Product Description
Back in the day, when I only had a single Sounddevices 702 recorder and a MS set, I recorded this little fun French car, the Citroen GS Pallas from 1971, together with sound designer Peter Albrechtsen.
The car which was the main character, Poul Brink´s way of transportation, in Christina Rosendahls true story feature film called The Idealist.
Poul Brink was a Danish journalist and whistleblower who attempted to reveal the secret behind a nuclear disaster in Greenland that occurred during the height of the Cold War.
The Citroen GS Pallas was back then advertised as a futuristic kind of car, with a very cool speedometer, highlighting and enlarging the actual speed, and it was the only car able to actually drive in three wheels because of the cars revolutionary hydropneumatic suspension.
The car we recorded (the actual car from the film) had been cared for and well kept in a dry basement for years, and only driven in the summer time. We had one shot session before the weather changed and the owner was putting it back into hibernation.
This little classic car library includes:
Long onboard/interior recordings in the city
Recordings of driving with microphones placed near each backend wheel
Exterior pass bys and reverse driving
Approaches on asphalt and gravel
Engine turned on and off, and Idle
Doors, both interior and exterior perspective
Trunk opening and closing
Glove compartment opening and closing
Horn honks
Blinker, wipers, hand brake, and switches sounds
Seatbelt on and off
Gear changing with engine off
Pedal stomps with engine off