Danielle and I have for quite some time in the process been working together, however now it is time to veer off into our specialist roles before later merging our work when complete. The full draught of the film has been received so I will begin composition of music and Danielle will begin sound design.

I similarly discovered that Danielle’s flat room sounds significantly clearer than my room. Paul White wrote an article describing that monitor placement in a room is an intensely scientific process and quotes:

it’s generally accepted that working with the speakers set up along the longest wall is preferable, especially in smaller rooms, as this minimises problems caused by side-wall reflections (Sound On Sound, 2002).

The issue with my own mixing space is that my speakers can only be positioned on the computer desk in my rather tight space and as a result–side-wall reflections are rapidly building up in my monitoring position, therefore falsifying the true mix. Danielle’s room has the freedom to alter the position of the monitors leaving enough space in front for the sound to travel and therefore dispersing any reflections towards the monitors. We have therefore decided to set up a studio there, utilising the acoustics in the promise of speedy mixing and finally–increased productivity. New location below!