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Several years ago, musician Thomas Dolby attempted a documentary about a lighthouse from his childhood which turned out to be influential in his work. However,
by at_a_remove 4y ago
Several years ago, musician Thomas Dolby attempted a documentary about a lighthouse from his childhood which turned out to be influential in his work. However, he hadn't the expertise and ended up losing most of the audio that was outside because he didn't know how to mike it properly (which would be especially tough given the weather there).
So what did he do? He toured a special evening performance (The Invisible Lighthouse) with the video only in the background, him narrating, and then a helper, Blake Leyh (sound design for The Abyss and such) across the stage, providing live foley effects where appropriate, with just a handful of props, instruments, and the like.
Really fascinating to see in person.