As the majority of my chosen film scene takes place in the internal of a train, I had to do some public recordings on a London train. For the majority of the foley recordings I used my Shure SM7B microphone, but I didn’t want to bring all of my recording equipment to a public area, so I used my iPhone microphone.
I went on the train on a Sunday morning as I was certain it would be pretty empty, and to my luck I was right. I did the recording simply by leaving my phone recording sound on a seat next to me and allowed it to capture the natural ambience of the journey. After about 10 minutes I was convinced I had all the sounds I needed.
This experience impacted me in a way I didn’t expect as I found myself giving my utmost attention to tiny details of sounds that would usually go unnoticed had I not been recording.