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M OT I O N P I CTU R E S O U N D E D I TO R S 81 clean recording. However, this idea proved too costly. The garage portion remained an operational 24'x24'x20' recording space, used to record cars and large sounds like metal barrel falls, etc. During the massive construction project, Marko and George continued to consult on the development of the new stage, as well as work on major projects like Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Martin Scorsese's Bringing Out the Dead, the Coen brothers' O'Brother, Where Art Thou? and Barry Sonnenfeld's Wild Wild West at the original Manhattan Foley stage. he C5 Foley House officially opened in January 2001. The stage's inaugural project was the Coen brothers' The Man Who Wasn't There, referred to humorously as "the barber movie" by the team. The stage was initially outfitted with a Cooper sound location mixer, a two-track stereo Avalon mic preamp, and a 24-track AudioVision system. At the time, AudioVision was a pioneering hard-disk editing system that greatly influenced the development of later digital audio workstations and video editing software. They also tested numerous microphones, starting with the Schoeps CMC 6 MK 4 and Shure SM53. Finding that both mics sounded a bit "airy and noisy" at a distance, they moved on and tested the Neumann KMR 82 and Sennheiser MKH 416 shotgun microphones. Both of these mics had an excellent, focused hyper- cardioid response, but the KMR 82 provided a smoother, more natural sound. The Neumann also featured a high pass filter that, when applied, reduced low-frequency noise, making it a better choice for quieter indoor recording. They decided to go with a pair of Neumann KMR 82s. The sheer quietness of the stage allowed for recording natural reflections, organic-sounding footsteps, and other environmental "effects" due to the acoustic qualities that were difficult to T George Lara in control room, Ice Age, 2002. Marko performing Manfred FS for Ice Age. Marko wearing "claws" which are actually 10 duck feet from Chinatown wrapped on each finger of a pair of industrial gloves for the sound of the dodo birds in Ice Age.