We undertook the audio post production for 186 Media for this video resource for one the Open Unversity’s Religion courses. As the production used a variety archive material which required us to replace the sound with new effects and foley.
This DVD introduces students to six major world religions: Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, and Sikhism. The brief from the OU was clear, the students should have a ‘field trip experience’, to see and feel religion as it is lived.
To that end we filmed in India and Sri Lanka capturing, among many other things, unique footage on the banks of the sacred River Ganges and an atmospheric moonlit ceremony at a Buddhist monastery in Colombo. We also revisited the village of Soyepur, first filmed by the Open University 25 years ago to see how the caste system and religious practice has changed over time.
Combining archive film and original footage the student is given a world tour of the six religions: Christians in Egypt and Ethiopia, Sikhs in Amritsar and London, Buddhists in Bodhgaya and Sri Lanka, are just a few examples. Each film is distinct, but some common aspects of religion are explored across the six traditions, such as ritual, pilgrimage, sacred places and religious identity. We see Muslims performing Hajj in Saudi Arabia and Christians celebrating Easter at Lalibella in Ethiopia; Jews praying at the Western Wall in Jerusalem and British Hindus at prayer in Preston.
Credits:
Executive Producer:Michael Burke
Producer/Director: Maggie Sutcliffe
Assistant Producer: Miriam Joseph
Researcher: Declan Healy
Production Manager: Anna Whitehead
Camera: Paul Bulley
Editor: Dave Woodyer
Dubbing editor & mixer: Mike Thornton
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Seven radio producers – all based in the north of England – have joined forces to launch a new co-operative venture – ‘Radio Wizards’. It’s equally remarkable that their aim now is to work together on every kind of sound production... except radio!
"It’s taken over a year to get to this point," says ‘wizard’ Mike Thornton, "but now we’ve got a viable business plan, we’ve launched our website and we’re already starting to attract commissions. As a facilities provider we decided to facilitate this partnership and set them up with a web site to help kickstart this excellent partnership."
