When I work on films or high-end TV, for companies like Netflix or Disney+, I get to go into a different world every day. From the outside, that world seems really glamorous, with high-profile actors and celebrities, and you get to work on cool sets. No matter what you were into as a kid, you’ve watched a film and said “Wow, that’s very cool”. Every now and again, I step back and appreciate what I’m doing. The sets are amazing, there’s something new every day, a different location, access to places the public doesn’t have, you work in different countries, you go to work and you’re suddenly on a different planet (e.g. Star Wars). It’s very exciting.
I’m part of a team that records dialogue as cleanly as possible. I’ve done a lot of Disney and Marvel productions, including Star Wars, Men in Black, Outlander, Black Widow, Eternals, and I’ve also spent time working on Batman and Maleficent. I help set up the equipment, including the boom microphones, the radio microphones in the costumes that the cast wear and I make sure the mixer – my head of department who records the sound – is receiving everything.