Because for too long, I thought being a good tech meant being invisible. Strong, silent, never asking for thanks. But that’s not honest. The truth is, I need the cast as much as they need the mic.
According to a single, now-deleted tweet from a sound editor in Burbank: “Just got the stems for CONFESSIONS OF A SOUND GIRL. Honour May Zar’s dialogue track is so clean it’s terrifying. No room tone. No breath. Like she’s recording inside a vacuum. Director lost his mind.” Confessions Of A Sound Girl Cast Honour May Zar...
Director Mina Lerner (known for the avant-garde Frequency of Touch ) personally selected Zar after a unique audition process. Instead of a monologue, Lerner asked actors to identify and describe every sound in a 60-second recording of a busy café. Because for too long, I thought being a
The production features an ensemble cast portraying various characters within the narrative: Honour May plays the character The truth is, I need the cast as much as they need the mic
— the veteran stage actor who refuses to wear a lavalier mic. “Honour believes the voice should find the mic, not the other way around,” Zar explains. “She made me a better boom operator. I had to dance with her. Follow her breath. I’ve never been more terrified — or more proud of a final track.”