693662812235432010-12-12T21:16:28.074-05:002010-12-12T21:16:28.074-05:00Tim: Thank you for finding that out. A friend and ...Tim: Thank you for finding that out. A friend and I were going back and forth on whether it was a religious thing or not.Sisiggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12187439975974001825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19248290.post-68456872023279284002010-12-12T21:14:00.999-05:002010-12-12T21:14:00.999-05:00It never even got that far. It either followed or ...It never even got that far. It either followed or preceded the year we did the slide show of The Night Before Christmas -- that era. But it fizzled very quickly. We may not have even made it to December.Sisiggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12187439975974001825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19248290.post-50997832156593861412010-12-12T15:00:04.143-05:002010-12-12T15:00:04.143-05:00Wait a tick...
Christmas eve.... Years ago...
Th...Wait a tick...<br /><br />Christmas eve.... Years ago...<br /><br />That would mean... a performance at... ROSEWOOD DRIVE!!!<br /><br />SLOOOOOOOWLY I TURRRRNED....<br /><br />Perhaps another Holiday Tune from Rosewood Drive is in order. Coming to a BLOG near you soon!Darkgardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07313521681419846746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19248290.post-33732157438971205632010-12-12T14:57:01.544-05:002010-12-12T14:57:01.544-05:00Wow Sis. I haven't seen it. WOW...
It was re...Wow Sis. I haven't seen it. WOW...<br />It was really neat (checking your blog) on top of taking today and deciding I WOULD decorate and jump into the spirit.<br /><br />I didn't know there was a tradition of standing up. I don't know what my reaction would have been. Probably extreme humor at first followed by joyful emotion.<br /><br />I don't recall refusing to do anything w. a kazoo, however, I remain greatful that I did.Darkgardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07313521681419846746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19248290.post-47628383918058903842010-12-12T12:20:28.791-05:002010-12-12T12:20:28.791-05:00I think you're right about casual passers-by j...I think you're right about casual passers-by joining in. You can tell the choir members by their pose: stand up straight, shoulders back, head either tilted slightly back or moving from side to side, mouths open fully. There were people sitting at tables joining in who didn't act like trained singers but who obviously know the melody and lyrics. <br /><br />I loved the boy who looked absolutely dumbfounded by the performance. It must have been quite something to be in the middle of it. I'm not noticeably religious but I've always loved this piece.<br /><br />About standing up during the performance: There is a comment on the YouTube page with the video that at the beginning of the original performance in London the king was startled by its loudness and stood up. As a result everyone in attendance stood up with him and the tradition started. In this case, if everyone in the food court had stood up the singers wouldn't have been able to see each other and the singing might have fallen apart.Timnoreply@blogger.com