Hope Recce

Whilst on a walk with my father in the peaks we came across a farmhouse and barn that looked very promising so I took some pictures on my phone to show the rest of the group.

Everything from the dilapidated barn to the stagnant bathtub screams isolation, despite it actually being surrounded by other houses from the village, if used we would have to be very careful with the angles we shoot it from. 

Intrigued by the location, Jordan, Luke and I went back to hope for a proper recce of the place. I brought along the trusty Zoom H4N recorder, which is ideal for the purpose of wandering the peaks looking for locations due to its compact size, and though it is not as effective as a Rode NT4 it is more than adequate to gauge an initial idea of the soundscape of a location when first scouting. 

Upon Closer inspection, it became apparent that the house was empty, having recently been sold. I took down the details of the estate agent, this could potentially be perfect if the new owners are yet to move in. It also had a large work shed that would be ideal for the basement location, already looking very much the part. 

It's not trespass if it's in the pursuit of art. 

SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY - SOUND Joel Danby Irons                  Home Away From Here                25/02/2014 Hope - Audio Recce
Edale Road, Hope Bagshaws recently Sold property All scenes potentially here.	Has great exterior and having recently been sold has an empty interior for us to start from scratch with. Also has an ideal torture shed
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Acoustical	Ext. relatively sheltered from wind Int. couldn’t enter the house however the shed was open. Reasonably high ceiling. A little reverberant.
environmental	Next to one of the mains roads out of Hope so traffic fairly frequent for small village. Cannot account for interior.
Surface	Concrete walls/floor and wooden workbench in shed. All very hard.
Art Department	Rusted keys hung on the back of the door.
Suitability for recording	Ext: usual traffic disruptions to be expected but should not be too detrimental to recording. Plenty of space and a high ceiling so booming should not be a problem. ADR unlikely to be required
Recommendation Have contacted Landlord to put us in touch with new owner. Would need to recce interior before commencing shoot.

UPDATE 02/03/14: The landlord said it's a definite no to using the location, which is very annoying as this was pretty much an all in one package!