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Sanken Offers Solution for Bad Lads
Professional audio company Pure Distribution, a division of Stirling Audio, has supplied a number of Sanken COS-11 microphones for use on the current ITV hit series, Bad Lads Army.
The brand new reality show takes 30 young men who have gone off the rails and puts them through their paces with a dose of 1950’s style military training to try and get their lives back on track.
Richmond Film Services’ founding partner Nigel Woodford provided location sound supervisor James Godard with a total of twenty COS-11 lavalier microphones from its stock of nearly 100, which has been built up over the years with a number of purchases from Pure Distribution.
The COS-11 is an omni-directional miniature lavalier microphone that is so small it is almost invisible, yet still provides superb sound, with the frequency response being consciously adjusted to the human voice which makes it perfect for use on this kind of show.
The Sanken microphones were used on location, with four fixed to selected military officers, and the remaining 16 installed discreetly out of sight in the two sleeping quarters, picking up every sound that was made, while being completely concealed from the human eye.
James chose the microphones because they were perfect for the job. “I had the choice of various different lavalier mics to use for the show, but from previous experience I felt the COS-11 was particularly well suited to the task. They were the easiest to conceal, were extremely robust and performed exceptionally well.”
10th August 2004
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