Category: Documentary
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Mud flats.
You got to keep moving or you’re going to get stuck. Just another example of how my experience on all types of shoots in all types of ecosystems gives me an advantage over any mixer.
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Extreme Focus.
Chefs are on tight schedules and don’t like to sway from their routine so there is no room for error. Working in a kitchen with fire, knives, hot pans and a lot of people takes extreme focus and self awareness. Maine Office of Tourism
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The Real Maine.
Maine Office of Tourism
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Big City Sound.
Every step on this walk and talk through Roxbury, Massachusetts was a test. Getting clean audio while watching traffic patterns and fighting the cold weather. Also being able to work around the general public with onlookers etc.
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Rocket Launch.
Blushift Aerospace launched Starsust 1.0 from an airbase in Limestone, Maine. This was the first commercial biofuel rocket in the world. Providing location sound mix and recording for a documentary on this special event was an honor. I can’t even begin to describe seeing this feat of teamwork, determination and Yankee ingenuity succeed in person.
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Water, Water, Everywhere.
Being waist high in a cranberry bog isn’t for every mixer but I love it. I have been in quite a few bodies of water including lakes, rivers, the South China Sea and a couple of oceans. Being able to keep gear safe and dry is a completely different skill.
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Top of the Mountain.
Cold weather, interview on top of MT. Washington, very wide shots. When you live and work the northeast being able to snowshoe, ski and snowboard are very helpful.
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Location Sound Podcast
Interview with Michael The Sound Guy: Justin Lacroix is a production sound mixer based out of southern Maine. He’s worked on the reality TV show Survivor and on projects for MTV, Nat Geo, HBO and Vice. He uses a Sound Devices 633 mixer/recorder, Lectrosonics SRc wireless receivers, Lectrosonics SMWBs and SMDWBs wireless transmitters, Sanken COS-11 […]
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Real Life, Real Locations.
Freezing temperatures and high winds pushed my gear and myself to the limit on this shoot.
